Intro to Painting (ARTV 202.01) Place : Studio P008 Time : Monday 3:30~6:15
First project : Based on what we learned in class about color value, color saturation (with the effect of mixing complementary colors) ,students represented geometrical shapes and simple objects with light and shade in a monochromatic composition.
Tutorial by Instructor Lesson one : color value
Tutorial no.1 by Instructor
Instructor: controlling color saturation by mixing complementary colors
Instructor ‘s Tutorial no. 2
Students’ work
Ines Al Laban
Ahmed Soror
Ahmed Soror
Ahmed sorror
Bishoy George
Student name: Salma Koueider
Morgane
Student name : Mariam Dayhom
Alaa Sobhy
Nahla Hambazaza
Salma Kouidar
Nahla
Nada Ayoub
Nada Ayoub
Manal Safwat ??????
Yasmine Khalil
Mariam Ghanem
Mariam Fayek
Farah Hegazy
Tarek el noury
Mohammed El Tanbouli
Mohamed Tanbouly
Project 2 : Mixing and Matching colors
To Match a color students ask themselves three questions : 1. WHAT COLOR IS IT FROM THE COLOR WHEEL? (Its spectrum color) 2. HOW INTENSE IS IT? (How much of its complement does it contain? More complement means less intense.) 3. WHAT VALUE IS IT? How light or dark is it?
Pixelated image project : This project at first looks simple and systematic but as soon as the student starts working in it , it proves to be challenging in many ways ; In addition to being an intensive exercise in mixing and matching colors , the students start to observe the act of light on the form in terms of color scales with tones shifting horizontally and vertically . Each student planes his work in a different way . He /She is asked to be very attentive to his/her working process . They are allowed to develop their work based on a certain concept that goes beyond a simple exercise, provided that they explain that in a presentation.
Instructor Tutorial no. 3
Students Work
Alaa Sobhy
Alaa Sobhy ( second trial with pixilated image project)
Yasmine Khalil
The concept of my pixelated painting revolves around the idea of graffiti and the two arguments behind it which are the artistic value and legal vandalism. I chose a Banksy piece because Banksy is one of the most popular and controversial graffiti artists. As for the piece itself, it is mainly two lovers standing on lots of warfare equipment clarifying the idea of love within wartime. Yasmine Khalil
Nahla Hambazaza
Bishoy George
Yasmeen Eltelbany
Excerpts from the presentation of Nada Ayoub , explaining her working process
Ahmed Sorour
Ines Al Laban
Mariam Ghanem
Mariam Fayek
Morgane
Tarek El Noury
Mohamed Tanbouly
Mariam Dayhoum
Mariam Dayhoum adapted the exercise of painting pixilated image to create an interactive project based on the concept of banned nudity. By using the pixilated image of this woman.. It is up to the beholder to go close and eliminate the distance needed for him to grasp the subject or withdraw backwards to confront it as it appears clearly to the eyes .
Manal Safwat
Salma Kouidar
Detail from Salma Kouidar’s work .. A beautiful red versus green
Project 3: working on Composition .
Students studied ways of arranging and spacing to create fine relations of line, mass and color. The lecture also included a brief introduction to painting in pastel .
Nada Ayoub
Ines
Farah
Yasmine Khalil
Alaa Sobhy
Nahla
Ahmed Soror
Mariam Fayek
Morgane
Project 4 : Introduction to portrait anatomy We started by a close examination to the planar structure of human head and the analyses of its main features. And continued to explore the expressive potential of painting a portrait .
Instructor turorial no.4
Bishoy
Morgane
Morgane
Mohamed El Telbany+instructor
Mariam Dayhoum
Ines self – portrait in 2 different days
Ahmed Soror
Mariam Fayak
Nada Ayoub
Tarek Elnoury
Nahla Hambazaza
Nahla Hambazaza
Nahla Hambazaza
Project 5 : Introduction to painting techniques and different approaches of color layering : In addition to being a practical approach to art history, this class teaches the students to create - in acrylic paint or egg tempera - a variety of surfaces .. By introducing them to specific techniques : applying gesso, imprimatura , glazes, gold leaf .. working in layers like in old techniques stemming from Renaissance , or otherwise in alla prima (wet in wet ) preserving the frontal aspect of the painting ( like in the modern art starting from impressionism ) The main purpose of this project is : a - To practice different techniques , understand the good aspects as well as the limitations , consequences and restrictions of each . b- Incite the student to read in art history and acquire a brief understanding of the main characteristics of each age.
Tutorial by instructor
Students’ work
Ahmed Sorror
Nahla
Mariam Fayek
Nada Ayoub
Yasmin Eltelbany
Mariam Ghanem
Alaa Sobhy
Ines
Yasmin Khalil
Morgane
Bishoy
Tarek El Noury
Mohamed Tanbouly
Manal
Final Project •
"Our heads ; two sided territories / inside-outside.. “
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In this project students are encouraged to think about people in two layers.. Inside and outside Outside is related may be to our facial features ... but to consider the inside is more of interpreting people's inner world. Students might thus consider giving form to ephemeral, non corporeal objects (e.g objects related to psyche, soul or emotions) and render that into visual images • It is very important to consider the passage/the path from outside to inside and vice versa .Is it blocked ..separated ...opened .. Transposable.. interspersing....? • It is important to have a clear concept of that in the mind . • The painting surface should be designed to express the concept . They don't have to stick to the traditional 2D format. shaped canvases and “painted” sculptures can be used. Painting in acrylic , pastels, gouache , tempera is allowed ..mixed media ( mixing color mediums or mixing paint with collage , transfer or mono prints ) are also allowed . Mediums like ( video - installation – performance ) can be used provided that they include painting or the act of painting .
