ART 111 Beginning Painting for Non Art Majors

5 credits

Introduces students to traditional and contemporary concepts and techniques in oil/acrylic painting. Students learn to organize form, color, and tone while practicing various methods of application, color mixing, and surface preparation.

Prerequisites: ABED 040 (or placement into MATH 087 or higher) and ABED 046 (or placement into ENGL 093or higher)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Duplicate a master-painter’s landscape
Compose a landscape with atmospheric perspective
Transfer drawn images onto canvas
Blend unique hues through the mixture of primary, secondary and neutral colors/tones
Construct tonal under-painting with glazed/scumbled hues to create a still life painting
Explore painted composition through rapid sketches
Assess a variety of painting styles and schools
Complete a proposed final project in a chosen artistic style

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20