Tuesday, August 5, 2008

All Classes General Information 2008-2011

Marciano Martinez

All Classes

Classroom Objectives

The most important factors in my art classes are participation and attendance, due to the nature of the courses

Grading will be based on completion of the daily classroom assignments

Outside of classroom:

  • Maintain a notebook with handouts and notes from lectures
  • Build a portfolio to be reviewed at the end of term so individual progress and growth can be seen and assessed, emphasizing the learning process and final results, including instructor generated assignments from various media (films, books, masterworks)
  • Go to a museum and two galleries to observe various artists’ work in person
  • Opportunity to Participate in the Annual Student Art Show at the Fullerton College Gallery
  • Participate in the Annual “Artist in Residence” program

Note: Please expect to bring materials to first class. Lockers available from the office for your convenience, small fee, need lock

Turn Off Cell Phones during class

Suggested reading:

  • Pastel – Daniel E. Greene
  • All about Techniques in Pastel – Barron’s
  • Basic Portrait Techniques – Rachel Wolf
  • Drawing the Human Head – Burne Hogarth
  • The Big Book of Drawing & Painting the Figure – Muntsa Calbo I Angrill
  • The Human Figure – John Vanderpoel
  • The Natural Way to Draw – Kimon Nicolaides
  • Figure Drawing - Nathan Goldstein
  • Anatomy for the Artist – Jeno Barcsay
  • Keys to Drawing – Bert Dodson
  • The Elements of Color – Itten
  • Color in Contemporary Painting – Charles Le Clair
  • History of Color in Painting – Faber Birren
  • Mainstreams of Modern Art – John Canaday
  • Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to Present – Daniel Wheeler
  • Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Partial list of Museums:

(show your student ID for possible discounts)

Bowers Cultural Museum - http://www.bowers.org/

Huntington Library, art collections and botanical gardens - http://www.huntington.org/

LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art - http://www.lacma.org/

Norton-Simon Museum of Art - http://www.nortonsimon.org/

OCMA – Orange County Museum of Art - http://ocma.net/

San Diego Museum of Art – Balboa Park, San Diego, CA - http://www.sdmart.org/

J. Paul Getty Museum Center - http://www.getty.edu/visit

UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center - http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/

Timken Museum of Art – Balboa Park, San Diego, CA - http://www.timkenmuseum.org/


Partial list of Galleries:

Muckenthaler – Fullerton

Timken Art Gallery – Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

Useful Websites include:

Google image search

Artlex.com

OCAIW.com

Mark Harden’s Artchive

Gallery.euroweb

There are many more helpful sites, try a general search for an artist or a specific artwork. All museums have websites and many artists and galleries have websites, as well. On campus computers go to GroveArt.

Partial List of Art Materials Suppliers:

(Call to verify changes in hours or locations – Ask for a Student Discount if available)

“The Brush Lady” – Discount brushes at Fullerton Campus, hours posted each term

Fullerton College Bookstore – Student Services Building (2000)

Michaels, Fullerton, CA (714) 992-9272

Aaron Brothers Art & Framing

1150 S. Harbor, Fullerton, CA (714) 680-3345

Imperial Hwy. & Beach Blvd., La Mirada, CA

Art Supply Warehouse (310) 594-9641 or (714) 891-3626 or aswexpress

6672 Westminster Ave., Westminster, CA 92683 - Catalog

The Art Store (714) 250-7353 - 4040 Campus Drive

Dick Blick Art Supply - Catalog

Daniel Smith - Catalog

Pearl Art Supply (714) 903-5100 or Los Angeles (310) 854-4900

7227 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach, CA

Sterling Art (949) 553-0101

18871 Teller Ave., Irvine, CA 92612

Utrecht (310) 478-5775 - Catalog

11677 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Los Angeles, CA 90025

Painting - Watercolor

Marciano Martinez

Beginning Watercolor

Objectives:

Approaching painting as a creative process while developing the elementary skills of painting as a means of self-expression, emphasizing the development of a basic understanding of the fundamentals of composition, color theory and mixing, and learning to work with the materials in a wide variety of traditional and contemporary techniques.

Intermediate Watercolor

Objectives:

Approaching painting as a creative process while continuing to develop the skills of painting as a means of self-expression, emphasizing the development of an understanding of composition, color theory and mixing, and learning to work with the materials in a wide variety of traditional and contemporary techniques.

Advanced Watercolor

Objectives:

A study of advanced painting problems, stressing experimentation, traditional, and contemporary painting composition and methods, while continuing to develop additional skills using painting as a means of self-expression with emphasis on the development of a body of work that explores concepts and materials, exploration of individual style is encouraged.

Watercolor Supply List:

Watercolor paper – various sizes (cutter available in class)

Watercolor brushes – Wide flat (min. 1”), rounds size 8 and 10

Watercolor palette – Robert E. Wood large covered palette preferred

Watercolor paints – set of tube paints preferred

Wide (1 ½” to 2”) tape - blue removable preferred

Frisket type resist or rubber cement, small pointed twig or chopstick

Foam core board

Small scissors, small container of salt, small white candle or piece of uncolored wax, small sponge, small spray bottle for water, a working mat, pencil

Painting - Oil and Acrylic

Marciano Martinez

Beginning Painting

Objectives:

Approaching painting as a creative process while developing the elementary skills of painting as a means of self-expression, emphasizing the development of a basic understanding of the fundamentals of composition, color theory and mixing, and learning to work with the materials.

