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2020-2021 Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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IL 3580 - Landscape Painting


Credits: 3

Landscape painting continues the illustrator’s study of basic oil painting materials and methods. Students further their understanding of representational painting through both studio and location work and employing plein-air studies that observe the landscape to master traditional compositional principles. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will understand the basics of observational painting in oils, using the landscape as subject matter.

Prerequisites: IL 2560 - Still Life Painting  

Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Create well-composed landscapes
  • Demonstrate thoughtful color application, designed for realism, atmosphere, and mood in landscape.
  • Apply drawing principles of chiaroscuro, and atmospheric and linear perspective to landscape
  • paintings.
  • Implement storytelling techniques in composition.

IL 3580 Course Learning Outcome Rubric   

Required Textbooks:
ONLINE: Landscape Painting Inside & Out - ISBN: 9781600619083

ONLINE: Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green (2002 edition)  - ISBN: 9780891346227
Required Course Materials:

  • Sketchbook
  • Color Wheel
  • Charcoal Pencils or Conte (1-4) 
  • Vine Charcoal
  • Markers, Black & White (1-4)
  • Pastel Set (Color)
  • erasers (kneaded, magic rub)
  • Drawing Extras (blending stump, sandpaper, etc) 
  • Canvas Boards/Canvas
  • Oil or Acrylic Bristle Brushes (5 or more)
  • Painting Extras (rags, towels, palette knife, etc.) 
  • Oil Paints or Acrylic Paints (5 or more)
  • Oil Palette
  • Oil or Acrylic Mediums (glazing, drying, mixing, etc.) 
  • Brush Cleaner/Thinner
  • Digital Camera/Smart Phone
  • Viewfinder
  • Easel 

**Materials may vary depending on the instructor, make sure to check with your professor before purchasing.



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