Janus Collaborative
Student, instructor, and guest comments on current exhibitions, studying at JCSA, and contemporary art.
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Reverse Engineering Painting
Practitioners of contemporary realism have limited the possibilities of their language by placing their greatest emphasis on technical issues. We will explore further possibilities of visual language as utilized in the past through the breakdown and examination of various successful paintings and plot a path beyond pure technical execution. Along this path, each individual artist may thrive in his or her specific manner of expression.
Tony Mastromatteo gave a great lecture and discussion about the importance of subject matter last night. It complemented the curriculum and discussions we have been having during the day program, both formally and informally. The founding instructors at Janus have always supported the exploration of personal subject matter and how things like composition play a role in making pictures. It was nice to meet like-minded artists. It’s too bad I only remembered to grab my camera after the discussion was over.
Student Work on Drapery
Here are some of our in-progress student works (compositional studies, posters, drawings, paintings, etc) of the drapery set-ups from this year. We’ll have more drapery studies and other student work up on the Janus website soon.
Drapery with Michael Grimaldi
Here are some images of the drapery class we had with Michael Grimaldi.
Drapery Study Demo, Michael Grimaldi
Drapery Study Demo, close-up
Portrait Drawing Demo, Dan Thompson
To follow-up Dan’s structural discussions on the skull and to complement the portraits we have been working on during our sculpture weeks with Steve Perkins, Dan did a drawing demo of Sesame’s portrait today!
Portrait Demo of Sesame, Dan Thompson
On Starts…
Fridays are portrait days with Kate where we focus on color via an oil sketch after a quick block-in. Kate shows us how it’s done…
Portrait Sketch, Kate Lehman
Janus Collaborative Blog
A public forum for JCSA students, instructors, and guests to post views and pose questions on approaches to art education/training and contemporary art; and to discuss applying the knowledge of the past as a means towards understanding and expressing life as an artist today.