St. Gregory's University

Fall Semester, 2001

        AR 2413-1 Beginning Painting

Instructor: Stephen Mauldin

E-mail: slmauldin@sgc.edu

 

Course Description: (from SGU Fall 2001 Class Schedule) Designed to develop students’ skills in the basic techniques of painting. 

 

Mission Statement: This course contributes to the university’s goal of inculcating in students an appreciation for the arts and inspiring a lifelong quest for learning and personal development.  Beginning Painting will fulfill the fine art requirement in all the university’s degree programs.

 

Instructor’s Statement: I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree, with honors, from Oklahoma City University (with a major in Art) and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Idaho (with a concentration in painting and printmaking).  I have also been an actively producing painter for twenty-six years and my work has been shown in museums and galleries from coast to coast.  My office is located inside room FA 215 and my office hours are:

·        10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Mondays & Wednesdays

·        11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tuesdays & Thursdays

·        10:00 a.m. - ? p.m. Fridays in my studio (in the metal building east of the convent behind the cafeteria.)

 

Course Objectives: Beginning Painting will introduce students to the basic techniques of painting.  By the end of the semester the student will be able to:

·        Build canvas stretchers and prepare canvas;

·        Choose subject matter;

·        Compose effective paintings;

·        Demonstrate a basic understanding of color theory and mixing color;

·        Utilize both opaque and transparent applications of paint;

·        Appreciate paintings more fully.

 

Textbook: None

 

Supplies: Supply list will be provided at first class meeting.

 

 

Course Requirements:

·        Attend class

·        Paint at least 4 hours a week outside class

·        Complete color chart

·        Complete all assigned paintings

 

Instructor Policies:  Class attendance is mandatory.  After three absences,

the student may be dropped from the course.  If possible, notify instructor in

advance of circumstances that will require your absence and accommodations may be called for.  Work turned in late will lose one letter grade for each class period overdue.  In-class projects cannot be made up.

 

Grading Criteria:

 

·        Color charts

20% of final grade

 

 

·        Participation in critiques

20% of final grade

 

 

·        Assigned paintings

60% of final grade

 

 

Grading Scale:

·        A = Assimilating concepts & principles exceptionally well; utilizing them with creativity, imagination, and personal style.

·        B = Assimilating concepts and principles well; utilizing them with creativity and imagination.

·        C = Assimilating concepts and principles; utilizing them with limited creativity and imagination.

·        D = Limited assimilation of concepts and principles.

·        F = Unable to grasp concepts and principles.

 

Course Outline:

 

Week

                             Topic

     1

Introduction & course overview/Review materials/

Slides of instructor’s work

     2

Characteristics of color/Color charts

     3

Color relationships/Finish color charts

     4

Opaque & transparent applications/Markmaking/

Composition

     5

Light/Composition/First small still-life (opaque)

     6

Composition/Second small still-life (transparent)

     7

Building stretchers (18”x24”, 24”x36”, & 36”x48”)

 Week

                             Topic

     8

Conceptual issues/Third painting (landscape)

     9

 

    10

Fourth painting (self-portrait)

    11

 

    12

 

    13

Fifth painting (subject of choice)

    14

 

    15

 

    16

 

    17  

FINAL EXAMS (final critique)

 

 

     Any student with a disability that will affect his/her progress in this class and registered with student services should inform the professor during or after the first class meeting.