Course
Description Building
upon the 2D visual literacy that students developed in their foundation course,
we will continue to address pertinent aspects of drawing and painting. Drawings
will be made using multiple media, such as charcoal and ink , while in painting
we will mainly use acrylic paint on different surfaces, including canvas and
wood panels. We will focus on acquiring fundamental skills, such as how to
organize compositions and articulate visual ideas through form and shape, color
and value relationships, texture and sheen, and opacity and transparency.
Assignments will introduce students to a variety of subject matters, natural
and manmade, including landscape, flora and fauna, urban environments,
architecture, and people. In addition to observational exercises, students will
be encouraged to engage with their imagination and emotions. We will learn
about and discuss historic and contemporary aesthetic, emotive, and conceptual
approaches to painting, with the aim of guiding each student towards a personal
artistic direction.
4 credits