"Background" Research

Setting; Context: The *ahem* "Background"

Do a portrait study where there is an interesting "background" solution. Choose an image from last section of the Powerpoint at the bottom of this page.

Due Tuesday 2/11

Some thoughts on how to treat the surrounding space:

Pattern

Spatial Darkness

Spatial Lightness

Mark making

Deep Space

Shallow Space

Divisions

Gradations

Shadows

Landscape

Interior

Let's investigate the greats!

Max Beckmann

Paul Cezanne

Vincent Van Gogh

Susanna Coffey

Henri Matisse

Edvard Munch

etc.