ART 204 Beginning Watercolor (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
A studio course that will explore the elements of watercolor techniques. Students will express themselves using methods applicable to transparent and opaque watercolor approache and also gain a historical overview of watercolor.
Course Content
A. Basic sketching skills and principles.
B. Translation/interpretation practice from drawing to watercolor media.
C. Basic elements and principles of design and composition.
D. The varieties of brushes and experience with their technical applications.
E. Understanding of materials and practical experience with their application – paint/papers/other tools.
F. Historical and theoretical background of watercolor medium.
G. Awareness of research sources and opportunities for further study.
Student Outcomes
1. Students will gain experience with and acquire competency in sketching and painting techniques.
2. Students will learn to generate, plan and organize creative individual projects and see them through to completion.
3. Students will learn to interpret and express both still life and natural forms both creatively and illustratively.
4. Students will be able to use a variety of textural techniques, design concepts and mixed-media combinations.
5. Students will develop greater imaginative and visualization skills.
6. Students will expand their knowledge of the historical and theoretical backgrounds of painting.
7. Students will develop awareness of correct product handling, safety and ecology in painting.
8. Students will heighten appreciation of their natural and human aesthetic environment and the importance of it’s role in the world.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions.
Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.
Lecture Contact Hours 35
Lab Contact Hours 30
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 65
Potential Methods
Projects.
A. Studio projects
B. Peer critiques
C. Instructor critiques
D. Exhibition of work
E. Museum and gallery visits
F. Portfolio presentations
critiques.
C. Group discussion
D. Portfolio presentation.
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