Painting 1 Assignments:
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Value Drawing
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Value Drawing  (25 pts -   Duration: 2-3 class periods)
Students are to complete a Value Drawing based on an object in real life or a photo from real life.
A Value Drawing stresses the use of highlights and shadows to create the illusion of 3-Dimensional form.  The drawing will be evaluated on the following:
1. Utilize all of the paper.
2. Create a range of values from black to white, with multiple shades of gray in between.
3. Through shading, work to create edges and eliminate outlines.
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Oil Painting Introductory Unit
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Painting the Basic Shapes
 
PowerPoint Tutorial on Painting the Basic Shapes:
 View the PowerPoint Tutorial on Painting the Basic Shapes for procedures and examples.
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Assignment 1: In oils, render the following basic shapes with an emphasis on using highlights and shadows to create the illusion of form. Mix any blue with any brown for the dark value, and add white to create lighter values.
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A. Cylinder:  Paint three (3) cylinders on one canvas.  (25 Pts - Duration: 2-3 class periods)
B. Cone: Paint three (3) cones on one canvas.   (25 Pts - Duration: 2-3 class periods)
C. Sphere: Paint three (3) spheres on one canvas.  (25 Pts - Duration: 2-3 class periods)
D. Cube: Paint three (3) stacks of cubes at different distances from the viewer. Use a horizon line in the distance. The horizon line will also be the eye level.  (We will do something different, later, with flat sided surfaces)  (25 Pts - Duration: 2-3 class periods) 

 

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The cylinder, cone and sphere should include a main shadow core, a main highlight and reflective highlights. Using a value range from black to white will help enhance the roundness of the forms.  
 
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Color Theory for Oils
 
PowerPoint Tutorial on Oils Color Theory:
            View the PowerPoint Tutorial on Oils Color Theory for procedures and examples.
 
Assignment 2:   (25 Pts - Duration: 2-3 class periods)   Create a 12-color colorwheel.
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Create any design you wish, but the colorwheel must have 12 areas and the colors must flow in order. All colors should be the same value, or lightness, which means you must add white to many colors to achieve the same value. Yellow is much lighter than blues and reds out of the tube, so add more white to any colors that have red or blue in them.
 
Mix Cadmium Red light (an orange hue) with Alizarin Crimson (a red-violet) to create a RED. 
 
Creating vibrant violets and purples cannot be achieved by mixing red with blue, as the result is a dull, purplish gray. Instead, use Alizarin Crimson as a red-violet, then add blue to the Alizarin Crimson to create violet and blue-violet. Remember to add white to these colors to achieve the same value as the YELLOW. 
 
 
 
                                          R (Mix Aliz. Crimson with Cad. Red, light)
 
                RO (Cad. Red, light)             RV(Alizarin Crimson)
 
 
       O                               V(Aliz. Crimson 
                                                                                                                         + Thalo Blue)
                         YO                  (Thalo Blue + Aliz. Crimson) BV
 
           
            Y                         (Thalo Blue) B
 
                                                  YG                                BG
                                                         G
 
 
                   
 
 
 
 
Assignment 3:   (25 Pts - Duration: 2-3 class periods)  Using 1” squares on a small canvas, make a 7-STEP VALUE SCALE for the following colors:
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Red + add white ++++++++++++++++++++   lighter
Blue + add white++++++++++++++++++++   lighter
Yellow + add white ++++++++++++++++++   lighter
Brown + add white ++++++++++++++++++   lighter
Green + add white ++++++++++++++++++    lighter
Black (Use mixture of blue + brown for a black) + add white
                                                                    ++++   lighter
 
The purpose of this exercise is to gain an understanding of what happens to a tube color on the extreme light side of the value spectrum.
 
