Painting: Abstracting the Figure
6 Week Class | This course is completed
This course introduces students to painting the figure through the lens of abstraction. Using a combination of live models and photographic sources, students will make paintings that go beyond straightforward representational depictions of the figure. We will look at examples of historical and contemporary artists who work with the figure and abstraction. Students will discover the narrative and expressive qualities of an inventive approach to figure painting and delve into the fertile ground between representation and abstraction.
Notes:
- This course will be taught using acrylic paint and techniques.
- There is no class on August 8th (long weekend).
Base Tuition: $318 + Model Fee: $27 = $345 Total
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What You Will Learn:
• The historical context of figurative abstraction
• Strategies for abstraction of the figure: combining observation with imagination, viewing the components of the figure as abstract forms
• Inventive compositional techniques using both live and photographic sources
• Acrylic painting techniques such as colour mixing, mark making and layering/glazing
• Depicting the figure in a way that emphasizes expression and experimentation
Deirdre McAdams
Deirdre is a visual artist living and working in Toronto, ON. Her work investigates the generative possibilities and philosophical implications of a technologically-aided approach to the medium of painting. She is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the University of Guelph and during her time there was granted the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC) for her research. She is a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2008), and the Victoria College of Art (2003), where she studied painting. She was awarded an Honourable Mention in the 2011 RBC Painting Competition, as well as a prize in 2010 from Canadian Art Magazine for her writing on contemporary art and also a recipient of multiple grants for her work and research. Exhibitions of her work include solo shows at Birch Contemporary and G Gallery in Toronto, and Field Contemporary and CSA Space in Vancouver.