Instructor: Anita Oas
Course Description:Course Description: This course is designed to open the minds of students to painting with oils, and push the edge of that proverbial creative envelope. They will start out by exploring the tools used in painting, and how these tools are used differently for oil painting as opposed to acrylics. Then they'll learn to mix their own colors, create under-paintings, build up washes, and finish off with glazes. They'll learn how, why and when to stretch their own canvases. They'll explore typography, and add words to paintings. Upon completion, the students will have created several compositions that have meaning to them and move their audience, all the while having lots of fun getting dirty.
7-Week Schedule
Week 1:
Introduction, course overview, and getting to know each other. Explain, demonstrate, and discuss course materials. Begin painting by mixing our own colors and pushing the paint on loose canvas sheets.
Week 2:
Review what we learned last week. Create an aesthetically pleasing composition using the three images we brought in. Transfer our drawing onto the under-painting we created last week with our painting techniques exploration. Begin painting with washes.
Discuss Miró.
Week 3:
Review what we learned last week. Finalize our painting by using washes and glazes. Discuss Picasso.
Week 4:
Review what we learned last week. Create an aesthetically pleasing composition using the three images we brought in. Transfer our drawing onto canvas board and begin with washes this time. Finalize the under-painting. Discuss Rothko.
Week 5:
Review what we learned last week. Begin pushing the shadows and pulling the highlights from our under-paintings. Discuss Kooning..
Week 6:
Review what we learned last week. Finalize our painting by using washes and glazes. Learn about stretching canvas. Discuss Kandinsky.
Week 7: Saturday Studio Art Show & Parents' Reception
Review what we learned this quarter. Show off our painting. Socialize. Framing and presenting. Continue working on portrait.
Note: There will be weekly critiques of work.
This schedule is subject to change according to the needs of the class as determined by the instructor.