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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ART 13 | Title:
WATERCOLOR |
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| Full Title:
Watercolor |
| Last Reviewed:12/12/2023 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 4.00 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 70.00 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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A painting course using watercolor to explore light, color, form, and composition. Students will work from still life, landscape, the human figure, and non-objective subject matter.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of ART 3 or ART 4 or ART 7A
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A painting course using watercolor to explore light, color, form, and composition. Students will work from still life, landscape, the human figure, and non-objective subject matter.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of ART 3 or ART 4 or ART 7A
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
Organize pictorial elements, explore a variety of techniques, and interpret themes through watercolor painting
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Examine and resolve complex problems of shape, scale, value, color, and line
2. Demonstrate the proper use of the tools of watercolor painting
3. Employ and interpret the basics of color dynamics and color mixing using transparent washes
4. Relate pictorial problems to examples of watercolor painting of the past and present from both
European and non-European traditions
5. Critique one's own painting and the paintings of others
Topics and Scope
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I. Basic Pictorial Considerations
A. Composition
B. Positive and negative shapes
C. Orchestration of darks and lights
D. Texture and edge characteristics
II. Watercolor Methods and Materials
A. Paper stock: texture and absorbency
B. Wetting, stretching, and taping supporting paper
C. Use of and care for watercolor, sumi, and hake brushes
D. Use of sponges, masking, and working around whites
E. Flat washes
F. Graduated washes
G. Wet into wet
III. Color Dynamics
A. Contrasts of values, of complements, saturation, and temperature
B. Toning color with complementary colors
C. Triadic harmonies
D. Expressive aspects of color
IV. Precedents in Watercolor Painting
A. English watercolorists
B. German Expressionist watercolorists
C. American masters of watercolor
D. Asian brush paintinglec
E. Contemporary approaches to watercolor painting
V. Critique lab
A. Appraisal, technical and formal analysis of masterworks
B. Appraisal, technical and formal analysis of student works lab
All topics are covered in both the lecture and lab parts of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture Assignments:
1. Still life and landscape compositions to investigate color relationships: primary, secondary,
complementary, and triadic
2. Series of exercises using transparent washes to explore effects of light, shadow, and color.
3. Color wheel in twelve steps.
4. Color charts varying the ratio of water to pigment.
5. Still life or landscapes in various watercolor painting techniques: flat wash, layered washes,
wet-into-wet painting.
6. Interpreting photographic images in watercolor.
Lab Assignments:
1. Mapping values in pencil prior to painting in order to analyze the overall pattern of light and
dark shape areas.
2. Still life study of composition and value (monochromatic).
3. Still life study using directional light source to describe light and cast shadows.
4. Master copy watercolor paintings.
5. Abstracting forms in nature through gesture and mark-making.
6. Brush painting based on Asian masters.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
25 - 40% |
| Homework problems | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
45 - 60% |
| Class performances, paintings, and sketchbooks | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 15% |
| Other factors: attendance, effort, growth, participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: A treasury of watercolor secrets discovered through decades of painting and experimentation. MacKenzie, Gordon. North Light Books. 2010 (classic)
The Art of Watercolor. LeClair, Charles. Watson-Guptill Publications. 1994 *classic)
Basic Watercolor Techniques. Albert, Greg and Wolf, Rachel. North Light Books. 1991 (classic)
Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting. Sze, Mai-mai. Princeton University Press. 1978 (classic)
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