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.

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
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 Lecture Hours: 40 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20