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Students are encouraged to : a- Document their work and write an art statement. b- be innovative ,set free their imagination .. but also relate their work to real- life experiences . c- Implement the materials and techniques they learned through out the course .
Ahmed Soror
Morgane
Statement : “Even the darkest night can have a shimmering moon� Morgane
Farah Hegazy
Art statement In my final art project, I decided to stick to traditional expressive 2D work since I’m most comfortable with that style. Since it’s important to have a common theme, I thought to myself about what could be the most effective and expressive theme in terms of myself and I decided to do about sexual abuse. I decided to show the inner feelings in the portrait on facial expressions and through bruises and other types of physical pains. My theme isn’t about sexual abuse as much as it is about emotional pain that is shown through physical appearances. I tried to show how each person in every one of my portraits feels through eyes and a bruise or a stitch or that kind of stuff. For example, the one with the veiled girl and the stitches on her cheek doesn’t necessarily mean that there are stitches on her cheek and that it, it has a deeper meaning, it means that the pain she has is permanent and not just temporary like other kinds of paint for example bruises. You can tell my subjects are all in pain through their eyes since the eyes are the windows to the soul and they’re always my favorite thing to paint no matter how they look; there’s always something about them that all pulls me and grasps my attention. Last but not least, not only does my theme show pain through facial expressions and physical pain, but it also shows pain through color; I used black and white specifically to show a dramatic effect with light and dark.
Farah Hegazy
Mariam Fayek
Yasmine Khalil
Statement : My artist statement revolves around the inside and outside of the facial expressions, mainly melancholy. The skin is translucent in both portraits with cool colors to showcase the sadness and distress on the inside through the facial expressions outside. I chose two different mediums, oil pastels and acrylic, in two different yet conceptually similar portraits. Yasmine Khalil
Nahla Hambazaza
Art statement A series that explores the concealed nature of wasted effort. Efforts employed in failed endeavors are cast away and ignored. Failure therefore repeatedly comes hand in hand with wasted effort. We cannot be made aware of others’ actions if they don’t produce successful outcomes. The sculptures used for this project are failed ones. They embody wasted effort. I wanted to paint designs onto the faces using gold leaf, tempera paint and blood. The blood would be used in order to further demonstrate the nature of wasted effort, as paint can simply be mixed in order to obtain the color of blood. Using one’s own blood is therefore effective in that one is made to give up something precious while viewers are completely oblivious or indifferent to it. It can even work to disgust them. This leads to the question of whether or not our failures and/or what is precious to us always work to disgust others. The blood was used to color the patterns, as well as add coloring to the rest of the face (The faces themselves use clay that had been tinted using soft pastels. The eyes were painted using acrylic paint, after which several layers of glossy varnish were added for shine). The added designs that were meant to convey wasted effort, ironically work to actually salvage the sculptures, which makes for a more positive message; effort that may appear to have been wasted can actually work to help and guide us later on. The blood also gives the painted patterns a somewhat painful appearance; the patterns can look like either wounds or simple patterns, depending on one’s perspective. This can work to represent how our failures can either harm or better us, depending on our own actions. The sculptures are stored inside clear plastic containers, further illustrating our removal from others, whilst appearing to be near them. And so, although the sculptures may appear externally to have been completed in a single attempt, their true nature, that is their being the accumulation of effort (some of which had appeared to have been wasted), is hidden from the viewer.
Alaa Sobhy
Artist statement : Everyone of us has his/her emotion that has a certain expression inside out. Generally, according to different psychology studies; for women their emotional status always have a great effect on their way they dress and their hair styles "new look". Their way out is always expressed in their way of looking.
My work steps, I drew my first portrait exactly as the assigned assignment was first given to us but I didn't like how this was too ordinary and formal. I didn't like or want my project to be a routine basic one. My idea developed through the rest of my portraits. So I symbolized, imagined, and drew depression in a picture of a magician. I preferred and really liked using those bright colors insisting on the fact that depression as a psychological thing comes to a human being whatever mood surrounds him. In other words, one could be surrounded by happiness, cheerfulness, and satisfaction but still one is depressed. All my portraits don't have eye contact and this is also a fact that sad people always manage to hide their eye contacts from people to try to hide their feelings. According to my portrait that has this girl with color hair explains the fact I explained above concerning bright colored clothes and make up, in addition to hair styles. My weirdest but one of those portraits i like is mainly affected by Halloween make up and i managed to do this wide black things that will still grab the attention from the actual base thing. The portrait with this lady looking downward and having this far picture i could see it somehow foreshadows me. Simply yes I believe in the inside out thing but still I believe more in how we could hide or contradict what's is out to people. Not every smile is from a happy person and tears are not always from a sad one. We humans are strong enough to control our emotions and what we could make general people observe and feel about us. I Used the word GENERAL because only close people will know how you exactly feel whatever you did to hide the truth. Alaa Sobhy
Bishoy George
Statement
Often we underestimate the old and aging. We take it as weakness and disease. We forget that it is the old that helped give path to the new. Wisdom can only be achieved through time and patience, like the growth of a sturdy tree. These pieces combine a metaphorical and a literal reflection of the idea to show beauty even in the most wrinkled and withered of forms.
