ARTS 3322 Painting for Non-majors

This course will encompass a broad studio based overview of the discipline of painting for non-studio art-major undergraduate students. The course will provide each student with specific painting media experience engaging and extending their knowledge of two dimensional design principals, standard studio practices, technical approaches as applied to painting, investigation of relevant conceptual concerns, and developments in painting from a historical perspective. Various key course concepts may include, but are not limited to, the application of principals of design such as line, shapes, form, value, texture, space, implementation of color relationships, introduction to figuration, introduction to representational painting and may also include introduction to non-objective image production. Students will also be introduced to the preparation of paining supports. Painting materials utilized will be oil based paints and may also include water based paints such as acrylic and/or water color. A written component will be included as part of the course curriculum.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Open to undergraduate students university wide except BFA studio Art majors.

Schedule Type

Lab

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

School of Art and Design

Offered

As scheduled