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  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits In This course, we explore several approaches to indirect painting. Methods of underpainting, glazing, scumbling, and opaque painting are used to create paint surfaces that display the rich variety possible with oil paint. The preparation of surfaces, pigments, mediums, and vehicles are covered. Prerequisite: IFINE 2200 or permission of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits Using the live model, This course explores A range of conceptual, chromatic and scale considerations. Paintings begin with 2-3 session set-ups and gradually increase to larger, 6-session projects. Varied painting techniques and mediums accompany each assignment. Prerequisite: IFINE 2200.
  • 1.50 Credits

    1.5 credits This course focuses on the creation of assemblage sculpture and site specific installation using man-made objects and materials found in the natural world. Students explore the psychology and aesthetics of found objects and natural materials in response to place, history, and personal story. Prerequisite: IFINE 2420 or permission of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits each Fall: Spring: Figurative: Working from A variety of sources, this class investigates A wider range of representational drawing issues and concerns on A deeper level. Classroom experiences are supported by individual research for large-scale works in selected mediums that address both contemporary and historical figurative drawing. Abstract: Through A variety of approaches and mediums, students evolve A personal graphic vocabulary as A vehicle for individual expression. Issues of mark making, process, control and accident are explored. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 6 credits of 2000 level drawing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits each Fall: Spring: Figurative: Working from A variety of sources, this class investigates A wider range of representational drawing issues and concerns on A deeper level. Classroom experiences are supported by individual research for large-scale works in selected mediums that address both contemporary and historical figurative drawing. Abstract: Through A variety of approaches and mediums, students evolve A personal graphic vocabulary as A vehicle for individual expression. Issues of mark making, process, control and accident are explored. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 6 credits of 2000 level drawing.
  • 1.50 Credits

    1.5 credits An exploration of 2-D collage highlighting its significance as A 20th century medium, including the seminal works of the Cubists, Dadaists and Surrealists. Collage work that explores these innovative techniques are created in the course. Discussion of collage in the context of early Modernism takes place through slide lectures. Topics also include the work of the Russian Avant-garde and their use of text, Abstraction and Photomontage. Prerequisite: Foundation or permission of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits each This class investigates individual approaches to non-objective painting. Abstraction, conceptualism, mix media and the painting as object are explored. A range of ideas in twentieth century painting are discussed. Prerequisite: IFINE 2200 and 3 credits of 2000 level painting.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits This course examines A wide range of approaches to drawing as A means of conveying ideas. Using both traditional and alternative drawing media, this class emphasizes development of concepts, use of imagination, and invention. Students are encouraged, through selected problems, to expand and even challenge the conventions of mark making. Inquiry into separate themes: perception, formalism, fantasy, and ritual, provide students with A variety of strategies for developing A personal approach to drawing methods and imagery. Prerequisites: 6 credits of 2000 level drawing or permission of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits each While new intaglio techniques are introduced, students begin to work on individually directed series of prints. Students with previous experience in other print media, such as woodcut, lithography and monotype, may continue to explore these mediums. The spring semester class creates a group, theme-oriented portfolio. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites for Fine Arts majors: IFINE 2300, IFINE 2310 or permission of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 credits This course allows students to delve into more ambitious works using direct observation from the human figure as the primary resource. Students aim towards developing their ability to interpret structure, surface, anatomy, and form. Both single figure and multi-figure compositions are addressed through long term homework assignments. Casting techniques covered include silicone rubber molds and waste molds. Prerequisite: IFINE 2430 or IFINE 2500.
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