Extended Education — Painting
Introduction to Painting
SF 120
Instructor: Victoria Wagner
Wed., 6:45–9:45 p.m., October 1–December 10 (no class November 26)
10 sessions. $300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none
OAK 216
Instructor: Merl Ross
Sat., 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., September 27–December 6 (no class November 29)
10 sessions. $300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none
This course is designed for beginners and those who have minimal painting experience. Students learn a variety of techniques, including alla prima, glazing, scumbling, and impasto, and explore a wide range of subject matter, such as still life, portrait, abstraction, and the model.
Individual critiques, group discussions, and field trips to galleries supplement the studio experience. The course emphasizes learning different methods to develop a personal painting style.
Bring to first class: two preprimed canvas boards, acrylic or oil paints (black, white, yellow, unltramarine blue, and pure cadmium red hues), palette knife, disposable palettes, several brush sizes, a few jars, rags; if working in oils, bring odorless mineral spirits.
Figure Painting
SF 122
Instructor: Francesca Pastine
Sat., 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., October 4–December 13 (no class November 29)
10 sessions. $320. Noncredit. Prerequisite: figure drawing experience; painting experience helpful
Participants explore traditional and nontraditional approaches to painting using a model. Students learn to observe color on the figure and how to use color to describe solid forms. A series of exercises develop the student's awareness of color and value.
Participants employ step-by-step strategies for breaking down what one sees and how to translate it into paint. Emphasis is placed on integrating color, composition, and spatial issues while working from the figure.
Bring to first class: oil or acrylic paints (burnt umber, titanium white, and ultramarine blue), a palette, a couple of bristle brushes, container for water, odorless mineral spirits if using oil paints, cotton rags, one 18" x 24" canvas board, one other prepared support (stretched canvas or canvas board) approximately 11" x 14".
The Series
SF 124
Instructor: Mel Prest
Thurs., 6:45–9:45 p.m., September 25–December 11 (no class October 9 & November 27)
10 sessions. $300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: Introduction to Painting or equivalent
Many artists choose to work in a series to hone and explore an idea beyond its initial glimmer. The Series focuses on painting a chosen subject again and again to create a body of work. In the first session, students choose a subject (self-portraiture, still life, photographs, landscape, etc.) that will be their topic for the semester.
Participants are encouraged to keep a painting journal to help document the growth of their ideas, which allows them to see each painting as a step in the creative process. Each session includes studio time for painting and may also include critique, slide viewing, writing, a field trip, or time with a visiting artist. The goal of the course is to see works not only as individual paintings but as part of a larger creative practice.
Bring to first class: sketchbook, writing/drawing utensils, personal painting materials, ideas and sources for subject matter.
Mixed-Media Approaches to Painting
OAK 220
Instructor: Jamie Brunson
Tues., 6:45–9:45 p.m., September 30–December 9 (no class November 11)
10 sessions. $300. $15 materials fee payable to instructor at first session. Noncredit. Prerequisite: Introduction to Painting (or equivalent)
This course will focus on using alternative processes to develop content, texture, and surface in paintings. Weekly demonstrations of materials and processes will help students build a vocabulary of techniques. Through slides, illustrations, and discussion the class will examine how other artists have used alternate materials and techniques to define or support the content and imagery of their work.
Topics covered will include lead, charcoal, oil stick, and drawing materials in paintings; adhesive techniques for collage materials; image transfers onto canvas; canvas, panel, paper, and polyester supports; glazing, scumbling, and impasto surfaces; cold-wax formulas; silk-screening, stenciling, and hard-edge technique; projection, scaling, and other transfer techniques.
Bring to first class: oil or acrylic paints (a minimal palette of titanium white, mars black, cadmium yellow, cadmium red medium, ultramarine blue to start, other colors if you have them); brushes; oil painters should bring odorless mineral spirits, Liquin or Galkyd and linseed oil; acrylic painters should bring acrylic gloss or matte medium; pencils, oil sticks, charcoal; collage materials; rags, jars, disposable palette; primed canvas or panels.
Color Theory
SF 117
Instructor: Georgia Goldberg
Sat., 9 a.m.–2 p.m., October 4–November 22 (no class November 1 & 15)
6 sessions. $300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none
Delving into the fascinating realm of color, students experiment with color's relativity, learning how it changes according to its context. The class examines how color is physically perceived and how other sensory stimulation, such as sound, can evoke color.
Students look at the differences between color mixing by pigment, light, and printed media, as well as learn technical skills, such as color mixing. The use of color in various fields, such as fine art, design, and architecture, and in various cultures is addressed.
Part studio class and part lecture, this course allows ample room for self-expression while creating a whole new way of perceiving and effecting the visual world.
