Final Project: Time cover

Your assignment is to create a cover illustration featuring Lady Gaga in the theme of True Crimes or Modern Romance.


What's required:
Research photos of Lady Gaga, select and print five to be used as reference
Achieve her likeness
Be inventive and creative with the theme.
Investigate the format and size of the cover.
Research the cover archive link at Time.com
The Time banner needs to blend in and be incorporated into the design of the illustration.
The headline True Crimes or Modern Romance must be included.

Deadlines:
ten solid thumbs: 11 29 for a grade
Comprehensive: 12 06
Paint day: 12 08
Due: 12 13


Color: a must
Media: painted image, printed image
Final: is a printed image including Time style elements
Size: actual, physical cover size
Mounted: blk foam board, with two inches above and on both sides with three inches below

Illustration demo

http://www.illustrationpages.com/2010/11/artist-mark-hammermeister-tutorial.html

Time cover - must read

http://www.spd.org/2010/10/the-time-covers-of-arthur-hoch-1.php"

Anthropomorphic portrait

Objective:
Create an illustration of a classmate as an exercise in anthropomorphism. Interview each other, and from the the interview, extract relevant information to shape and support your idea.

Media:
illus. board, paint, color

What's due:
10 25- thumbs, web review
10 27- studio and work on comprehensive
11 01- Comp due, photo day or paint day
11 03- mandatory paint day
11 08- mandatory paint day
11 10- mandatory paint day
11-15-final due

Links to study:
http://www.si-la.org
http://www.marcart.net
http://www.bradholland.net/

Haddon Sundblom

http://www.americanartarchives.com/sundblom.htm

Palette

Palette:
Professor Zeggert
ZeggArt@aol.com
davidzeggert.blogspot.com

Paint (oils)
Flake white replacement- Gamblin or Willamsburg
Ivory black-all brands
Ultramarine blue- Old Holland
Cobalt Blue- Winton, - Not studio safe
Burnt Sienna-all brands
Venetiaan Red- Old Holland
Napthal Scarlet Red-Gamblin
Alizarin Crimson- all brands
Naples Yellow-Old Holland
Yellow Orchre- Gamblin
Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue-all brands
Raw Sienna- all brands
Raw umber- Gamblin, Willamsburg
Sap green- all brands
Viridian Green- Gamblin
Oudt Yellow green- Old Holland

Brushes:  sizes are optional
at a minium, get two bristle and two sable
Winsor Newton, Rigger- drawing brush size 4
Escoda bristle brush -Filbert  #2,  #4  ,
Silver grand Prix bristle brush-Filbert  #6, #8
Richeson Chelveston- used to scrub, large #10, #12
Da Vinci Black sable- filbert  #2,  #4  #6,
Hake- any brand
Raphel- sable, round
Metal Palette Knife
(Used for mixing paint on palette)

Medium (one or the other) to thin
Walnut Oil-M. Grahm
Walnut Oil alkyd- M. Grahm

(optional) Stand Oil- all brands -this thickens

Cleaners
Mineral oil, found at CVS
Murphy's oil

paper towels