Painting—Arts 263—Spring 2017
Tuesdays; 6:10 p.m. 9:50 p.m.; Studio 104, Building C
Professor Julia Healy
Jhealy@qcc.cuny.edu
Introduction: This course will continue to support your exploration of
painting. Students will develop a personal style and create a series
of work that expresses an individually-chosen theme.
I expect you to already know and understand:
The color wheel
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Complimentary
Colors
How to dull colors without using black
The idea of edge (as opposed to line) in
painting
How to blend
How to make different marks with the same brush
and different brushes
Composition
Foreground/Middle Ground/ Background
The importance of light and dark to create
illusion
How to use texture to great advantage
The importance of subject matter
Understand some of the possibilities of glazing,
scumbling, smafuto and chiarscuro.
Be able to identify transparent colors
Be able to identify opaque colors
Have a rudimentary understanding of the
interaction of color
Have a body of work that exhibits a personal
style
Have a direction you want to explore this
semester
Whatever you don’t know from the above, I will
do mini-lessons during the semester to cover the material. There will be an
exam at the end to test your knowledge.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will:
· Refine
techniques of mixing and blending color
· Create
the effects of three-dimensional forms with shadow and light
· Use
composition to create dynamic works
· Analyze
your personal work through critique and feedback from classmates and the Instructor
· Examine
works by other artists that relate to their process
· Create
five or more paintings
· Continue
to develop thinking and writing skills through personal reflections and
aesthetic inquiry
Attendance and Lateness: Attendance is mandatory and essential to your
performance. There is no substitute for working and participating in
class. Three absences are grounds for a failing grade.
Please be on time. Class
begins promptly at 6:10 p.m. Two tardies can be
counted as one absence. If you will have an ongoing scheduling
conflict, please discuss it with me at the beginning of the semester. Note that parking is always an issue, so
allow time to find a space or take public transportation.
Make-Up Policy: As a student in this course, it is your responsibility to make
certain you obtain information covered, should you miss a session. This
syllabus and our blog have the information you need to know what we are working
on and what it due. Previously-absent students must come to the following class
with all of the appropriate work finished for that class.
Grading: Individual grades will be given for each of the four first paintings
and averaged to make up 40% of your grade. Class participation/attendance
will count as 10% and your written assignments/reflections will count for
another 20%. Your final project will count for 20% of your grade. Your exam
will count as 10%. Two unexcused absences will lower your grade by one
letter grade. (From a B to a C, for, instance.)
Supplies: See below. Materials and supplies for this class
are not inexpensive but if you take care of them, they will last a long time.
We will discuss how to approach buying the materials the first
class. You must come prepared to work every week, with all the
materials you need. Do not expect other students to lend you paint, brushes and
canvases!!!
Writing Help: You may want to refer to a very helpful website operated by Purdue
University: http://owl.english.edu
The format to use is the MLA one and they have
many resources available to help you make your writing better.
Sessions:
1/31 Introduction
and Syllabus; Group Abstraction Project.
2/7 Big Idea (Painting 1). Bring
canvas or canvas board (12 x 16" or so), rags, black, white and burnt
umber paint, turpenoid, brushes of different sizes as below on supply sheet), at least one jar
for turp, your palette, brush cleaner and lots of rags!
2/14 Finish Big Idea (Painting 1). Reflection/Writing
sheet #1 due next week.
2/21 Begin Personal Painting Series (2).
Bring small canvas
or canvas board no bigger than 12 x 16", palette, brushes, rags,
turpenoid, brush cleaner and all your colors.
2/28 Finish Personal Painting Series (2),
continued and completed. Be prepared to work. Reflection/Writing
sheet #2 due next week.
3/7 Critique
on First Two Paintings (1 & 2) at 6:10 p.m. followed by
Begin Next
Personal Painting 3). Bring canvas or canvas board no bigger
than 12” x 16", palette, brushes, rags, turpenoid, brush cleaner and all
your colors.
