ART 143 - Painting
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of painting in several media, including oil paint, acrylics, and watercolor. Students will learn to build their own painting supports (canvases) and use a variety of painting tools. Paint application techniques will be explored, from glazing to impasto. Color theory will be used to develop color mixing techniques. Subject matter of painting projects include still life, portraits, landscapes, and non-objective compositions. Students will explore the work of both historical and contemporary painters. Via self- and class critiques, students will evaluate their own work and that of their peers. Required participation in the college art show or equivalent introduces students to proper presentation and framing methods. No prior experience required. This course will allow students to find new forms of self-expression, both in visual career fields and on a personal level.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: Course Materials: $100.00
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
1. Demonstrate the ability to successfully stretch flexible (canvas) painting supports.
2. Compare qualities of various wet media to determine appropriate materials and tools for specific techniques and modes of stylistic expression.
3. Develop a working understanding of basic color theory and value (light/dark) in order to efficiently mix paint colors.
4. Examine and apply methods of master painters to improve understanding of color relationships and paint application techniques.
5. Use a range of paint media to create convincing depictions of a variety of subject matter.
Course Objectives
1. Distinguish between main characteristics of acrylic, oil, and watercolor paint, including visual qualities, application techniques, preparation, storage, and safe clean-up methods.
2. Utilize the unique qualities of each media during the creation of acrylic, oil, and watercolor paintings.
3. Select appropriate paintbrush sizes and types for the intended visual effect.
4. Demonstrate the ability to prepare flexible supports by stretching and priming stable canvases.
5. Select appropriate paintbrush sizes, shapes, and materials for specific purposes.
6. Analyze and practice paint-application techniques used by historical and contemporary master painters, including impasto, glazing, and wash techniques.
7. Incorporate a variety of blending techniques into paintings, including dry brush, wet-in-wet and wet-in-dry methods.
8. Assess how the visual effects of paint-application techniques can impact the message or expressive quality of a painting.
9. Successfully match and custom-mix colors in all paint media used.
10. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the basic color wheel and color schemes.
11. Examine the effect of color relationships on the composition, sense of depth, and emotional qualities of a painting.
12. Use color relationships, space, proportion, value (light/dark), texture, and other elements of art to emphasize specific areas or ideas.
13. Evaluate the visual accuracy of other paintings and identify solutions for improvement.
14. Create accurate representations of original subject matter.
15. Experiment with the expressive possibilities of non-objective imagery in paintings.
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