UNM Experimental Figure Drawing, Spring 2014

This is an experimental drawing course, utilizing the figure, providing further concentration on basic drawing concepts. Emphasis is placed on descriptive and perceptual drawing, using both wet and dry media, and color. Students learn basic anatomy and will begin to develop an understanding of the way a figure inhabits space; thus able to successfully reproduce this space in two dimensions and later developing a personal style within the confines of academic figurative art.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Intro To Abstract Art - Steve Hodge

Narrative art fits into the context of some kind of story.

Cave wall paintings at Lasceuax, France- 12-17,000 years old

Brent Stirton, Rhino Wars, photograph

Helen Stratton ~ The Lily of Life ~The Wise Woman ~ 1913

Non-narrative art doesn't tell a story;

there is no story implied or explicated.

Rhino Horn by Lapidot - print

"Southwest Spirit Bison" - Theresa Paden 24"x30" acrylic on canvas

Figurative Art is a rendering apparently from real life.

Jeffrey Hein

In abstract art, the figure is removed from its context., if a figure remains at all,

Jean Besette

Nancy Smith
"Leap", acrylic on paper, 22"x30"

Oak
Untitled NO.20
30x40 inch
acrylic on canvas

1 comment:

Cornelia OliverFebruary 27, 2014 at 1:40 PM
This should be narrative versus non-narrative art. Figuration and abstraction are different categorizations.
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