 
 
Assignment 4:  (25 Pts - Duration: 2-3 class periods) 
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Using 1” squares on a small canvas, make a 6-STEP COMPLEMENTARY-MIX SCALE using the primary and secondary color complements. Use middle to light values of the color complements to mix.
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Red + add its complement (green) in small steps ++++++  = more dull, grayer
Yellow + add its complement (violet) in small steps ++++   = more dull, grayer
Blue + add its complement (orange) in small steps ++++   = more dull, grayer
Green + add its complement (red) in small steps ++++++   = more dull, grayer
Purple + add its complement (yellow) in small steps +++   = more dull, grayer
Orange + add its complement (blue) in small steps ++++  = more dull, grayer
 
          The purpose of this exercise is to gain experience creating different intensities of colors by mixing color complements. Whenever a complement is added to a color, the color becomes darker in value and less intense (lower in chroma).
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Sunset Painting
 
(50 Pts - Duration: 10-15 class periods - depending on difficulty)
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PowerPoint Tutorial on Sunset Paintings:
View the PowerPoint Tutorial on Sunset Paintings for procedures and examples.
 
General Information:
Sunsets come in an unlimited number of colors and values. Some sunsets are bright and cheery with warm colors while other sunsets are more subdued and melancholy with cool colors. But all sunsets are fun to paint because they project a definite mood or attitude.
 
Painting Procedure:
As a general rule, always paint background to foreground, top to bottom in your paintings. In other words, paint what is furthest away, then overlap objects or forms as they progressively become closer to you.
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Painting an Object in Repetition Using Linear & Atmospheric Perspective
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(50 Pts - Duration: 10-15 class periods - depending on difficulty)
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PowerPoint Tutorial:
          View the PowerPoint Tutorial on Painting an Object in Repetition for procedures and examples.
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Concept Definitions:
          Atmospheric Perspective:  The phenomena in real life where objects in the distance become lighter in value and take on the characteristics of the sky. In most instances, if the sky is blue, objects become bluer as they recede into the distance.
          Linear Perspective: The phenomena in real life where objects become smaller as they recede into the distance. In other words, objects that are closer appear larger, and objects in the distance appear smaller.
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Procedure:
1.      Create a mental image of a flat desert plain, the plain disappearing into the horizon with a light blue sky. This horizon line is your eye-level. 
2.      Using any linear perspective method you wish, repeat an object a minimum of seven (7) times at different distances from the viewer. The object may be any three-dimensional form you wish.
3.      The desert in the foreground should be a middle to lighter shade of brown, fading lighter and becoming more blue as it reaches the horizon.
4.      The closest object should be predominantly any warm color, and each receding object must become lighter in value and bluer in color (hue) as it approaches the horizon.
5.   Incorporate ground shadows.
 

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Science Fiction or Fantasy
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(50 Pts - Duration: 10-15 class periods - depending on difficulty)
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PowerPoint Tutorial on Science Fiction and Fantasy Painting:
            View the PowerPoint Tutorial on Science Fiction or Fantasy Paintings for procedures and examples.
 
Project:
Complete a painting project that, in some manner, relates to the selected theme of Science Fiction or Fantasy.
 
Concept Ideas:
A.      Scenes from Star Wars
B.      Scenes from Battle Star Galactica    
C.      Scenes from Star Trek
D.      National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1.      Moon landings
2.      Exploratory craft
a.       Saturn
b.      Mars
c.       Venus
d.      Other planets or star systems
E.       Illustration of any science fiction book scene or episode
1.      Herbert’s Dune
2.      The Martian Chronicles
3.      The Narnian Chronicles
4.      Other sci-fi books
F.       Illustration of any fantasy book scene or episode
1.      S. R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant Chronicles
2.      Katherine Kurtz’s Camber Trilogy
3.      Tolkien’s Hobbit and Trilogy
4.      Other fantasy books
G.      Illustration of mythological creatures
1.      Unicorn
2.      Pegasus
3.      Cyclops
4.      Any Greek or Roman god
5.      Native American mythological creatures or totems
H.      Illustrate a personal dream, or use a dream as a springboard for other ideas.
1.      Research Salvador Dali’s Dreamscapes
2.      Determine and incorporate symbols in your dream
3.      Incorporate the colors (or lack of colors) into your painting
4.      Work to recreate the mood of the dream
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Sci-Fi Painting by Aaron Reay
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Sci-Fi Painting by Ben Tapia
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Fantasy Painting by Adrian Wegner
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Painting an Animal with an Abstract Background
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(50 Pts - Duration: 10-15 class periods - depending on difficulty)
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Project:
Develop a painting based on one of your favorite animals (or you may choose to use a reptile, amphibian or insect). Add a background that is a stylized or abstract version of some visual characteristic of the animal (i.e., stripes for a zebra, spots for a leopard, etc.). Animals with striking features are the easiest subjects to use as a basis for your painting, but the possibilities are limitless. (View the PowerPoint Slide Show on Painting an Animal With an Abstract Background for more information and student examples).
 
