1. What is Visual Art Phenomenon? The Phenomenological Group

2. Visual Art? Guillero Gomez Pena (Performance Artist Burnett Newman “Voice of Fire”(1989)

3. Aesthetics Emmanuel Kant (1724- 1804) “An aesthetic judgment, in Kant's usage, is a judgment which is based on feeling, and in particular on the feeling of pleasure or displeasure.”( Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy ) “An aesthetic judgment, in Kant's usage, is a judgment which is based on feeling, and in particular on the feeling of pleasure or displeasure.”( Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy )

4. The idea of visual art as human product Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) Art is a product of human thinking, and this gives it its spiritual (or, put another way, mindly) quality. Insofar as art is itself a product of mind, it is actually closer to us (more real in a sense) than what we ordinarily describe as ‘nature’. (The 10 th Guild) Art is a product of human thinking, and this gives it its spiritual (or, put another way, mindly) quality. Insofar as art is itself a product of mind, it is actually closer to us (more real in a sense) than what we ordinarily describe as ‘nature’. (The 10 th Guild)

5. Art as an experience Could art be an experience? To better appreciate the aesthetic art practice one must first be associated with it To better appreciate the aesthetic art practice one must first be associated with it I will now take 4 suggestions for images to represent in gestural format. I will now take 4 suggestions for images to represent in gestural format.

6. Gestural Drawing Exercise Exercise in preconceptions of drawing and imagery Exercise in preconceptions of drawing and imagery You will be timed You will be timed You will not be allowed to look at your hands or paper until complete You will not be allowed to look at your hands or paper until complete You will not be allowed to lift your pencil from the paper when drawing You will not be allowed to lift your pencil from the paper when drawing Everyone must participate [excluding myself] Everyone must participate [excluding myself]

7. Discussion of exercise What was your thoughts going into this exercise? What was your thoughts going into this exercise? Did the explanation of the outcomes allow a level of comfort ability within your own preconceptions? Did the explanation of the outcomes allow a level of comfort ability within your own preconceptions? Is your final rendering recognizable? Is your final rendering recognizable?

8. Water Color Watercolor is a painting method. Watercolor is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork, in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork, in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper; other supports include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood, and canvas. The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper; other supports include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood, and canvas. For our purpose it will be on paper. For our purpose it will be on paper.

9. Examples Carl Larsson (1897) Albrecht Durer (1502) Joseph Mallord William Turner (1802) Carl Larsson (1904-05)

10. Water Colour Techniques There are many ways to render a water colour paintings, and the following are examples: 1. Wet on Wet (Wet in Wet) 2. Lost and Found (Hard and Soft Edges) 3. Dry Brush Technique 4. Negative Painting # 1 (Wet on Wet) # 2 (Hard and Soft) # 3 (Dry Brush)# 4 (Negative Space)

11. Water Colour Exercise 1. You will tape the paper you have been given into 4 sections 2. In each section you will demonstrate the 4 techniques of water colour use in this presentation 3. Using water and very little paint work from light to dark 4. When completed remove the tape and sign it. * Please remind me to put slide show to the techniques slide if I haven’t done so already*

12. Discussion of Experience 1. How did you feel about doing the painting? 2. Is there a difference from drawing to painting in your opinion? 3. Any additional comments about the painting 4. Is Phenomenology a credible research methodology for visual arts practices, in your opinion?

13. Conclusions Visual arts Education as phenomena The essence of experience can only be represented with a shared experience. The essence of experience can only be represented with a shared experience. Themes in visual art occur when there is a common objective. Themes in visual art occur when there is a common objective. Visual Arts occur on an individual basis. Visual Arts occur on an individual basis. Visual art as an effective method End products of the method display thematic occurrences End products of the method display thematic occurrences Collective artworks are still individually possessive (subjects take the research home) Collective artworks are still individually possessive (subjects take the research home) Color usage allows for individual expression. Color usage allows for individual expression.

14. Bibliography