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Size: 12" x 16" or larger
Medium: Ink (sharpie or India Ink or a combination), with color added in selected areas-colored pencil or water color
Duration: 3 - 5 classes
POST PHOTO of finshed piece into Canvas. In writing, in Canvas, explain what you did to make this picture part of the Vanitas tradition. What message did you mean to communicate?
Assessment based upon:
How well were you able to represent the skull lit by a single light source (shading)

Vanitas Assignment:
VANITAS TRADITION
present day Contemporary Vanitas
Draw a skull (or more than one) from direct observation. Include shading to describe the characteristics of the form and position and source of light.
Shade it using hatching/cross hatching technique derived from etchiing and engraving with ink and brush/pen and /or sharpies.

{StillLifeWithASkull Philippe de Champaigne .jpg} Phillippe de Champaigne, Still Life with A Skull
LATE 20TH CENTURY VANITAS BY AMERICAN AUDRY FLACK, "VANITAS, MARILYN", OIL ON CANVAS
vanitas marilyn.jpg} AUDREY FLACK, VANITAS, MARILYN
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: WRITTEN HW #1
{StillLifeWithASkull Philippe de Champaigne .jpg}

{StillLifeWithASkull Philippe de Champaigne .jpg}
{flack vanitas marilyn.jpg}

{andy-warhol-electric-chair-orange-disaster-1964.jpg} ANDY WARHOL, Electric Chair Orange
{DINE garritys-necklace VANITAS.jpeg} JIM DINE, Garrity's Necklace Vanitas
17TH CENTURY VANITAS BY PHILLIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE, "VANITE", OIL ON PANEL
{StillLifeWithASkull Philippe de Champaigne .jpg} Phillippe de Champaigne, Still Life with A Skull
LATE 20TH CENTURY VANITAS BY AMERICAN AUDRY FLACK, "VANITAS, MARILYN", OIL ON CANVAS
{flack vanitas marilyn.jpg}
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: WRITTEN HW #1
{StillLifeWithASkull Philippe de Champaigne .jpg}
{flack vanitas marilyn.jpg}

Jim Dine (born June 16, 1935) is an American pop artist. He is sometimes considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, attended Walnut Hills High School, the University of Cincinnati, and received a BFA from Ohio University in 1957. He first earned respect in the art world with his Happenings. Pioneered with artists Claes Oldenburg and Allan Kaprow, in conjunction with musician John Cage, the "Happenings" were chaotic performance art that was a stark contrast with the more somber mood of the expressionists popular in the New York art world. The first of these was the 30 second The Smiling Worker performed in 1959.
Jim Dine has been represented by The Pace Gallery since 1976. (Wikipedia)
Assignment: CreateExplore the expressive potential of a variety of media over at least 4 12" x 18" drawings on toned and white paper. Whole of parts of these may be used for the final project below.
Create 2 mixed objects on 12"18" x 18"24" paper. You to include some color in each drawing.drawing, however most (about 75%) of surface must be tonal (black, grays,etc.).
{jim dine birdofparadise.jpg}
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