ARTS 421: Painting III (2-D)
Prerequisites: ARTS 221 or ART 320
Credits: (3) One hour lecture, demonstration or critique; three hours studio. (2-D)
Emphasis on building visual and aesthetic skills for the development of paintings
of a high level of technical and artistic merit.
Note(s): May be taken multiple times for credit.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
Lectures, demonstrations and critiques will provide the student with a conceptual
background regarding expressive and technical problem solving, strategies, and students
will demonstrate the ability to cope successfully with:
1). The development of paintings of a high level of technical and artistic sophistication.
2). A serial oeuvre of consistent aesthetic merit.
3). Preparation and exhibition of paintings in a professional manner.
4). Critiques dealing with the relationship between expressive goals and content,
techniques and presentations.
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
Students will be required to submit a list of painting objectives and problem solving
strategies to be explored during the semester. Specific goals will be decided upon
by the instructor and the student and will comprise self-directed course objectives.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
The student, upon completion of the painting studio will be able to:
1). Distinguish between oil and acrylic.
2). Recognize various painting tools and effects of each (palette, palette knife,
brushes, easel, canvas, stretchers, surface preparation).
3). Recognize related career opportunities.
4). Recognize primary, secondary, tertiary, neutral, analogous, complementary, near
complementary, monochromatic, and triadic color schemes in painting.
5). Recognize shades, tints, tones, intensity, and value in painting.
6). Distinguish landscape, still life, portrait, abstract, and representational paintings.
7). Recognize good design quality in a painting (movement, dominance, balance, rhythm,
harmony, contrast).
Assessment Measures
Assessment of the student's success in the course is based on successful review of
the student's creation of a serial oeuvre, assigned homework, and individual and group
critiques. Students will demonstrate the ability to:
1). Arrange a palette for painting.
2). Prepare a painting surface for acrylic or oil.
3). Use the various painting tools (palette, brushes).
4). Use at least two color schemes (primary, secondary, tertiary, neutral, triadic)
in painting.
5). 澳门老奇人论坛 shades, tints, tones, value and intensity.
6). 澳门老奇人论坛 paint to achieve various visual textures with two of the following: brush,
palette knife, or rag.
7). Manipulate and distinguish between the use of brushes in different painting areas
(acrylic, oil).
8). Recognize the importance of painting as a form of expression through exposure
to the work of at least three painters.
Other Course Information
No other information required
Review and Approval
October 2, 2012
March 25, 2005 Reviewed by Steve Arbury, Chair