Life In The Arts

Portrait Painting with Gail Reeves

Live! Wednesday, November, 2000, 10:30 - 11:30 AM

Gail Reeves, is a local painter, known for her portrait work. Gail will show students how to create a portrait in any medium. Gail primarily works in oil.

Gail exhibits at the Chapman Gallery in Carmel and has exhibited throughout the peninsula and has won numerous awards. Gail states, "the power of art is beyond the material combination of it , and therefore each piece resides in it's own captured virtue at the time of it's conception. The materials chosen are limitations that influence the outcome, but your spirit controls their use.

Technical ability is a byproduct, not a requirement for doing art. I have always chosen independent study because it reinforces personal development in the most economical way.

Although teachers can assist, they cannot substitute for your own achievement. There are choices and trade-offs in producing and marketing artwork, but perhaps the most beneficial aspect will be something that is rarely noticed.

FOCUS QUESTIONS

1. Why do other fields of endeavor borrow the term "Artist" in conjunction

with their profession, while professional artists never do likewise?

2.Why do artists usually work alone?

3.What encouragement is there for original art?

4.Define the terms: Decorative design, Conceptual Art, and Propaganda.

CAREER CORNER

ARTIST

ILLUSTRATOR

CARTOONIST

DESIGNER

STUDENT PROJECT

OBJECTIVE:

MATERIAL LISTS: TEACHERS MAY USE ANY MEDIUM THEY WISH WITH THEIR STUDENTS. STUDENTS MAY USE A MIRROR IF THEY ARE DOING SELF PORTRAITS OR A PHOTOGRAPH. STUDENTS MAY CONSIDER MODELING FOR EACH OTHER.

#1. Before you start, discover your purpose and decide your focus.

1. Ask and answer to yourself: "If I had the opportunity to do only one

piece of artwork, What would it be ."

2. Ask and answer to yourself: "How much time can I devote to completing

this project, while being aware that quitting or unfinished work will forfeit

the one opportunity."

3. Ask and answer yourself: "What will I do with the completed artwork?"

#2. Expression and realism, we document unique reflections of both.

1. Try creating art when you are feeling sad or angry.

2. Try doing art when you are alone, for your own amusement.

3. Try doing artwork that exemplifies someone else's condition.

#3. Technical ability is achieved as a step in time due to pace and practice, yet initial inspiration is the key to maintaining enough enthusiasm to complete it and further progress.

1. Being able to surpass one's ability means always challenging it with

additional difficulty beyond previous accomplishments. This is a personal

decision.

2. The potential for artwork to enhance the lives of others is basic to

realizing one's influence on society. Give a piece of artwork to someone

other than family whom you feel will appreciate it as much as you do.

3. Visual communication is relative to the viewer's judgmental preference

and awareness. Composition and style are the artist's tools for the

presentation of a visual statement Evaluate your own performance.

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