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  • PN 237: Portrait Drawing and Painting

    1.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    1 credits Working from models and self-portraits, students develop facility with structure of the human head first in drawing media, then in painting. Traditional and contemporary approaches to portrait drawing are introduced with emphasis on achieving volume and expression. Prerequisites: Painting, Color and Light; Figure Modeling; and Life Drawing II Fulfills: 1-Credit Studio Elective
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  • PN 240: Landscape Painting in Italy

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits This course explores a wide range of approaches to landscape painting, focusing primarily on the unique environment of the medieval city of Viterbo, surrounding countryside and gardens. Students study composition, color, light and space, and are encouraged to work with a variety of media. Both outdoor and studio methods will be introduced with special emphasis on personal objectives. Prerequisites: Painting, Color and Light or permission of instructor Fulfills: 200-level Painting Elective; Studio Elective
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  • PN 242: Fresco Painting

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits Based on the teachings of 15th-Century artist Cennino Cennini, this course familiarizes students with the complexities of creating fresco, by combining studio production with the firsthand study of historical and contemporary examples. Students progress from the first steps of grinding pigments and mixing plaster to painting their own fresco panels. The various methods, both past and present, for planning and executing large scale wall frescos will also be discussed. Weekly field trips to see frescos on site and presentations on the fresco tradition and its current applications will provide students with a full appreciation for this enduring technique. Prerequisites: Painting, Color and Light Fulfills: 200-level Painting Elective; Studio Elective
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  • PN 245: Contemporary Painting Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits This course is a survey of contemporary painting practice that introduces the student to a variety of methods, mediums, and materials. The topics may include the construction and preparation of painting supports and grounds, the specific properties of pigments and mediums, and the unique advantages of acrylics, oils, synthetic polymers, encaustic, and enamels. The course cites modern and contemporary painters to introduce each unit and explores the choice of methods and materials on the expressive power of painting. Prerequisites: Painting, Color and Light Fulfills: Contemporary Painting Practice Requirement (Illustration and Painting students); Studio Elective; Requirement for all 300-level Painting Classes
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  • PN 250: Painting II:Collage Projects

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits This course is designed to investigate the intersection of technology, traditional collage and mixed media approaches.? Researching historical and contemporary practice, students develop a series of work using photo compositing techniques, traditional collage and mixed media approaches.? In addition to using computer imaging programs, students explore collage using a variety of materials, including paper, scanned images and element, paint cloth and objects.? Working in turn from objective sources and imagination, or by setting up formal and expressive objective to be 'solved', students research and develop their work in a series format.? There is an emphasis on the formal and expressive issue related to each collage, and to resolving relationships and structure key to each work. Prerequisites: Painting, Color and Light Fulfills: 200-Level Painting Elective; Studio Elective
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  • PN 299: Topics in Painting

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits This course provides an in-depth study of a topic in Painting. The topic may be selected to take advantage of special events, to allow further exploration of a subject covered in a preliminary way in other courses, or to explore areas not sufficiently covered by the regular class rotation. Prerequisites: Prerequisites will be developed in conjunction with the course description for each topic. Fulfills: 200-Level Painting Elective (Painting Students); Studio Elective
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  • PN 300: Life Painting III

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits Various means of painting the human form are studied, using under- and over-painting, alla prima, impasto, glazing, etc. Composition, mood, color, and scale are stressed. Each student is expected to produce a body of independent related work. Prerequisites: Life Drawing II; Contemporary Painting Practice; one 200-level painting course Fulfills: 300-level Painting Elective; Studio Elective
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  • PN 305: Painting III:Painting and the Photograph

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits This course explores ways that photography has profoundly affected painting. Projects in such areas as photographic note-taking, appropriation, media manipulation, and collage emphasize the use of photographic processes to create an expanded definition of painting. Prerequisites: Contemporary Painting Practice and one 200-Level Painting course and one course in Photography Fulfills: 300 level Painting Elective or Studio Elective
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  • PN 310: Painting III:Advanced Objective Painting

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits Intended for both illustration and fine arts majors, this course is an opportunity to explore the realms of historical and contemporary objective painting. Through site studies and work from imagination and memory, students will develop a body of related works. Field trips, emphasizing observation, will include natural history museums, architectural sites, urban and natural landscapes, and interiors. Emphasis is placed on personal interpretation and its expression through formal structure. Prerequisites: Contemporary Painting Practice; one 200-level painting elective Fulfills: 300-level Painting Elective; 300-level Studio Elective; Studio Elective
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  • PN 316: Painting III:Alternative Materials

    3.00 Credits
    Montserrat College of Art

    3 credits In this continuation of Painting II: Mixed Media, students explore a variety of alternative grounds and supports, including shaped canvases, assemblage, and industrial materials. Through a sequence of assignments, students create independent works incorporating a range of alternative materials that relate to a particular theme or reflect a personal direction. Contemporary artists who employ nontraditional materials and mixed media are discussed. Prerequisites: Contemporary Painting Practice and Painting II: Mixed Media or permission of instructor Fulfills: 300-level Painting or Studio Elective; Studio Elective
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