Painting—Arts 161—Spring 2017
Tuesdays: 2:10 p.m. 5:50 p.m.; Studio 104, Building C
Office Hour: 1-2 p.m. Tuesdays
Office Hour: 1-2 p.m. Tuesdays
Professor Julia Healy
Jhealy@qcc.cuny.edu
Course Descriptions: Arts
161: Basic elements of oil or acrylic painting,
designed for acquisition of skill and technique in the medium. Experiences in
realism, abstraction and non-objectivity.
Introduction: This course will explore painting at the beginning level. Students
will receive basic instruction on learning "to see" and develop
skills in using form, tone, color and composition. Subjects will include still
life works and the landscape. Occasional presentations on historic and
contemporary artists will supplement the topics covered. We will have ongoing
individual critiques, as well as group critiques and written self-reflections
and writing assignments over the course of the semester.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will:
•Employ techniques of mixing and blending color
•Create the effects of three-dimensional forms with shadow and
light
•Observe and arrange still life objects into a strong
composition of forms and
shapes
•Analyze personal work through critique and feedback from classmates
and
instructor
•Examine works by other artists that relate to their process
•Identify elements and principles of design in the world around them
and translate
these into paintings
•Create five paintings
•Develop our 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 2:10 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 as to what we are
working on and when it is 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 your paintings and
averaged to make up 75% of your grade. Class participation/attendance
will count as 10%, preparation counts as 5% and your written assignments/reflections
will count for another 10%. Two unexcused absences will lower your grade by one
letter grade. (From a B to a C, for, instance.) If we do a Museum Trip the
percentages will be adjusted.
Sample Rubrics for Fruit
Still Life painting:
To receive a D, make a painting as assigned from
observation
To receive a C, make a painting as assigned from
observation and show that you can make it three-dimensional using light and
dark colors
To receive a B, make a painting as assigned,
from observation, show that you can create a three-dimensional effect using
light and dark and show that you understand how to mix and blend colors for
shading and use composition to good effect
To receive an A, make a painting as assigned
from observation, show that you can create a three-dimensional effect using
light and dark, show that you understand how to mix and blend color and show
that you can create texture and surface qualities, understand and employ
thoughtful composition, background, middle ground and foreground, while, at the
same time, developing a personal style
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.
Overview
Week 1 (8/29): Introduction, Power Point & Demo, Blending Project
Week: 2 (9/5): Power Point & Demo, Gradation Painting followed by work time
Week 3 (9/12): Gradation Painting work time
Week: 4 (9/26): Power Point & Demo, Fruit Still Life followed by work time
Week 5: (10/3): Fruit Still Life work time
Week: 6 (10/10): Intro to Textured Still Life followed by work time and finishing Apples
Week 7 (10/17): Formal Critique #1 and Textured Still Life work time
Week 8 (10/24): Power Point & Demo, Landscape followed by work time
Weeks 9-10 (10/31:MODEL & 11/7): Figure or Portrait work time
Week: 11: (11/14): Finish Figure or work on Landscape
Weeks 12-13 (11/28 & 12/5): Landscape work time
Week 14 (12/12): Surprise Project & Formal Critique #3
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Sessions (With Details):
8/29 Introduction and Syllabus; Supply Tutorial, Group Abstraction Project
9/5 Introduction
to the Still Life with Power Point and Demo. Also Nuts on Bolts on Clean-up. Tonal
Still Life (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!
9/12 Finish Tonal Still Life (Painting 1). Reflection
Sheet #1 due next week.
NO CLASS 9/19
9/26 Introduction to Color Power Point and Demo. Begin Fruit Still Life (Painting 2). Bring smallish canvas or canvas board no bigger than 12 x 16", palette, brushes, rags, turpenoid, brush cleaner and all your colors.
9/26 Introduction to Color Power Point and Demo. Begin Fruit Still Life (Painting 2). Bring smallish canvas or canvas board no bigger than 12 x 16", palette, brushes, rags, turpenoid, brush cleaner and all your colors.
10/3 Fruit
Still Life (Painting 2), continued and completed. Be
prepared to work. Reflection/Writing sheet #2 due next week.
10/10 Introduction to Textured Still Life (Painting 3). Bring canvas
or canvas board no bigger than 12” x 16", palette, brushes, rags,
turpenoid, brush cleaner and all your colors.
10/17 Critique on First Two Paintings (1 & 2) at 2:10 p.m. Continue
and finish Textured Still Life (Painting 3). Reflection Sheet #3 due next week.
10/24 Introduction
to the Landscape (Painting 5). Bring in canvas or canvas board 14”x 18” or
16” x 20” and all supplies.
10/31 MODEL! Introduction to Figure or Portrait (Painting 4).
11/7 MODEL! Continue
and finish working on Figure or Portrait
(Painting 4). Reflection Sheet #4 due next week.
11/14 Continue on Figure or Landscape (Painting 4 or 5).
NO CLASS 11/21
11/28 Continue working on Landscape (Painting 5).
11/28 Continue working on Landscape (Painting 5).
12/5 Landscape
(Painting #5). Reflection Sheet # 5 due next week.
12/12 Final Critique and Surprise Project.
"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
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
Expectations: Checklist for Success—Prof. Healy-Painting 161
Name________________________________________________________________
Attendance and Lateness: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Prepared: Supplies Brought (Including RAGS!!!)
___ Week 2
___ Week 3
___ Week 4
___ Week 5
___ Week 6
___ Week 7
___ Week 8
___ Week 9
___ Week 10
___ Week 11
___ Week 12
___ Week 13
___ Week 14
___ Tonal Painting #1
___ Reflection #1
___ Fruit Still Life Painting #2
___ Reflection #2
___ Texture Painting #3
___ Reflection #3
___ Figure/Self-Portrait Painting #4
___ Reflection #4
___ Landscape/Portrait Painting #5
___ Reflection #5
Participation Notes:
Reflection Sheet
Name____________________________________________________________
Painting Assignment________________________________________________
Briefly describe the experience of making this work:
Did anything surprise you? Frustrate you?
Discuss.
If you had to make this work over again, how would you change it?
What do you want to concentrate on learning in your next painting?
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