Carroll Community College

ART-130, Painting 1

Credits: 3

Course Description

Painting 1 provides an investigation of various approaches to painting. Stress will be placed upon basic methods and techniques of acrylic painting and color mixing. Classwork and outside assignments of still life, landscape, and the figure will be critically examined and discussed from the standpoint of formal organization. Prerequisite: exemption/completion of READ-091. Although there is no textbook for this course, the cost of art supplies will equal or exceed the cost of an average text. Materials list will be distributed at the first class session. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory each week. Three credits. Three billable hours.

Course Objectives and Grading Information

Course Objectives: The student of Art 130, upon successful completion of the course, will be able to perform the following at a satisfactory level (grade of c):

1. Select and construct stretchers, canvas and other supports.

2. Identify brushes, knives and other painting equipment and know the basic use of each.

3. Identify in both basic composition and use, waterbased acrylic painting media.

4. Select and demonstrate color mixing using primary, secondary and tertiary color schemes which represent tints, tones and shades of a color subject.

5. Create illusion of space through color and value modulation. Demonstrate edge control with respect to form.

6. Create original paintings, representationally, from a variety of actual three-dimensional subjects.

7. Represent forms in paintings through control of color, value, form, texture, and edges.

8. Using appropriate terminology, analyze and discuss in critique the merits and failings of works presented.