ART 1140 - Painting I

Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio

This introductory-level course provides basic skills and conceptual ideas within painting. Students learn to create using a variety of painting tools, techniques, and materials. Processes include building stretcher frames, stretching and preparing the canvas, and paint application with various brushes and tools. Self-expression is cultivated through exploration and research. Students will participate in critiques and demonstrate their knowledge of canvas and panel construction, painting techniques, light and color, and basic knowledge of contemporary art trends. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be technically prepared to undertake projects in higher-level painting courses.

Prerequisites: FD 1120 - Topics in Color and FD 2130 - 3D Design: Space + Materiality

Notes: (Formerly FA 1150 Painting I, FA166 Introduction to Painting)

Campus Only

Course Learning Outcomes:

Execute through individual studio projects, a variety of painting techniques, and the appropriate materials associated with each technique.
Identify and execute through individual studio projects a variety of mixing mediums associated with specific painting techniques
Execute canvas and panel construction
Recognize the relationship between light and color and execute through individual studio projects the elements of art and principles of design in painting
Apply via class discussion and critique basic knowledge of current art trends and contemporary practices in painting

ART 1140 Course Learning Outcome Rubric

Required Course Materials:
Required

8” x 10” or larger sketchbook, Bristol board or canvas pad.
Pencil, HB
Color pencils, set of 12
xacto knife with blade replacments
Oil or Acrylic Paint
- Acra Crimson or magenta, Phthalocyanine Blue, Titanium White (large tube) yellow Hansa or Cad yellow light Ivory Black
- Cad Red Medium,
- Burnt sienna
Brushes:
- Round #1 and #2 , round #7 flat #6 recommended brand Da Vinci Russian Red Sable Brush
Gesso
cheap large flat wide brushes
Palette (approx. 14” x 18 “) can use plexiglass
Quarter inch tape
Clip on lamp
Stencils - letters, numbers, images
collage items, magazine, copies of photographs
rubber stamps, can purchase or make you own with rubber and a linoleum cutter
ink for stamping
sandpaper
rubber cement or resist medium