Bishoy George
Photo by Sandro Miller
Photographer Unknown
The End
Tarek El Noury
Nada Ayoub
Statement : I have decided to paint my portrait on a sculpture that is made up of a series of 546 matchboxes glued together to make a cube with four plans and small "drawers" that open up. Each drawer represents a corner of my mind ,my thoughts , my subconscious.
The theory that I chose to work with is Freud's theory of repression. The theory says that: the mind automatically banishes traumatic events from memory to prevent overwhelming anxiety. Since I believe that I went through my own minor traumatic events, I will keep some of the drawers closed because those are parts of my mind that I cannot recall or share. The ones that I remember details of will be represented through objects, papers, words, or small drawings in the boxes. Nada Ayoub
Statement : The work is about the changes of my feelings and emotions with seasons and how I perceive the 4 seasons. Yasmine El Telbany
Ines Ellaban
Statement : Beauty holds in the eye of the beholder, what makes people precious to us is only specific to our own experiences and our own memories shared with those people. The 5 paintings done here are of people which mean the world to me. They are linked to either by blood or by experiences I shared with them; 5 of them are family members and two of them are my closest friends sadly living abroad. Each painting comes from an original picture taken by me, and was then digitalized and simplified to end up in shapes and colors clear enough to make out a face but blurry enough to create an unrealistic effect. The faces were blurred out because I enjoy the effect pop art has and I thought that, through this effect, I could feel the presence and simplicity of the emotions I share with those people. Ines Elaban
Maryam Dayhoum
Mariam Ghanem
Statement : I tried to figure out what to do for my final project. I wanted to paint something that makes me happy every time I look at it and something I could keep for a long time. I started thinking of themes that would really inspire me. I wanted to work on depression theme but I felt like it doesn’t define me therefore I wouldn’t have a lot to express myself in. I started thinking about things that I find really beautiful, things that come in different forms, size colors and I thought about feathers. So I started brainstorming and feathers do symbolize freedom or peace. So I thought I should use Freedom for my final project. I feel cheerful when I think of freedom because there’s so many ways you can express it can never be wrong because its how YOU define it yourself. I did 2 paintings and used feathers in both. The first painting I painted a giant eagle flying in a sunset background (colors: blended red, orange, yellow) holding on to a woman with its claws. This woman is almost naked with just a thin sort of transparent white long dress with long golden locks flying everywhere. My second paintings, I wanted it to be different so I researched African Women and freedom. I came across how President Nelson Mandela fought for the freedom of African Women so I decided to paint an African. I made it represent freedom because there are bright colors that give an excellent touch that contrast with her skin. I made her hair very bright and colorful to represent freedom and that she can do or look what she wants. I also painted her blowing a feather to represent relief now that she is free.
Mariam Ghanem
Students’ name
e- mails
Salma Koueider Nada Ayoub Tarek el noury Ahmed sourour Yasmine Khalil Farah Hegazy Nahla Hambazaza Alaa sobhy Yasmeen al telbany Mohamed Eltanbouly Mariam Nader Fayek Ines Al Laban Mariam Ghanem Bishoy George Morgane Abou Ali Mariam Dayhoum Manal Sayed
Salma-k@aucegypt.edu nadaayoub@aucegypt.edu tarekelnoury@aucegypt.edu ahmedwalaa@aucegypt.edu yasmine.nagui@hotmail.com farahhegazy1@aucegypt.edu nahambaz@aucegypt.edu alaasobhy@aucegypt.edu y-altelbany@aucegypt.edu tanbouly@aucegypt.edu mariamfayek@aucegypt.edu ines.els@aucegypt.edu mariamghanem@aucegypt.edu bishoygeorge@aucegypt.edu morgane.aa@aucegypt.edu mariam.dayhoum@aucegypt.edu manal_safwat@aucegypt.edu
Student’s Number
900100441 900092315 900121777 900120969 900122653 900090917 900100121 900120915 900100858 900 08 3011 900113301
Grading system 1-Attendence : Number of classes attended x 2 (22 ) 2-Attitude (coming and leaving class on time , bringing one's tools ,working in class, being attentive) (8) 3-Assignments along the course {5 projects} 3 submitted assignments allows students to pass however each assignment is graded separately (A,A-,B+,B‌.etc. ) ,then grades are added and multiplied by 2 ( 40) 4-More grades are added according to individual progress ( 5) 5-Final Project (25) ---------sum : 100