Course Title: ART 470 Painting IV
Term: Spring

Course Description 

GMajor, Elective credit. Prerequisite: ART 370. Figure ground relationships in two-dimensional and three-dimensional compositions through the use of oils, acrylics, and mixed media, experimentation with various technological changes and surface treatments in the solution of formal and expressive problems. 

Course Objectives 

• Strengthen skills in painting techniques, color theory, and design elements and principles.

• To familiarize students with the fundamental concepts and practices of abstraction

• To encourage studio practice using abstraction as a basic premise or foundation for new work

• To advocate further study, reading, dialogue about abstraction in the 21st century and to familiarize students with the fundamental concepts and practices of abstraction

• To encourage studio practice using abstraction as a basic premise or foundation for new work.

• Develop an understanding of the process of concept development and personal expression within one’s own artwork. 

• Understand safety methods that must be used in painting.  

• Develop a basic understanding of documentation of artwork and its purpose for fine artists. 

 

Course Outcomes

• Students will produce a series of paintings that utilize a varied range of painting techniques, color theory, and successful use of design element and principles beyond the introductory level.

• Students will produce paintings using the figure with accurate proportions and use of foreshortening

• Students will provide articulate presentation of their artistic concepts during critics and in written statements.

• Students will participate in class critiques and in written exhibition reviews using terminology appropriate to the course.

• Students will work responsibly in the classroom using appropriate safety methods.

• Students will produce digital images of paintings created during the term and place on their personal web site.

 

Final Digital Portfolio:

All art and design students are required to establish a Digital Portfolio in which all artwork created during your time at Converse is digitally documented on a USB drive. Documentation technique will be covered in the class and students expected to document all drawings created in the course. 

 

Coursework to be graded:

• Source Project Presentation

• 8 Finished works (present two at each critique)

• 8 Preliminary works (present two at each critique with research on two contemporary artists)

• 2 Applications to exhibition opportunities.

• 1 Final statement for the final body of work, to be completed at the end of the semester. 

 

Project 1: Source Project Presentation. 

In this course students will work independently on a body of work. At the start of the semester, students will present their plan for the semester in the form of a “Source Project Presentation”. The presentation must be given in the first two weeks of class and will be presented to the other students in Painting II and IV. This is a great opportunity to practice speaking about their work in front of others and for the Painting II students to see how an upper-level drawing student begins their independent work. It also gives the professor an opportunity to help them streamline their plan and provide feedback throughout the semester. Sometimes students are asked to make changes and present again at a later date. Because the work might change during the semester, a final statement is required at the last critique.

 

The presentation should include:

• PowerPoint with images that inspire you.

• Discission of a theme.  What are you making, how are you making it, and why are you making it? 

• At least 5 artists that are working with a similar theme and/ or material, include this in PowerPoint and/or Sketchbook.

• 5 sketches for your first project(s).

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Example Source Project Example 1.PDF

 

Exercise 1: 8 Preliminary Works

Students are required to make two preliminary works before creating their final more substantial works. These should be seen as an opportunity to experiment or practice, it should be backed by research, and it can be a great way to develop their unique methodologies. There is no size requirement.