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Art educational information for art students in course instructed by C Stephenson-Gibbs at Tidewater Community College's Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA
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W A T E R C O L O R Images by Students
Instructor: C STEPHENSON-GIBBS
At the beginning of the semester, students engage in several experimental exercises
designed to familiarize them with the characteristics of watercolor and the vast
possibilities and application techniques available to add variety to their compositions.
Several of these exercises include: opacity/transparency, color mixing and exploration
of additives shown below.
Included in this presentation are watercolor s by
My students.
Many of these students were novices whom had
Never used this medium prior to enrollment in
this course. Images created by advanced
Students will be notated. Subject matter is varied
Traditional choices like landscapes and more
Formal still life compositions to copies of master
Artists and experimental studies to demonstrate
The infinite possibilities watercolor provides.
In addition, note that image size also may vary from
The standard 5” x 7” format to grander 18” x 24”
Full sheets. All works included are on paper.
C. Stephenson-Gibbs, Instructor
REFLECTIVE LIGHT
L A N D S C A P E
MIDTERM REVIEW and CRITIQUE
Master Copies
F I N A L
CRITIQUE
And
Portfolio
Review
At the end of the semester, each student is
required to participate in a formal peer
critique as well as the submission of a
portfolio review.
In conclusion, I believe that you will agree that all of these students accomplished
tremendous success during the course of one semester.
Additionally, they demonstrated
the unique capability of watercolor to depict a wide variety of subjects,
produce a range of luxuriously vibrant hues or subtle evocative
Veils of translucent color, as well as
provided the illusion of
Any surface texture and evoke a myriad of emotions.
C Stephenson-Gibbs, Instructor