January Calendar

Week 1
January 13 Introduction
Course objectives
Student survey
HW: Vanitas materials

January 16 Introduce Vanitas Project
Consider: shape, tone, color as well as arrangement, meanings
Look at: Dutch still life, Audrey Flack, Sam Taylor Wood
*16 x 20” canvas
HW: Vanitas, layer 2
HW: Perception Project: Written Description (to provide)

Week 2
January 20 Vanitas Project, layer 3
Demo: Supports, Part 1
acrylic gesso on canvas, masonite, & paper
HW: Gesso canvas, masonite, paper for Perception Project (3 pieces ~9 x 12”)
HW: Vanitas, layer 4

January 23 Still Life Vanitas
Introduce Perception Project
Consider: use of imagination, photo sources, and observation
Look at: Byzantine icons, Gerhard Richter, Ralph Goings, Rackstraw Downes, Durer
HW: Perception Project: Part 1: Imagination
*9 x 12” canvas (approx).
HW: Perception Project: Photograph (to provide)

Week 3
January 27 Perception Project: Part II: Photo source
*9 x 12” canvas (approx).
HW: Perception Project: Part II: Photo source
HW: 5 Favorite Paintings
HW: Copy Project: Image Sources from Goddard

January 30 Trip to Boston
“Figuratively Seeing” MassArt Gallery
Boston MFA