Course Detail

20/FA DFA-120-A
PAINTING I

Instructor: Jenkins
Department: ART PRACTICE
Credits: 3   Instruction Method: HYB
Status: OPEN

Intro to Painting functions as a survey of contemporary approaches to painting. Students explore a range of oil and acrylic painting techniques while directing the development of particular ideas, themes, or subjects. The technical goals in this course include understanding the use of color properties to depict illusionary space and form while examining the relationships between material and metaphor, surface and structure, image and meaning. Connections between research and practice are strengthened through ideation methods based on observational studies in addition to collecting, sourcing and archiving visual resources. Studio set up and safety, class critiques, visiting artists and field trips round out the course.

Start Date: 2020-08-31 End Date: 2020-12-12
Meeting in: B
Room: 304
Days: M
Start Time: 12:45 PM
End Time: 6:45 PM