What is a “bad” figure painting? This video shows a broad range of figurative paintings, and the opinions of several artists as to why the artworks are effective or not.
- Watch the 45 min. version
- Watch the 3 min. version
The opinion of each artist on the figure composition then stimulates a discussion on why a specific figure painting is successful or not.
Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Alex Rowe and Cat Huang.
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Video Walkthrough
- Contemporary artists who want to “relive” the Renaissance today
- Artists create artwork as a reaction to events happening in their time
- How much does technical skill matter in a figure painting?
- Contextualizing figures into an environment in painting
- Keeping references to time periods consistent within a painting
- Hercules & Omphale
- Symbolism of objects in Renaissance paintings.
Prof Lieu’s Tips
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When you’ve worked out the composition, have a good grip on the color scheme, at the thumbnail sketch stage, this really lets you focus on the other challenges that occur at the final artwork stage.
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If you’re struggling with the composition on the final artwork, it’s so frustrating, as it takes a lot of backtracking, fixing, etc. All that stuff is easy to fix in a thumbnail, but can very time consuming and tough to do on the final artwork.
It may not seem like it at first, but thumbnails make your work flow quite efficient!