the video lectures below are intended for instructional use only

Intermediate Painting II

 Learning from the Masters (Exploring Abstraction)
(course video lectures)

Project #1 STUART DAVIS - (1892-1964)

01a. Stuart Davis Part I: Influences NARARATED (25 minutes) https://vimeo.com/451200352

01b. Stuart Davis Part II: Mature Painting style NARRATED (25 minutes) https://vimeo.com/451203764

01c. Stuart Davis - Photoshop DEMO (52 minutes) https://vimeo.com/481397382

01d. Stuart Davis Student Projects (5 minutes) https://vimeo.com/590688208

Hard Edge Painting 'in the style of' Stuart Davis

01e. Hard Edge: Part I - 20th Century (12 minutes) https://vimeo.com/590360426


01f. Hard Edge Part II (6 minutes) https://vimeo.com/590349387

Project #2 VINCENT van GOGH

02a. Don McLean’s ‘Vincent’ illustrated https://vimeo.com/manage/462223226/general (5 minutes)

02b. van Gogh’s Self-portraits Part I NARRATED (50 minutes): https://vimeo.com/461987497

02c. van Gogh - Thick, juicy application (26 minutes) NARRATED https://vimeo.com/463574597 

02d. Students ‘in the style of’ van Gogh Part III NARRATED: https://vimeo.com/592308012

Project #3. IMPASTO LANDSCAPE PAINTING  

03a. Juicy, Thick, Impasto Landscape Painting NARRATED (20 minutes) https://vimeo.com/471189218

03b. Student Juicy Landscape Painting (juicy, thick, Impasto painting) in progress

Project #4. NON-OBJECTIVE PAINTING (inaccurately referred to as Abstract painting)

04a. B&W Non-objective - Ambiguity, Notan, Handwriting NARRATED (31 minutes) https://vimeo.com/469511648

04b. B&W Non-objective - Gestural strokes, richness of surface NARRATED (22 minutes) https://vimeo.com/469800783

04c. Color Non-Objective Paintings (20 minutes)  https://vimeo.com/471111186

04d. Color STUDENT non-objective (10 minutes) https://vimeo.com/471144947

Complementary Instructional Video Lecture Series
COLOR THEORY VIDEO INDEX
COMPOSITIONAL DYNAMICS VIDEO INDEX
DRAWING VIDEO INDEX
'ART IN CONTEXT' VIDEO INDEX
COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO INDEX
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