Procedure:
1.     Select an animal (or reptile, amphibian or insect) that you want to use for the basis of your painting. Research the library or utilize the Internet for animal ideas.
2.     Paint the animal as realistically as possible.
3.     Decide on the feature(s) or characteristic(s) of the animal that you want to incorporate into your background. These features could involve shapes, textures and/or colors that can be derived from the animal’s form.
4.     Paint the background making changes to the animal and the background, as you feel necessary. A harmony or similarity should exist between the background and the painted animal.
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Symmetry Painting
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(50 Pts - Duration: 10-15 class periods - depending on difficulty)
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PowerPoint Tutorial on Symmetry Painting:
            View the PowerPoint Tutorial on Symmetry Painting for procedures and examples.
 
Project:
            Using any asymmetrical composition of a landscape, cityscape, portrait, etc., on the left half of your canvas, create a symmetrical painting by adding the mirror image of the original composition to the right half of the painting.
 
Procedure:
  1. Find a visual model (photo, etc.) for the basis of your painting.
    1. Look in the Idea File
    2. Research the library
    3. Search the internet
  2. Make some rough sketches developing your idea.
  3. Make a drawing the same size as the left half of your painting. 
  4. Transfer the drawing to the left half of the canvas.
    1. Use the light table if using a sheet of canvas.
    2. Use the lead transfer method if transferring the drawing to a canvas board or Masonite.
  5. Turn the drawing upside down and transfer the reverse image onto the right half of your painting.
    1. Use the light table if using a sheet of canvas.
    2. Use the lead transfer method if transferring the drawing to a canvas board or Masonite.
  6. Limit yourself on the left half of your painting to using values of one color in the foreground and middle ground and values of a second color for the background and sky.
  7. In painting the right half of your painting, reverse your color scheme, using values of the color used in the foreground on the left side of the painting as the color for the background on the right half of the painting. Also, use the color of the sky and background from the left half of the painting for the foreground and middle ground on the right half of your painting.

Render your painting stressing highlights and shadows in an effort to make objects appear three-dimensional. This is to be a three-dimensional composition, not a two-dimensional design.

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Painting Project of Choice
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(50 Pts - Duration: 10-15 class periods - depending on difficulty)
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Create a painting using the subject matter of your choice.  The only criteria that must be met, is you must still work to create the illusion of form through the use of highlights and shadows.  Do not do any flat, 2-dimensional designs.
Make some rough sketches and discuss your project with the teacher prior to beginning the final project.  A contract for the project must be filled out prior to starting the final project, and you are to complete a written self-evaluation when you finish the painting.
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Bug with a Stylized Border
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(50 Pts - Duration: 10-15 class periods - depending on difficulty and time left to semester's conclusion)
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If you complete the Painting of Choice Project before the end of the semester, view the PowerPoint Tutorial on Painting a Bug with a Stylized Border.  Depending on the difficulty of the projects completed to this point, some students will be able to also complete the Bug project.  Talk to the teacher to determine if you are expected to complete this project or not. 
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