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Academic Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Fine Arts 2D: Painting
  

  • 2DPA100 Introduction to Painting 3 cr.

    Form, space, and light are explored through the fundamental techniques of oil and acrylic painting. The core of this course is the practice and study of color and composition.

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA103 Watercolor 3 cr.

    Fundamental techniques of transparent watercolor media, such as wet on wet, drybrush, glazing, and knowledge of painting tools. Emphasis on color, vocabulary development, exploring composition, and the history of watercolor painting.

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA201 Sophomore Drawing 3cr.

    This sophomore drawing class is aimed to develop the perceptual, observational, and experimental
    aspect of pictorial investigations. Through basic drawing language and material, students are
    encouraged to examine the formal aspects of space, light, and materiality within a pictoral
    structure. While focusing on the fundamental and formal language of drawing, students also
    develop the way of seeing and questioning the notion of what they see. Visiting artists and
    events are shared with junior and senior majors.

    Undergraduate Elective
    Fall/Spring
  

  • 2DPA202 Life Drawing 3 cr.

    This course allows for more advanced study of the human figure from an observational perspective. Study takes place within the context of Life Drawing 102 and its emphasis on expression, pictorial space, form and light.

    Prerequisites: SFDN-181 and SFDN-185

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA205 Sophomore Painting 6 cr.

    An exploration of fundamental painting issues and painting techniques in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Students are encouraged to initiate individual projects to develop personal imagery. 6 credits.

    Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182

    Double Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
    Fall
  

  • 2DPA206 Sophomore Painting 6 cr.

    An exploration of fundamental painting issues and painting techniques in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Students are encouraged to initiate individual projects to develop personal imagery. 6 credits

    Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182

    Double Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
    Spring
  

  • 2DPA216 Digital Drawing 3cr.

    Digital Drawing: Image Creation in the Information Age explores drawing through a
    digital lens, examining the use of digital tools in the creative process. We will experiment with
    digital tools already at our disposal (computers, social media, smartphones, cameras, printers,
    etc.) to work between concept and process while developing new work. We will draw directly on
    tablets and phones and use apps and software to manipulate, enhance, and troubleshoot aesthetic
    and conceptual concerns. We will toggle between virtual and tactile mediums and examine the use
    and look of digital tools in contemporary painting.

    Undergraduate Elective
    Spring Only
  

  • 2DPA219 Cornelia: Representational Painting 3 cr.

    Painting from direct perception. Study of form, light, and space utilizing the live model as a subject along with varying subject matter and painting materials.

    Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN 182, SFDN185

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA228 Color for Painting 3 cr.

    Studies in water-based media of color harmonies and hue relationships, along with neutral or achromatic colors to develop an understanding of he subjective process of color perception and color relationships through practice with color theory and color mixing methods.

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA250 100 Drawings 3 cr.

    100 Drawings is a rigorous concentration on the process of drawing. Students are encouraged to experiment with techniques and materials that they may not have used before. Each student is expected to complete a minimum of 100 drawings during the semester. Students explore a wide range of subject matter as well as collage, color, scale, and mixed media. All students present a 100 drawing portfolio to the class at the end of the course.

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA264 Collage/Assemblage 3 cr.

    Drawing, painting, and sculpting using found objects, appropriated images, letterforms, texts, and personal memorabilia. Slide lectures and class discussions concern the history of collage and assemblage.

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA270 Imaginative Drawing 3 cr.

    Non-traditional approaches to drawing, including working from dream imagery, inventing realities, exploring abstraction, creating new tools to draw with, and experimenting with mixed media.

    Prerequisites: SFDN181

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    All College Elective
  

  • 2DPA290 Print Into Motion 3cr

    This course functions as a laboratory to translate ideas from print to motion through integrated studio projects. The objective of this course is to navigate through the intersection of time with print as well as the relationship between a still and a moving image. Students explores elements of duration, seriality, sequentiality, and storytelling. Students utilizes printmaking techniques to create animation works, via optical devices and projections.

    Hybrid Studio Critique

    Spring
  

  • 2DPA305 Junior Painting 6 cr.

    Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits.

    Prerequisites: 2DPA205, 2DPA206

    Double Hybrid Studio/Critique

    Departmental Requirement
    Fall
  

  • 2DPA306 Junior Painting 6 cr.

    Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits.

    Prerequisites: 2DPA205, 2DPA206, 2DPA305

    Double Hybrid Studio/Critique

    Departmental Requirement
    Spring
  

  • 2DPA335 Drawing for Painting Majors 3 cr.

    A drawing exploration of the relationships between methods of drawing and painting that is designed to develop a flexible dialogue between concept and process. Drawing both from observation and imagination.

    Prerequisites: SFDN181, SFDN182, SFDN185

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    Departmental Requirement
    Fall/Spring
  

  • 2DPA392 FA Course Assistantship

  

  • 2DPA398 FA Internship

  

  • 2DPA399 FA Independent Study

  

  • 2DPA405 Senior Painting 6 cr.

    Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits.

    Prerequisites: 2DPA305, 2DPA306

    Double Hybrid Studio/Critique

    Departmental Requirement
    Fall
  

  • 2DPA406 Senior Painting 6 cr.

    Combined sections of juniors and seniors for the study and practice of painting in oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Juniors are expected to pursue the development of a personal direction in painting or mixed media. Seniors work on self-defined degree projects in painting and are expected to develop a command of both technical and conceptual means in painting. 6 credits, 1 semester.

    Prerequisites: 2DPA305, 2DPA306, 2DPA405

    Double Hybrid Studio/Critique

    Departmental Requirement
    Spring
  

  • 2DPA428 Professional Practices 3cr.

    Professional Practices provides tools, resources, and experience that will help students to continue making work outside of an institution. With this established as the most important aspect of being a professional artist, the seminar provides a body of practical information to support art making. The course is organized around a series of topics accompanied by workshops, discussions, informal presentations, readings, and field trips. Throughout the semester, students are granted the opportunity to meet and interview a range of art professionals, including curators and gallerists, graduate students, and other artists.

    By the end of the course, students compile professional materials – CV, images, and artist statement. Topics covered include talking/writing about your work, studio space, studio visits, making/maintaining professional connections, documenting work, applications for grants/residencies/graduate school, online presence, jobs, finances, exhibiting your work, artist peers, collaboration, curating/pop-up shows, and more. [Formerly titled Senior Seminar]

    Undergraduate Elective
    Fall and Spring
  

  • 2DPA435 Drawing for Painting Majors 3 cr.

    A drawing exploration of the relationships between methods of drawing and painting that is designed to develop a flexible dialogue between concept and process. Drawing both from observation and imagination.

    Prerequisites: 2DPM367, 2DPA335

    Hybrid Studio/Critique

    Departmental Requirement
    Fall