ART 221 : Painting I
This course explores the fundamental techniques of oil painting. Basic problems are designed for beginners as well as students with some previous experience. Realism and Impressionism are studied through still life and landscape projects, while the basics of theory and composition are stressed. This course will help students to understand form and space as a foundation for more advanced painting techniques. Prerequisite: ART 111 or permission of instructor. Three hours of critique and three hours studio per week. Instructional Support Fee applies.
Gen. Ed. Competencies Met: Human Expression.
Course Outcomes
Through project work and critique, students will demonstrate their ability to:
1. Identify the properties of oil paint, including pigment, binders and mediums and how these properties affect handling and application and safely and correctly use oil painting materials, including brushes, palette knives, solvents, and supports.
2. Apply observational drawing skills to accurately block in proportions, perspective, and spatial relationships as the structural foundation of a painting.
3. Mix and apply color to render convincing light, shadow, and form in both still life and landscape subjects, effectively utilizing the key principles of color theory, including hue, value, saturation and temperature.
4. Analyze the compositional strategies, including balance, focal point, value structure, and spatial organization, present in historical and contemporary paintings.
5. Experiment with and evaluate how surface quality, paint handling, and brushwork contribute to the expressive and formal qualities of a finished painting.
6. Construct a series of paintings that demonstrate intentional use of composition, color, value, and paint application to represent observed subjects convincingly.
7. Critique their own work and the work of peers using discipline-specific vocabulary, identifying technical strengths and areas for development in relation to stated learning goals.