Art Appreciation: Drawing & Painting UPDATED

An introduction to the artistic mediums of drawing and painting based on the textbook "Gateways to Art"(2012). Includes a critical thinking exercise at the end asking students to compare Jan van Eyck's artistic practice with Parisian street artist, JR's 'Inside Out' project.

1. Art Appreciation: Drawing & Painting Professor Paige Prater T, R, 9:30-10: 50AM

2. 10 Elements of Art:

3. Drawing: Dry Media Pencil Charcoal Silverpoint Conté crayon Chalk Pastel Crayon

4. Drawing: Pencil Ilka Gedö , Self-portrait , 1944. Graphite on paper, 11 5/8”x8 3/8”. British Museum, London, England.

5. Drawing: Colored Pencil Birgit Megerle , Untitled , 2003. Pencil and colored pencil on paper, 16 ¾” x 11 ¾” – MOMA, New York.

6. Drawing: Charcoal Käthe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait in Profile to Left, 1933. Charcoal on Paper. 18 ¾” x 25”. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Léon Augustin Lhermitte , An Elderly Peasant Woman, c. 1878. Charcoal on wove paper, 18 ¾” x 15 5/8” National Gallery of Art, Washingon , D.C.

7. Drawing: Silverpoint Raphael, Heads of the Virgin and Child , c. 1509-11. Silverpoint on Pink Prepared Paper. 5 5/8” x 4 3/8”. British Musuem , London, England.

8. Drawing: Conté crayon Georges Seurat , Trees on the Bank of the Seine (Study for Le Grande Jatte ), 1884. Black Conté Crayon on White Laid Paper. 24 ½” x 18 ½”. Art Institute of Chicago.

9. Drawing: Chalk Michelangelo, Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, 1510-11. Red chalk, 11 3/8” x 8 3/8”. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

10. Drawing: Pastel Edgar Degas , The Tub, 1886. Pastel, 23 5/8” x 32 5/8”, Musee d’ Orsay , Paris, France.

11. Drawing: Wet Media Ink Quill & Pen Brush & ink

12. Drawing: Ink Vincent Van Gogh , Sower with Setting Sun , 1888. Pen and brown ink, 9 5/8” x 12 5/8”. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

13. Types of Ink Carbon ink: 2500 BCE in China/India soot+water+gum Smudges India ink: contemporary version of carbon ink Iron gall ink: tannin (oak galls/parasitic on trees)+iron sulfate+gum arabic+water Not lightfast Bistre : wood soot/yellow-brown Sepia: derived from cuttlefish secretions!

14. Drawing: Ink Claude Lorrain , The Tiber from Monte Mario Looking South, 1640. Dark brown wash on white paper, 7 3/8” x 10 5/8”. British Museum, London, England.

15. Drawing: Process Life-drawing Plaster cast Photographs Gesture Contour Henri Matisse , Themes and Variations, series P, Woman Seated in an Armchair, 1942. Pen and ink 19 ¾” x 15 ¾”. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyons, France.

16. Painting Encaustic Tempera Fresco: buon & secco Oil Impasto Acrylic (1950) Watercolor/gouache Ink Spray paint

17. Painting: Encaustic Portrait of a Boy, c. 100-150 CE. Encaustic on Wood, 15 3/8” x 7 ½”. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958, Whitney Museum of Art . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unExZ9LUuv8

18. Painting: Tempera EGGS! The Virgin and Child with Angels , Ferrarese School, c. 1470-80. Tempera, oil, and gold, on panel, 23 x 17 3/8”. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh .

19. Painting: Fresco Fresco secco - dry Buon fresco – wet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- prAIz0urTE Michelangelo’s technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cej4Ggq5nQI Michelangelo, The Libyan Sibyl , 1511-12. Fresco. Detail of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican City.

20. Painting: Oil Jan van Eyck , The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin , 1430-34. Oil on wood, 26 x24 3/8”. Musee de Louvre, Paris, France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs6Q3IciYG0&list=WLlePtehZrJwhNPA_a1nuc2XiQZyqu3qKc

21. Jan van Eyck Most Astonishing Oil Painter “As I Can” Man in a Red Turban, 1433. Oil on wood panel. The National Gallery, London

22. Painting: Oil (impasto) Joan Brown, Girl in Chair, 1962. Oil on canvas, 5 x 4’. LACMA.

23. Painting: Acrylic Roger Shimomura, Untitled, 1984. Acrylic on canvas, 5’ ½” x 6’ ¼”. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Pigment suspended in polymer resin Only in use since ~1950!

24. Painting: Watercolor/Gouache Albrecht Durer, A Young Hare, 1502. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 9 7/8” x 8 7/8”. Graphische Sammlung Albertina , Vienna, Austria. Pigment suspended with sticky binder French: honey! Watercolor= transparent Gouache helps make it opaque (usually chalk) Painted on PAPER Highly portable!

25. Albrecht Durer ( 1471-1528) Self-Portrait , 1500. Oil on wood panel, 26 ¼ x 19 ¼”. Alte Pinakothek , Munich. Melencolia I , 1514. Engraving, 9 3/8 x 7 ½”. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

26. Painting: Ink (gum Arabic binder) Suzuki Shonen , Fireflies at Uji River, Meigi period, 1868-1912. Ink, co.lor , and gold on silk; hanging scroll, 13 ¾” x 50”. Clark Family Collection. Versus drawing with ink: no binder

27. Painting: Spray Paint/ Wall Art John Matos, a.k.a. “Crash”, Aeroplane 1, 1983. Spray paint on canvas, 5’ 11 ¼” x 8’ 7”. Brooklyn Museum, New York. Blek le Rat, David with the Machine Gun, 2006. New York.

28. Critical Thinking: Can Art Change the World? Group Work… French Street Artist, JR’s ‘Inside Out’ project: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn2W3X_pGh4 (~6 minutes) http://www.dallasdesigndistrict.net/2014/01/jrs-inside-out-project-comes-to-dallas-via-the-dallas-contemporary / What is JR’s street art project? How does he accomplish it? What is it changing? Who is it changing? Is art being made on a more global scale? How does our artistic context compare with that of van Eyck? Can you draw any similarities between van Eyck and JR? What differences?