Art Studio 280BV - Observation & Abstraction

In class we will work from the figure, the landscape, and masterworks/appropriated imagery. Students will be asked to approach these subjects using relatively unfamiliar painterly methods, hopefully opening new avenues to explore within their work. Students will be asked to further elaborate upon discoveries made in class through independent work, while continuing to consider issues such as scale, surface, mark, space, and light. A particular emphasis will be placed on examining how students' paintings relate to other historical and contemporary artists who employ abstraction in their own work.

Prereq: Art Studio 116 or 120.