Open Studio Weekend is almost here, and this week we talked with three of the participants in the U of L/Hite MFA building: Katherine Watts, Xuanyi (Rosamund) Wang, & Erica Lewis. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 Fm, or stream on Artxfm.com Thursday mornings at 10am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists about their work.
Photo Credit: Tom Fougerousse
Photo credit: Jeremy Villar
CFAC instructor Jean shared these photos from class at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve. "For the last two weeks, our subject has been fish. Our first project was drawing the fish with accuracy. Last week was having fun with negative space, using the outline of the fish and filling in around it with colorful shapes and patterns."
Instructor Jean sent these photos of her CFAC class at North Oldham Middle School and said, "All semester, we've been focusing on drawing hands. They are the most difficult part of the human body to draw accurately, so we started from the skeletal level and built on that. We will eventually create hands using different art movements. For example, next week we are starting a segment on Pop Art incorporating hands. For the last two weeks, we have been working on drawing, shading, and highlighting hands using toned paper, white charcoal, black charcoal, and different grades of graphite pencils."
Our Academy-level Painting II class builds upon instruction from Drawing and Painting I, focusing on the study of portraits and still life utilizing both acrylic and oil paints. The curriculum provides opportunities for experimentation with painting on a variety of different textures and provides further knowledge of a variety of tools, including palette knives and specialty brushes. This course is a comprehensive study of the principals of composition, staging, line, pattern, value, tone, and color theories. Emphasis is placed on the creative process from concept to completed work.
Instructor: Sunny Ra
