ART 131 - Painting 1

3 credit hours - Two hours of lecture and two hours of studio weekly; one term.
Study the current context, history, materials and techniques of oil painting. Learn about light and shadow while using a limited palette to paint simple still lifes. Develop an understanding of color harmony while creating complex paintings with a full palette. Lab fee $55.

Prerequisite(s): ART 125 or permission of department chair.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

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

Identify and appropriately use painting tools and surfaces.
Observe safety procedures and best practices in the studio.
Identify and replicate value and color equivalents into observational information.
Demonstrate (direct) painting through alla prima block-in methods and (indirect) underpainting methods.
Create work from Still Life with a cursory introduction to Interior, Landscape, Figure, Abstraction, and conceptual approaches to painting.
Critically think and communicate visual concepts during critique and in response to materials of a diverse range of global painters.
Design well-crafted and intentional paintings that demonstrate personal voice.