EVANSTON ART CENTER
SYLLABUS
WINTER-SPRING 2004
WEEK 1:
Introduction to egg tempera. Slides of historical and contemporary artists. Safety precautions. Demonstration and getting started.
WEEK 2:
"Rigid Structure: Icon Painting"
Preparing panels, rabbitskin glue and gesso; icon techniques
WEEK 3:
"Transformation: Icons to the Early Renaissance"
Completing panels, grinding pigments; transition from icons to the renaissance
WEEK 4:
"Luminosity: Botticelli and the High Renaissance"
More materials prep, silverpoint drawing, scientific color layering
WEEK 5:
"Breaking the Mold: Isabel Bishop, Reginald Marsh, Ben Shahn"
Some of their techniques
WEEK 6:
"The New Classicism: Jared French, Paul Cadmus, George Tooker"
Studio work
WEEK 7:
"Experimentation: Andrew Wyeth, Robert Vickrey"
Techniques: sponge, spatter, scrape
WEEK 8:
"Modernism, Abstraction, Contemporary Art, and Some Chicago Egg Tempera Artists: Doug Kovaks, Tim Lowly, James Mesplé, Rebecca Shore, Kathleen Waterloo"
Techniques: drybrush, patterns, experimentation
WEEK 9:
Historical Review and Examples to see in Chicago
Studio work with increased depth in students' areas of interest.
WEEKS 10-12
Individual projects using the prepared panels and the various techniques learned.
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