Painting

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course introduces the basic issues of oil painting through a series of classic problems: the still life, figure study, portrait and others. Emphasis is on control of color and light and dark value, while building form in a coherent pictorial space. Oil is the preferred medium, and students buy their own materials. The course introduces connections between studio work and the history of painting. RY - Notre Dame Rome: This course introduces the basic issues of painting and pictorial perception. Emphasis is on students' imaginative responses to a series of classic problems: the still life, figure study, portrait and others through the control of color and light and dark value, while building form in a coherent pictorial space. The course introduces connections between studio work and the history of painting, encouraging critical discussion.