lane cooper student work

The following are examples from an all levels figure drawing class taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a visiting artist. Black and white conté on pastel paper, plaster model contour 1 minute gesture Hand and feet studies Value drawing using charcoal

Freshman level Drawing samples from the Cleveland Institute of Art For Scale Two 1 minute gesture drawings of the same pose - conte on newsprint

Students are encouraged to develop their own directions and this plays out in a variety of approaches to making work. As well students are encouraged to develop ongoing conversations with a range of other faculty and professionals. These influences play out in their work. Senior - acrylic on panel Senior - oil on canvas Senior - mixed media, documentation of site installation Senior - acrylic on canvas Senior - acrylic without substrate View of Junior level studio - I worked closely with this student along with my colleague Dan Tranberg more of her junior-level work is below Senior - oil on canvas Senior - oil on canvas

This piece is from the second semester of Sophomore Intro-level Painting with the specific assignment being "A Painting by Any Other Name." The goal of the assignment is to ask students to think deeply about the conventions of painting and to play with them. Balloons filled with colored oils

Images from Intro to Painting Courses - Freshman and Sophomore levels Freshman - color system assignment based on Itten Freshman - Still-life Assignment, oil on canvas Sophomore - Self Portrait Assignment, oil on canvas Crit for Intro to Painting Sophomore - Personal Project, oil on canvas Sophomore - Self Portrait, oil on canvas Freshman - Self Portrait, acrylic on canvas Sophomore spring - acrylic on canvas Sophomore spring - acrylic on canvas