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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Every semester An exploration of color in oil painting, from its descriptive, expressive, and decorative properties through representation and abstraction. Students discover the role of color in making a painting. Prerequisite: VPA 1010
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Fall Students are exposed to a variety of painting experiences outside the studio. During the second half of the semester, students develop larger paintings based on work done on site. The course addresses considerations of descriptive language, color as light, spatial construction, and developing a personal “voice.” Prerequisite: VPA 1020
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Spring Students learn various methods of translating small-scale studies into larger works. Many sources are used for the studies, including collage, drawing, painting from observation, and computer-generated studies. Representation and abstraction are considered in these investigations. Prerequisite: VPA 2010
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) A drawing and painting experience, working from flash slides, master slides, and directly from observation. Concepts and processes are discussed in terms of the space-forming cues: position, size/shape, overlap, figure/ground, and brightness/contrast. Exercises performed in a semi-dark environment encourage peripheral vision and a unified field response. Media include chalk, pencil, brush, and paint. Prerequisite: VPA 1010
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) Students make paintings and drawings based on generated images. Various strategies, including appropriating imagery from cultural media (print, photography, the Web) and manipulating imagery through mechanical and electronic processes (photocopy, Photoshop), are explored. Other approaches (e.g., layering, de/constructing, morphing) may also be used to generate imagery for narrative, ironic, or abstract works. Prerequisite: VPA 1010; working knowledge of Photoshop recommended
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4.00 Credits
and 3020 4 credits ( per semester). I: Fall; II: Spring Students work independently in painting under the guidance and criticism of a faculty member. The objective and the subjective, the world and the self are considered in the context of contemporary painting. Choices of subject and approach are the student’s own. Each student attempts to define his or her own sensibility and concerns in preparation for the senior project. Prerequisite: VPA 2020
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) Visiting artists work with advanced students to further develop their painting skills and abilities. Students work independently and meet for group discussions and critiques. Readings and field trips may supplement the visiting artists’ discussions.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Spring This course focuses on the figure: dressed, undressed, alone, with others. Issues of figure/ground (person/situation) and the diverse roles of the figure in art (realist, narrative, expressive, etc.) are explored. Students paint both from the model and from source materials. The history and the current renewal of interest in figurative painting are considered through slide presentations and gallery visits. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Spring Students are asked to invent and discover roles for black and white to play, other than the traditional and obvious ones of dark and light. The goal is to characterize observed form and space in “plastic terms” (Matisse). Unlike VDR 3090 and 3100, in which line is emphasized, this course explores colorants in extension, as areas and intervals. Also offered as VDR 3130.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Special topic (offered irregularly) Through specific painting and writing assignments, students discover the ways in which the use of imagery and words expresses meaning. The writing is narrative, both autobiographical and fictional; the painting is from memory, observation, and imagination.
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