3/14 Continue
and finish Finish Personal Painting 3. Reflection/Writing sheet #3 due next
week.
3/21 Begin Personal Painting 4 begun. Bring in canvas or canvas board 14”x 18” or
16” x 20” and all supplies.
3/28 Continue work on
your Personal Painting 4.
4/4 Continue
and finish working on Personal
Painting 4. Reflection sheet #4 due next class.
NO CLASSES FOR TWO WEEKS!
QCC CLOSED.
4/25 Critique
on Paintings 3 & 4. Introduction to Landscape Painting/Portrait
Painting. Begin Final Painting 5.
5/2 Continue working on Final Painting 5.
5/9 Finish work on Final Painting 5. Reflection
Sheets handed out and due next week. Exam topics given. Study for Exam.
5/16 Final
Critique on last painting (5) and exam.
"ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
As stated in the current college catalog, any student who
needs specific accommodations based on the impact of a disability should
register with the office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) to be
eligible for accommodations, which are determined on an individual basis. The
SSD office is located in the Science Building, room S-132 (718-631-6257).
Students should also contact their instructor privately to discuss their
specific needs."
Supplies
I use Dick Blick or Utrecht (online). Michael’s is expensive,
except for when canvases are on sale or there are special deals.
Apron or old shirt to use as smock. You will
ruin your clothes otherwise!
Container for paints such as a large shoebox,
tackle box or canvas tote.
A glass jar or two with a lid for turpenoid.
Label with your name.
Soft pencil 4B and eraser (optional)
Scissors (optional)
RAGS: LOTS OF THEM! OLD COTTON BEDSHEETS RIPPED UP, OLD WHITE
T-SHIRTS, ETC. NOTHING WITH A NAP, LIKE A TOWEL.
Turpenoid in the BLUE AND WHITE container (not the green one)
Master’s Brush Cleaner
Brushes: DON’T
BUY CHEAP SETS…THEY ARE USUALLY A RIP-OFF. Get soft, sable or
sableline, Wonder Whites (from Blick), not the stiff hogs-hair kind. Those are
harder to control and clean. If you take care of your brushes, they will last a
long time.
Minimum Brushes Needed:
BRIGHT SOFT (not bristly) BRUSHES: Choose at
least 6 brushes (smalls (0, 1, 2, 4), mediums (6, 8, 10, 12), bigger ones (14,
16, 20, 24)
At least 1 ROUND brush smallish (0, 1, 2)
Optional Brushes: filberts, flats, a fan brush
Palette knife
Palette—Palette paper tear-off pads are fine
(12” x 16”gives you enough mixing room)
Paint
Oil is preferable for beginners. If you have to
use acrylic, see me. I use Gamblin Paints, but Windsor and Newton, Utrecht, and
Grumbacher are also good. The best student grade oil paint is WINTON.
Basic Beginning Colors
37 ml tubes of:
Cadmium Red Medium
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Permanent Green Light
Viridian Green
Burnt Umber
Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Ivory Black
Large 150ml tube of Titanium White
Optional Colors:
Cadmium Orange
Cerulean Blue
Terra Verte Green or Hooker’s Green
Dioxazine Violet
Magenta
Raw Umber
Payne’s Gray
Supports—stretched canvases or canvas boards or
a combination thereof to total 5-6 canvases in all:
3-12” x 16”
1 or 2-14” x 18”
1 or 2- 16” x 20”
Optional Fold-Up Table Easel (Black kind is
best)
Earphones, ipod if you want to “zone out” while
painting
Checklist for Success—Prof. Healy-Painting 262
Name________________________________________________________________
Attendance and Lateness: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Prepared: Supplies Brought (Including RAGS!!!)
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___ Painting #1
___ Reflection #1
___ Painting #2
___ Reflection #2
___ Painting #3
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___ Painting #4
___ Reflection #4
___ Painting #5
___ Reflection #5
___ Exam (10%)
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