Examples Of Homework Due April 26

Sketchbook Examples

An Archive Artist: Brian Belott

Brian Belott is an artist who collects and archives anything he can get his hands on. Whenever we get to the collage assignments in this class I think of him. The first video below is a studio visit with him. The second video documents a huge collage he built. Below that is an odd collaborative performance piece of his called "The Wordless Chorus."

Artist April Gornik Talks About Working From Photographs

So, there are often those who have asked me if we aren't breaking some cardinal rule by making drawings based on photographs rather than on direct observation. Well, there are plenty of artists out there that draw and/or paint with photographs as source material. Listen to April Gornik as she talks about her exhibition "Out Of Africa." When she describes her reasons for utilizing photographic source material, see what you think.

The Artists Working With Limited Values From Class

Fernando Bryce

Vik Muniz

Elizabeth Peyton

Artist Working On Toned Paper

Here are a few examples of established artists who use mark-making on toned paper similarly to the way you are using it in this class. Notice that not all of these artists are using warm toned paper and not all of them use exclusively black and white conte. Still they are good examples to observe and from which to learn.

Edgar Degas

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

John Currin

In-Class Examples Of Mark-Making On Fawn Paper