Advanced Painting
Course Description & Objectives:

This course is designed for advanced students to broaden their understanding of painting and refine their techniques. This course will help students build a personal portfolio that conveys a search for meaning/content, personal style, and individual expression. Students will build upon painting skills acquired in introductory and intermediate level painting courses by investigating descriptive and expressive possibilities in painting. Painting abilities and techniques should be refined this semester, as well as sophistication of concepts. An emphasis will be placed on solving conceptual problems in painting in a context relevant to contemporary art.

There will be four individual projects, some of which will consist of a set or series of paintings. Each assignment will be discussed in detail in class and often preceded by a PowerPoint or slide show to clarify the concepts. The time designated for each of these assignments will be on average no longer than three to four weeks; therefore, students will be expected to use studio work time efficiently. Students will be expected to invest at least the same amount of time outside of class as they spend in class i.e. five hours (minimum) working outside of class per week.
JC_SEMESTER: 25 SP