Advanced Painting

Acrylics, together with pure pigments, will be the painting media used in this course. This will give the student who has worked in oil paints the opportunity to develop new painting skills. Mr. O’Connor will begin the class by introducing the following concepts: color, space, the figure, and collage. Students will develop their individual working process and create unique solutions in response to the questions posed in the assignments. Experimentation with images will be encouraged by drawing and painting from life, using photography and working digitally on the computer. In the spring, Ms. Schneider will work with individual students to continue developing their ideas and painting methods. The class will begin by painting from the model to practice color and gesture. Then, we will experiment with painting on nontraditional surfaces, combining images and objects. The structure of this course is divided between class projects and conference work. In conference, students will be expected to complete three-to-six paintings a semester. Throughout the course, there will be class readings and individual research on contemporary art and artists, as well as visits to New York City galleries. The goal of this course is to take risks and to make soundly constructed paintings. J The course is open to students with previous college-level painting and drawing experience. The course will be taught by Mr. O'Connor in the fall and Ms. Schneider in the spring.