Students who complete all courses can expect to learn how to:
o Discuss and creatively explore the basic visual elements, and fundamental composition and visual communication techniques used by artists.
o Represent in still life drawing the basic elements of form (line, plane, mass) in perspective and proportion.
o Approach different kind of digital photo shoots, including still life, portraits, product photography, architecture, and action photography.
o Represent through figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of the human face and body in frontal, profile, and three-quarters views.
o Identify and discuss the different ways that artists have approached the themes of nature, the human body, realism, religion, and power and protest throughout the ages.
o Develop a traditional approach to oil painting, making use of materials, drawing, underpainting, monochromatic palettes, and color harmonies, to create paintings with good value, perspective, lighting, and contrast.
o Develop a systematic approach to watercolor painting, incorporating the use of materials, brushes, drawing, blocking, and underpainting, as well as such specific techniques as washes, glazes, scumbles, textures, and resists.
o Develop a thorough approach to portrait painting, incorporating positioning and lighting of the subject, proportions and measures, underpaintings, light and shadow, flesh tones, texture and value.
o Discuss and creatively explore the basic visual elements, and fundamental composition and visual communication techniques used by artists.
o Represent in still life drawing the basic elements of form (line, plane, mass) in perspective and proportion.
o Approach different kind of digital photo shoots, including still life, portraits, product photography, architecture, and action photography.
o Represent through figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of the human face and body in frontal, profile, and three-quarters views.
o Identify and discuss the different ways that artists have approached the themes of nature, the human body, realism, religion, and power and protest throughout the ages.
o Develop a traditional approach to oil painting, making use of materials, drawing, underpainting, monochromatic palettes, and color harmonies, to create paintings with good value, perspective, lighting, and contrast.
o Develop a systematic approach to watercolor painting, incorporating the use of materials, brushes, drawing, blocking, and underpainting, as well as such specific techniques as washes, glazes, scumbles, textures, and resists.
o Develop a thorough approach to portrait painting, incorporating positioning and lighting of the subject, proportions and measures, underpaintings, light and shadow, flesh tones, texture and value.
Fine Arts Training
GES 504 -- 200 hours
Course Objectives
Students who complete all courses can expect to learn how to:
o Discuss and creatively explore the basic visual elements, and fundamental composition and visual communication techniques used by artists.
o Represent in still life drawing the basic elements of form (line, plane, mass) in perspective and proportion.
o Approach different kind of digital photo shoots, including still life, portraits, product photography, architecture, and action photography.
o Represent through figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of the human face and body in frontal, profile, and three-quarters views.
o Identify and discuss the different ways that artists have approached the themes of nature, the human body, realism, religion, and power and protest throughout the ages.
o Develop a traditional approach to oil painting, making use of materials, drawing, underpainting, monochromatic palettes, and color harmonies, to create paintings with good value, perspective, lighting, and contrast.
o Develop a systematic approach to watercolor painting, incorporating the use of materials, brushes, drawing, blocking, and underpainting, as well as such specific techniques as washes, glazes, scumbles, textures, and resists.
o Develop a thorough approach to portrait painting, incorporating positioning and lighting of the subject, proportions and measures, underpaintings, light and shadow, flesh tones, texture and value.
o Discuss and creatively explore the basic visual elements, and fundamental composition and visual communication techniques used by artists.
o Represent in still life drawing the basic elements of form (line, plane, mass) in perspective and proportion.
o Approach different kind of digital photo shoots, including still life, portraits, product photography, architecture, and action photography.
o Represent through figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of the human face and body in frontal, profile, and three-quarters views.
o Identify and discuss the different ways that artists have approached the themes of nature, the human body, realism, religion, and power and protest throughout the ages.
o Develop a traditional approach to oil painting, making use of materials, drawing, underpainting, monochromatic palettes, and color harmonies, to create paintings with good value, perspective, lighting, and contrast.
o Develop a systematic approach to watercolor painting, incorporating the use of materials, brushes, drawing, blocking, and underpainting, as well as such specific techniques as washes, glazes, scumbles, textures, and resists.
o Develop a thorough approach to portrait painting, incorporating positioning and lighting of the subject, proportions and measures, underpaintings, light and shadow, flesh tones, texture and value.
