This course is a comprehensive introduction to painting. It will be designed to develop confidence and experience with paint and painting. We will examine historical and contemporary trends and paint from life models and photo sources. Fundamental techniques for basic ground preparation, oil painting mediums and direct as well as indirect processes will be taught. Representational painting will be the primary focus but experiences in abstract painting will also be encouraged. We will learn abstract principles that organize composition, depict spatial illusion and describe form while developing a shared language for critiques.
Fine Arts
在西方传统学术领域，艺术学（fine arts）旨在借技巧、意愿、想象力、经验等综合人为因素的融合与平衡，以创作隐含美学的器物、环境、影像、动作或声音的表达模式，来提升审美和美学修养。 艺术学专业，对应国外的Fine Arts，常设在College of Fine Arts学院之下，在国内经常被译为精致艺术或美术。但其囊括了很多传统认知中的艺术专业，西方传统主要可概括为五个主要专业方向：绘画、雕塑、建筑、音乐和诗歌。在国内，被划分为：文学艺术（诗歌、戏剧、小说等）、视觉艺术（绘画、素描、雕塑等）、图文设计、造型艺术（雕塑、造型等）、装饰艺术（马赛克等）和表演艺术（戏剧、音乐、舞蹈、歌剧等）、电影摄影艺术。以学域的涵容度而言，上述的艺术门类的知识，都足以单独成立对应的学系。
