PROJECT VI: Abstraction of a Master

Franz Hals, The Laughing Cavalier, 1624 oil on canvas

PROCESS

PART I

i. Make use of Renaissance or Baroque painting as the beginning of this next exercise

ii. Color copy your selection to a minimum dimension of 5" x 7" It is always helpful to have a few black and white copies as well.

iii. You may use a plastic sleeve, tracing paper, a transparent sheet to draw on with a permanent black marker creating a break down of the painting to its formal abstract shapes of the original work. I also suggest bringing in a number of black and white copies of your choice.

iv. Break down the Master's work by making use of the formal concepts we have worked with and discussed. Your break down of parts will be formed by using geometric shapes.

When breaking up the Master Painting, you need to follow a planar analysis of how the form is moving in space, thus breaking up the parts to show a generalization of how the volumes break up geometrically.

v. Once step iv. is realized, you need to trace your work with a Sharpie.

We will then copy this drawing 4x.

vi. You will use one of these copies as your pattern piece to trace your work onto the final Bristol board stage. Keep your pattern pieces, as you will use this again when creating your paper composition of the Master Painting in full chroma.

vii. PAINTING #ONE: Complete your first assignment in paint using a value range from white to black or green or blue.

PROCESS

PART II

viii. COLOR PAPER #TWO: Complete your second assignment on a new piece of Bristol board, however here, you will break up the planar analysis by using a full chromatic range of warms and cool temperatures that are translated in colored and/or patterned paper.