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  • ART 110: Art History II

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This course is a chronological survey of the visual arts of the Western World from C.E. 1300 to 1950. The course presents significant sculpture, paintings and architecture of these years through slides and textual reproductions. Lectures include critical, visual, and technical analysis of these works, biographical sketches of the contributing artists, and the relevant cultural and historical events and personages that influenced and were influenced by the art of these centuries. Prerequisites: RDG100, ENG100, or placement. Spring.
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  • ART 113: Introduction to Studio

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This studio course introduces the fine arts to the student with no previous art experience and is geared toward progressive development of skills in handling materials and understanding art concepts as they apply to the practice, viewing, and discussion of art. The student will gain an appreciation for the visual arts by directly experiencing the process inherent in creating art. A variety of media will be used and concepts relevant to design, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, or ceramics will be presented. Not open to art majors. Prerequisite: None. Fall and spring.
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  • ART 241: Watercolor Painting

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This course explores the basic techniques of working in the medium of watercolors. Exercises using transparencies and opaque techniques will be assigned. Slides of historical works by masters of the medium will be screened and discussed. Prerequisites: ART251, ART263, ART264 or permission of instructor. Fall.
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  • ART 242: Advanced Watercolors

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This course is a continuation of ART241 Watercolor Painting with an emphasis on experimenting with the medium of watercolor and working in mixed media. Slides, museum visits, matting, and exhibiting works are incorporated into the course. Prerequisite: ART241. Spring.
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  • ART 251: Two- Dimensional Design

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This course teaches the principles of expressive design through directed activities in painting, drawing, and collage. In these assignments students learn to use line, shape, color, value, and other design fundamentals. Lecture, critique, and discussion further engage students in the exploration of what constitutes good design. Students will need to buy most of the course materials. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100 or placement; ART263 is strongly recommended as a prerequisite, though not required. Spring.
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  • ART 252: Three- Dimensional Design

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This course provides students with the processes to create three-dimensional shapes. The first part of the course is a study of geometric and organic forms. By using materials such as cardboard, styrofoam, plaster, and clay, forms are constructed that explore the relationship of parts to the whole in their spatial context as the basis of good design. Additional problems stress the tectonic aspects of design and how they are used to create sculptural forms. An assigned portrait study in clay, along with procedures for plaster molding and casting, will be completed by the end of the course. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100, or placement. Fall.
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  • ART 253: Painting I

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This course offers basic instruction in oil painting and is intended for art majors and other students with an art background. Class and home assignments allow the student to practice mixing colors and manipulating paint. Accurate translation of observed color, form, and space is emphasized. Personal expression is encouraged. Students also learn about brush selection, surface preparation, pigment composition and the use of various media. Students are responsible for supplying most of the materials needed for the course. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100 or placement; ART251 and ART264, or permission of instructor/division dean. Fall.
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  • ART 254: Painting II

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits This course is a continuation of ART253 Painting I. Students paint from nude models and from the surrounding landscape in an effort to (1) better understand the relationship of light, color, form, and space; (2) improve their ability to translate a three dimensional experience onto a flat surface; and (3) expand their transfer portfolios. Outside of class, Painting II encourages the development of more personal motifs in order to further explore painting as an expressive medium. Students must participate in a show of work at semester's end. Students are responsible for supplying most of the materials needed for this course. Prerequisite: ART253 or permission of instructor/division dean. Spring.
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  • ART 257: Painting III

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits For Independent Study students only. This course is for the advanced student who is in pursuit of creating work for a portfolio, after completing all other course offerings in Painting. Emphasis is on the individual work of the student, thematic development, and aesthetic considerations unique to the painting process. Recommended for the student who is motivated, directed and able to work independently. Admission to the course by permission of the instructor only. Prerequisites: ART253, ART254, and permission of the instructor. Fall and spring.
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  • ART 259: Ceramics I

    3.00 Credits
    Mount Wachusett Community College

    3 credits Students create functional pottery, sculptural, and traditional clay forms as they develop skills in handbuilding (pinching, coiling, draping, and slab building) and begin to work on the potter's wheel. Different clay bodies, glazes, glaze applications, decorative techniques, and kiln firings will be presented. Individual expression will be encouraged as the student gains an appreciation for the history of ceramics and clay as a medium. Students will be given outside reading assignments and be required to keep a sketchbook throughout the semester. Prerequisites: ENG100, RDG100 or placement. Fall and spring.
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