Schedule
Wed, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (9/4/2023 - 12/15/2023) Location: SLC HEIM 203
Thu, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (9/4/2023 - 12/15/2023) Location: SLC HEIM 203
Description
Prerequisite: a college level painting class or intermediate drawing
Using the human form as a site of inquiry, students will build their own vocabulary, image bank and method of working with acrylic paint. Each assignment will begin with a prompt and a PowerPoint introduction of contemporary and historical artworks. Students will then develop an individualized response to the prompt. While realism is an option, abstraction, distortion, metaphor and other ways of manifesting the body are welcome. The emphasis of the class is on students developing confidence in their own voice and to build a committed, highly engaged studio practice that engages risk. This class will use acrylic paint. Each assignment will begin with a series of fast paper paintings exploring color mixing, composition and the material properties unique to acrylic before students moving towards a larger individualized response to the prompt. The second half of the semester will introduce gels and mediums and off the s