mixed media first painting assignment-transparent-line-opaque

First AssignmentMixed Media Fall 2015

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

Acrylic and Ink in 3 stages:1. Painting with transparent wash wet-in-wet2. Drawing with a pen3. Painting with opaque paint

1. Painting with transparent wash wet-in-wet

Wet-in-WetTransparent glazes

Stamping, Rolling, ScratchingDry Brush

Helen Frankenthaler

Mark Rothko

Go forth and drip

Fred Martin

Fred Martin

Glenn Hirsch

2. Drawing with ink on top of random washes

3. Ink drawing with white opaque paint

added on top

‘sponged’ on top of the dark color

‘sponged’ on top of the ink

watercolors

Turner 'Bedroom in the Palazzo Giustinian (watercolor and gouache)

Brush and Ink

control the value of the ink by diluting it with water start with very light tones and only use dark at the end

In a landscape, light tones recede and dark tones come forward

Positive shape and negative shape (in between)

Richard Diebenkorn

Why is drawing beautiful?

Variety of line ….Light to dark … Fast to slow …Thick to thin

Script Brush

Tiny and very long hair

Variety of line ….Light to dark … Fast to slow …Thick to thin

Variety of line ….

Light to dark …

Fast to slow …

Thick to thin

parallel, curving (directional)

short dashes

cross-hatched

loose wandering (jagged)

Contour drawing

Cross Hatching

Stippling

Pattern