The course is conducted in a studio/classroom or at a site-specific place corresponding to the assignment. The instructor and students observe the progress of everyone’s work, and contribute critique as it is being made. Learning is a collective experience in the classroom, and you will problem-solve on the canvas, benefitting from a cross-pollination of ideas and input from your peers. It is therefore very important that you attend all classes. The semester begins with representational painting using slow-drying, indirect oil painting techniques learning basic paint mixing, colour observation and composition. Gradually you will become more independent with your work. The semester ends with experimentation of modernist direct application of wet-in-wet acrylic paint. The course also offers opportunities to collaborate with local museum exhibitions as well as international students, artists and communities. Course content includes: 1. Introduction to materials: primers and painting surfaces; properties of oil paint; properties of water based acrylic paint. 2. Colour mixing and seeing colour: Seeing and mixing cool tones; Seeing and mixing warm tones. 3. Elements of Composition & Design with perceptual painting: Movement: Directional lines leading the eye; Creating space or flat colour; Balance, contrast, emphasis, Rhythm. 4. Painting handling: Texture; Use of mediums; Working with unconventional tools. 5. Portraiture: Proportions of the head; Seeing and mixing flesh tones. 6. Night landscape: Simplifying form; Seeing and mixing night tones. 7. Principals of Abstraction and working from references: Working from references; Creating a dialogue with the painting.
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