9.16.2012

EDGAR PAYNE: THE SCENIC JOURNEY :: GUSTAV KLIMT: THE MAGIC OF LINE









The Great White Peak (Mt. Blanc, France), 1924


Restless Sea, 1917


Sierra Peak, 1920s


Sierra Lake, 1920s


Foamy Fun, 1900s


View of the Glacial Path, 1910s


Breton Tuna Boats, 1920s


MUST HAVES

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BRAINY FUN WITH COMPOSITION...I know, a little nutty:) I did dozens of these types of compositional breakdowns
with black and white charcoal on a Sennelier grey paper pad while I was studying in Paris (@ the Louvre)...and left the pad
(hours and hours on hard work) on the damn underground...Yes, I cried...for real! Still do when I think about...

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SOME OF MY COLOR STUDIES OF EDGAR PAYNE & CLYDE ASPEVIG PAINTINGS
[Using a more limited palette w/ modiefiers / Payne's pallette was more prismatic than Aspevig's]













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A FEW OF MY STUDY SKETCHES OF KLIMT DRAWINGS FROM THE EXHIBIT








9.10.2012

DRAWING & PAINTING : FIGURATIVE INSTENSIVE @ CAI : FALL SEMESTER : 2012




INTRODUCING A NEW CLASS @ CALIFORNIA ART INSTITUTE : FALL SEMESTER : 2012

TRADITIONAL FIGURATIVE DRAWING & PAINTING

THURSDAYS : 3 PM - 10 PM : OCT 11 - DEC 13

This class will offer a discourse on the principles, techniques, and practices of the Traditional Arts, namely the Greek and Roman aesthetic and philosophical traditions and their impact on Western Realism from the 16th Century, through the High Baroque and onward to present-day. We will be working towards an acknowledgment of the experiences and methodologies of our predecessors and a willingness to honor their discoveries. I will also do my best to pass on what I learned through my studies with Yuqi Wang @ Andreeva Academy, at Studio Escalier (The Next Eclectics) and at Ecole Albert Defois with Ted Seth Jacobs (Restructured Realism)The class will be split between drawing and painting equally six hours a week for ten weeks. I will introduce many different types of exercises based on the elements and fundamentals of traditional practice in the life class. The length of the poses will vary according to the exercises being stressed. There will be thorough demonstrations and lecturing with a lot of individual critique. There will be a long demonstration early in the course, which takes you through the technical process of building a figure drawing step by step.


"I do not teach STYLE. I do not teach an AESTHETIC.  I teach how to SEE."


Figure Study of Magda, France, 2010

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SOME PRINCIPLES AND EXERCISES THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED:

INNER MOVEMENT CURVE - 'LINE OF FIRE'
PRINCIPLES OF THE BLOCK-IN
ROUNDING FORM
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN STRUCTURE
GESTURAL ARRANGEMENT & EXPRESSION
ARRANGING FORM TO ACTION
STRUCTURAL PATHWAYS &
MODELING FORM ON THE INSIDE
PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT
COLOR THEORY
LIGHT KEY
POSTER STUDY
PLANE OF LIGHT STUDY
CLASSICAL PAINTING METHODOLOGIES


 TRAPPING THE INNER MOVEMENT CURVE TO THE ENVELOPE
 


EARLY TO ADVANCED BLOCK-IN APPROACHES


SIMPLIFIED ROUNDING SCHEMATIC OF THE BACK (PROGRESSION)


 ROUNDING SCHEMATIC OF THE UPPER ARM (PROGRESSION)


ROUNDING SCHEMATIC OF THE UPPER TORSO


EXAMPLES OF POSTER STUDIES


EXAMPLES OF PLANE OF LIGHT STUDIES


Study After Pontormo, France, 2010


Study After Pontormo, France, 2012


Portrait of Magda, France, 2010


Figure Study of Magda, France, 2009

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Beautiful sketch of me doing a demo by Dave Zaboski

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A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS BY TED SETH JACOBS


Drapery Study


 Two Japanese Women


 Studies After Michelangelo


Study of a Young Woman


Two Women on a Couch 


Guia Montenola





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Bouguereau Atelier


Adolph W. BouguereauThe First Mourning, 1888
(Bouguereau was highly influenced by Guido Reni, one of the most accomplished 
Italian High-Baroque painters - BELOW)


Guido Reni, Hercules on the Pyre (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Preparatory Study for Hercules and the Hydra (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Atalanta and Hippomenes (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Christ Study (High-Baroque, Italian)


Guido Reni, Crowned Love and Profane Love (High-Baroque, Italian)



Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (Rounded forms)