Classes at SAIC
Archive of Notes from Art School
Sketch of cells Colored pencil 6" x 6" © c. 2004-5 Marilyn Fenn
I started this art blog* to put all of my notes from art school online in one place -- mostly for my own convenience, but if anyone else benefits from my clumsily compiled notes (often with no real date), that's good, too.
See full post »The Essence Lies in the Visual Meaning
Copy After Leonora Carrington's "Juan Soriano de Lacandón," 1964 at the Art Institute of Chicago Pencil 7" x 5" © 1991 Marilyn Fenn
Class notes from SAIC, 1991
Abstract concepts help to provide visual meaning (aside from subject matter).
The subject supplies literal meaning.
The essence of a work lies in its visual meaning.
See full post »Creating Movement Through Color
Painting: Song of the Nightingale by Hans Hoffman 1964, Oil on canvas 84 x 72 inches
Class notes on Color, SAIC, 1992
Strive for awareness of movement from:
- warm to cool
- bright to dull
- repetition to change
- quiet to noisy
Look at Botticelli and Raphael
The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482–1486 tempera on canvas 172.5 cm × 278.5 cm (67.9 in × 109.6 in) Uffizi, Florence
Class notes from Drawing the Figure in Space with Elizabeth Rupprecht, SAIC, 1991
Look at feet & hands like Raphael or Botticelli:
See full post »Artists to Look at for Paint and Pictorial Methods
Class notes, SAIC, 1991
Gradual accumulation of paint on surface until you get to center of interest.
All of Francis Bacon's paintings are covered with glass - they reflect the viewer & architecture of the room. Change as you change position to it.
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