Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0139 - Painting Foundations: Painting in Color

This course will be a hands-on and foundational painting studio course with a focus and emphasis on color. Students will be introduced to painting in oil (mainly) and a variety of color systems (CMYK, Zorn palette, etc.) through various assignments and exercises to practice these color relationships. There will be an emphasis on working mainly from observation to start and branching out to incorporate other imagery later in the semester. The objective of this course is for students to build foundational skills for a continued art practice in painting and thinking in/through color. Students will complete several color paintings, small studies, color exercises, learn to stretch canvases, occasional readings, reflections, and discussion. Regardless of your area(s) of study, all students will be asked to find their own use and inspiration for painting. (Possible Saturday field trip to go look at paintings TBD!) Keywords:color, painting, oil, studio art

Lab/Materials fee:$70 Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.