Drawing & Painting

Spring 2013 Courses

About the Certificate Program

Explore traditional and modern drawing concepts, including gesture, contour, relational technique, value, and composition. Learn the fundamental aspects of painting and visual form, including color theory, thematic development, composition, palette and canvas preparation, and painting media and techniques. Students may choose to supplement the required courses with courses in art history.

To qualify for the certificate, students must:

1. submit a Certificate Form of Intent
2. achieve a “Pass” designation in coursework from the instructors
3. submit a Certificate Request Form after all requirements have been met
4. submit a Professional Certificate Program Survey

Required Courses

1. Life Drawing I
2. Life Drawing II
3. Painting I
4. Painting II

Optional Courses

1. American Art
2. Art of the ’80s, ’90s, and 21st Century
3. Contemporary Art
4. Impressionism
5. Introduction to Modern Art
6. Painting From Art History
7. Picasso: The Man, His Art, and His Critics

SPRING 2013 Certificate Courses

Costs
In addition to the tuition (and lab fee, where noted), there is a $25 nonrefundable registration fee paid once per semester. For more information, please refer to Courses with Noncredit Options.

Life Drawing I and II
This studio/art history course offers each student the opportunity to draw from a live model as well as from the wealth of art history’s famous masters like Rembrandt and da Vinci. The form and structure of the model are explored in a variety of media. Traditional and modern drawing concepts are introduced, including gesture, contour, relational technique, value, and composition.
Lab fee: $56
GDR9040.15 / noncredit option / $520 + $56 lab fee
Roger Hendricks
Wed., 2:30–5:50 p.m.
Jan. 23–May 8
Visual Arts Bldg., Room 2016

Painting I and II
This course develops each student’s unique personal vision and style. Students are encouraged to be creative and to develop “image books” and sequential paintings to foster awareness of their own emergent tendencies. Students learn the fundamental aspects of painting and visual form, including color theory, thematic development, composition, palette and canvas preparation, and painting media and techniques.
Lab fee: $56
GPA9150.15 / noncredit option / $520 + $56 lab fee
Roger Hendricks
Tues., 6:30–9:50 p.m.
Jan. 29–May 14
Visual Arts Bldg., Room 2021B

Painting From Art History
A lecture/studio course that explores transformations of previous art by important artists from prehistoric times through the postmodern era. Students learn to research and analyze composition, style, and content of significant paintings and apply new methods to their own work. Designed for all levels of accomplishment, from beginning through advanced.
Lab fee: $56
GPA9060.15 / noncredit option / $520 + $56 lab fee
Roger Hendricks
Sat., 9 a.m.–12:35 p.m.
Jan. 26–May 11
Visual Arts Bldg., Room 2021B

Picasso: The Man, His Art, and His Critics
Deified, demonized, or mythologized, Pablo Picasso remained indisputably the consummate artist of the 20th century. As a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and set designer, Picasso absorbed techniques and traditions culled from various Western and non-Western art sources. Students study his numerous styles, from his early academic exercises through the Blue Period, Rose Period, African Period, Cubism, and Surrealism, and his influence on other artists.
AAR9100.45 / noncredit option /$625
Beth Gersh-Nesic
Mon., 6:30–9:50 p.m.
Jan. 28–May 13
Room: Refer to the online schedule

Updated Jan. 24, 2013