ART 255 Beginning Painting for Art Majors

5 credits

Covers theory as well as practice and encourages originality and creativity. Furthers student understanding of the methods, materials, and ideas that are central to the practice of painting still lifes, figures, and landscapes.

Prerequisites: ART 121

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 with emphasis on preliminary drawing
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
Layout compositions with an emphasis on drawing and design fundamentals
Explore painted composition through rapid sketches
Expand drawing skills through paint media
Assess a variety of painting styles and schools
Finish a proposed final project in a chosen artistic style

Total Hours: 60 Lecture Hours: 40 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20