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ART181A Painting I

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  • CRN: 21022
  • Credits: 4
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Details about this class

This course will introduce and explore fundamental issues of painting. Focus will be placed on work in the classroom, investigating and developing methods and techniques of painting and working with issues of image making including color, composition, and expression. Assignments will be given and discussed, exploring the use of these aspects of painting, and creative approaches to problem solving. Works will be discussed and /or critiqued in class either one on one with the instructor or with the class. During class critiques additional issues will be tackled, such as art historical context, cultural and societal relationships, and levels of meaning and expression found in the work.

Technology

There is no additional technology required for this class.

No show policy

Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class.

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