DRAWING 610 001
Large Format Figure Drawing
June 8-June 14, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Mary Lou Zelazny
This studio class presents the opportunity to draw the figure in proportions of life size or larger. Students will use charcoal and paper as wide as 42" and as tall as 6' to draw the model. The class will be held in the studio and out of doors, in order to include the unique landscape at Ox-Bow. In addition, the model will occasionally be clothed and costumed, presenting the student with stimulating and challenging opportunities to sharpen formal and observational skills. Historic and contemporary examples of artwork will be available. Informal critiques will occur throughout the week, ending with a final critique on the last day.
PAINTING 621 001
Approaching the Landscape: Works on Paper
June 15-June 21, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Richard Deutsch
A multi-level studio course in which students will experiment with a variety of dry and water based media through individual perceptions of the extraordinary variety of landscape at Ox-Bow. Demonstrations, slide presentations, critiques, and discussion of issues pertinent to contemporary and historical modes of landscape will be included.
PAINTING 609 001
Nature as Muse: Theory and Practice
June 22-July 5, 2008
3 credit hours
Instructors: George Liebert and Lane Relyea
From John Constable and Claude Monet to Robert Smithson and Wolfgang Laib, nature has provided compelling material for art making. Ox-Bow's popular multi-level painting course will continue this tradition through discussion and studio projects. Topics will include formal issues, American transcendentalism, the sublime, beautiful and picturesque in landscape painting, alternative media, ecological concerns, natural arcadia versus artificial nature, and questioning the idea of nature in the postmodern moment.
DRAWING 611 001
Drawing: The Landscape and the Object Juxtaposed
July 13-July 19, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: Ellen Lanyon
This multilevel drawing course will transcend the traditional notion of landscape depiction through a process of juxtaposing images of objects within the chosen scene. As a challenge to the imagination, there will be an emphasis on experimenting with scale, focus, and contiguity. Direct observation (inside or outside the studio), photography, memory, and ephemera can be used as the focus for this intense course. Visual examples, demonstrations of various dry and wet drawing materials, and critiques will be an integral part of the course. Students will provide objects and source material to work with.
DRAWING 612 001
Studio Drawing: Experimental Approaches
July 20-August 2, 2008
3 credit hours
Instructors: Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder
This class explores the possibilities of drawing with an expanded vocabulary of tools, supports, and application techniques. Students will be exposed to distinctive and unusual drawing methods from art history and the contemporary moment, while developing a personal practice that leaves room for experimentation and invention in mark-making. Discussed: Yayoi Kusama, Simon Evans, Henry Darger, Chris Ofili. Students will be invited to explore other media as well.
PAINTING 605 001
Multilevel Painting and Drawing
August 3-August 16, 2008
3 credit hours
Instructors: Philip Hanson and Anne Harris
This course for beginning to advanced students will include extensive experimentation with materials and techniques through individual painting problems. Students will pursue various interests in figure, landscape, abstract, imaginary, and still-life painting and drawing. Students may choose to work with oil-based media. Demonstrations and critiques are included.
PAINTING 606 001
Watercolor
August 17-August 23, 2008
1 credit hour
Instructor: David Baker
This course explores materials and methods used in watercolor painting. Using transparent and opaque watercolors (gouache), the class will focus on developing a private vision in relation to an environmental context. These explorations will be supplemented with exercises involving observation, with emphasis on formal concerns.