Class Painting IV

In this course students deepen their pictorial skills in portrait painting. At the same time, a collective public art project is developed.

1 visual search: images that define the canon and variations of the portrait genre presented in PowerPoint with their respective datasheets and definitions.

2 exercises of sustained observation in the structure, unfolding and updating of the portrait. the representation from the direct observation of the model, assuming canonical compositions: collective portrait, whole body, a ¾, mythological, figure, equestrian, self-portrait (of one's own or another). the adequacy of the format and frames to the size of the medium and the scale of representation of the picture (s). body and facial expression. the mask and the character.

- personal project

- public art project: 1 mural with project methodology (individual proposal with collective execution): research, site-specific exploratory exercises, studies, formalization of the proposal, execution in loco.

Exemplification and demonstration and indication of bibliography. Imaging research for the realization of a personal gallery. Application of the stages of a projective, plastic and expository pictorial project (idea, praxis and factum est).The evaluation method is continuous, in person (75%) and includes parameters of punctuality, attendance and relationship with colleagues (25%). It is evaluated the annotation of ideas, the sketches, the finalization and way of showing / exposing the completed works.

Assessment:

50% mural painting project (Professor Inês Marques)

50% personal project and exercises on portraiture (Professor Margarida Prieto)

This UC does not have the first exam season. 2nd period exam: all exercises complete and exhibited with exposure criteria.

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