SRJC Course Outlines

3/28/2024 7:59:08 AMART 14B Course Outline as of Fall 2019

Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  ART 14BTitle:  INTERMEDIATE PAINTING  
Full Title:  Intermediate Painting
Last Reviewed:12/10/2018

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum3.00Lecture Scheduled2.0017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled35.00
Minimum3.00Lab Scheduled4.006 min.Lab Scheduled70.00
 Contact DHR0 Contact DHR0
 Contact Total6.00 Contact Total105.00
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00Total 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 continuation of the basic pictorial problems and challenges begun in Art 14A, Beginning Painting, introducing more complex subject matter, concepts, and processes.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 14A or equivalent


Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of ART 7A OR ART 3

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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A continuation of the basic pictorial problems and challenges begun in Art 14A, Beginning Painting, introducing more complex subject matter, concepts, and processes.
(Grade or P/NP)

Prerequisites:Course Completion of ART 14A or equivalent
Recommended:Course Completion of ART 7A OR ART 3
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:
 Area:
 
CSU GE:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
IGETC:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 
CSU Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
UC Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1981Inactive:
 
C-ID:

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.  Create paintings in which the student expands upon skills learned in Art 14A such as
    organizing pictorial elements, interpreting themes, revising preliminary sketches, and
    refining painting techniques.
2.  Use critique to organize elements in the development of a painting in order to create a more
    cohesive whole.

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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Analyze complex problems of shape, value, color, line, proportion, and abstraction.
2. Develop paintings in stages, building layers additively and subtracting painting to make
    corrections.
3. Employ a wide variety of media, tools, and painting techniques.
4. Interpret the ideas of old and modern masters, as well as major contemporary artists as a point
    of departure for painting.
5. Scale small sketches to large format paintings.
6. Critique the work of others while also accepting suggestions from peers.
7. Define health and safety issues that can arise from the use of paints, solvents, and mediums.

Topics and Scope
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All Topics and Scope are addressed in both lecture and lab.
 
I. Composition
    A. Organizing the compositional space
    B. Revising composition to improve relationships between the parts and the whole
    C. Cropping
 
II. Technique
    A. Painting with a palette knife
    B. Glazing
    C. Scumbling
    D. Painting over a toned ground
    E. Scaling smaller studies onto a larger canvas
 
III. Content
    A. Still life
    B. Landscape
    C. Figurative painting
    D. Trompe l'oeil painting
    E. Master copies
    F. Personal narrative
 
IV. Critique
    A. Self-assessment
    B. Assessment of other students' paintings
    C. Incorporating feedback

Assignments:
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Lecture- and Lab-Related Assignments:
 
1. Assemble a portfolio of 5-9 projects, such as:
    A. Use sketches to create and improvise a composition
    B. Self-portrait painting using palette knife and rags
    C. Still life painting in layers using painting medium to create glazes
    D. Abstract color composition using underpainting and scumbling
    E. Scaling plein aire landscapes to create a large studio painting
    F. Sketchbook and thumbnail drawing to develop compositions for painting
    G. Cropping a master painting and copying it with accurate drawing, color and
         appropriate paint handling
    H. Trompe l'oeil painting from a collage (see Peto and Harnett)
    I. Personal story (narrative) painting from memory
2. Critique the aesthetic and conceptual success of one's own and other
    students' works
3. Weekly homework assignments

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 skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
5 - 15%
Homework
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
60 - 80%
Portfolio
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
15 - 25%
Attendance, participation, critiques


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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The Complete Oil Painter: The Essential Reference For Beginners to Professionals. Gorst, Brian. Watson-Guptill. 2003 (classic)
 
Art and Fear. Bayles, David and Orland, Ted. Image Continuum Press. 2001 (classic)
 
An Artists' Notebook: Techniques and Materials. Chaet, Bernard. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1979 (classic)
 
Hawthorne on Painting. Hawthorne, Charles W. Mrs. Dover Publications, Inc. 1960 (classic)

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