Intermediate Painting

Objectives:

Approaching painting as a creative process, while developing additional skills using painting as a means of self-expression, as well as developing skills in using painting techniques and media, including oil and/or acrylic paints, and emphasizing the development of an understanding of composition, color theory and mixing, and skill development. Exploration of individual style is encouraged.

Advanced Painting

Objectives:

A study of advanced painting problems, stressing experimentation, traditional, and contemporary painting composition and methods, while continuing to develop additional skills using painting as a means of self-expression with emphasis on the development of a body of work that explores concepts and materials, exploration of individual style is encouraged.

Oil Painting Supply List:

Paints – Oil studio tubes 1.25 oz.

  • Indian red
  • Yellow ochre
  • Raw umber
  • Burnt umber
  • Burnt sienna
  • Ivory or Mars black
  • Cerulean blue
  • Cobalt blue
  • Viridian green
  • Pthalo green
  • Pthalo blue
  • Ultramarine dark blue
  • Cadmium red light
  • Cadmium yellow light
  • Cadmium yellow deep
  • Cadmium Orange
  • Dioxazine purple
  • Alizarin crimson
  • Cadmium red light
  • Ivory black
  • Flake or Titanium white (large tube)

Brushes – Hogs hair bristle brushes of any shape preferred for oil

  • Flat #4, 5, 9
  • Round #6 sable or sabeline
  • Fan #4

Painting Surfaces –

  • Canvases - Minimum size is 16”x20”

Other supplies:

  • Painting bag or bucket
  • Large open mouthed jars with lids – 2
  • Palette – size 16”x20”
  • Palette knife
  • Odorless mineral spirits
  • Pencil and eraser
(Later in semester – raw canvas, stretcher bars, gesso)

Acrylic Painting Supply List:

Paints – Acrylic studio tubes 2 oz.

  • Red oxide
  • Napthol crimson
  • Cadmium red medium
  • Cadmium orange
  • Yellow oxide
  • Raw umber
  • Cadmium yellow light
  • Cadmium yellow deep
  • Burnt sienna
  • Cerulean blue
  • Pthalo green
  • Ultramarine blue
  • Acra violet
  • Flake or Titanium white (large tube)
  • Black

Brushes – Nylon or other synthetic

  • Flat ¼”, ½”, ¾”, 1”
  • Round Sable or sabeline
  • Fan #4
Painting Surfaces – Minimum size is 18” square

Life Drawing

Marciano Martinez

Beginning Life Drawing

Objectives:

Learning to draw from the human figure, emphasizing the development of a basic understanding of gesture, structure, anatomy, and movement, through the use of the skeleton and life model.

Intermediate Life Drawing

Objectives:

Learning to draw from the human figure, emphasizing the refinement of basic skills, and the understanding of gesture, structure, anatomy, and movement, through the use of the skeleton and life model.

Advanced Life Drawing

Objectives:

Learning to draw from the human figure, emphasizing a focused review of previous drawing exercises, the refinement of technique and advanced studio problems, and the advanced understanding of gesture, structure, anatomy, and movement, through the use of the skeleton and life model.

Suggested Textbooks:

  • Natural Way to Draw – Nicolaides
  • Life Drawing – Joseph Shepherd
  • Atlas of Anatomy for Artists - Schider

Life Drawing Supply List

  • Drawing paper – Strathmore 400 series - 18” x 24”
  • Bond paper – 18” x 24”
  • Sketch book – Strathmore or black cover bound book
  • Art pencils, good quality - #2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
  • Woodless Graphite Pencils – #6B or 9B
  • Large kneaded type eraser
  • White plastic eraser
  • Charcoal sticks (compressed)
  • Conte crayon – black 6B, sanguine, white
  • Chamois (4”x4”)
  • India ink – water soluble (ex. Higgins, Pelican, Hunt brands)
  • Dip pen points and holder
  • Bamboo type round brush – apprx. #12
  • Flat brush – apprx. # 6,7, or 8
  • Facial tissues
  • Fixative spray – Workable Matt
  • Glass – 8”x10” – tape edges for safety
  • Erasable Black felt pen
  • Soft square of cloth for wiping glass
  • Ruler
  • Single edge razor blade
  • Tracing paper
  • Tackle box or other container
  • Drawing board with clips (plus “bulldog” type clips) – 20”x25”
  • Ice cube tray for inks/watercolors

Basic Drawing

Marciano Martinez

Objectives:

Learn to use drawing materials such as graphite, charcoal, and ink to create representations of objects, forms, light, and space in both technical and expressive ways, with emphasis on personal improvement and growth.

Class Title: Basic Drawing 182

Suggested Textbook:

Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain - Edwards

Basic Drawing Supply List:

  • Drawing paper – Strathmore 400 series - 18” x 24”
  • Bond paper – 18” x 24”
  • Sketch book – Strathmore or black cover bound book
  • Pencil – regular
  • Pencils – 6B soft
  • Woodless Graphite Pencils – 6B or 9B
  • Large kneaded type eraser
  • Charcoal sticks (compressed)
  • Conte crayon – black 6B, sanguine, white
  • Chamois (4”x4”)
  • India ink – water soluble (ex. Higgins, Pelican, Hunt brands)
  • Dip pen points and holder
  • Bamboo type round brush – apprx. #12
  • Flat brush – apprx. # 6,7, or 8
  • Facial tissues
  • Fixative spray – Workable Matt
  • Glass – 8”x10” – tape edges for safety
  • Erasable Black felt pen
  • Soft square of cloth for wiping glass
  • Ruler
  • Single edge razor blade
  • Tracing paper
  • Tackle box or other container