| Studio Drawing: Multi-Level |
Painting and Drawing |
2040 (008) |
Spring 2026 |
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Description
This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.
Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.
Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.
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Class Number
1613
Credits
3
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| Painting Materials and Techniques I |
Painting and Drawing |
3050 (001) |
Spring 2026 |
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Description
This course investigates the properties and possibilities of traditional and modern media, grounds, supports, methods, adhesives, and pigments.
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Class Number
1631
Credits
3
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| Painting Materials and Techniques I |
Painting and Drawing |
3050 (001) |
Fall 2026 |
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Description
This course investigates the properties and possibilities of traditional and modern media, grounds, supports, methods, adhesives, and pigments.
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Class Number
1808
Credits
3
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| Painting Materials and Techniques I |
Painting and Drawing |
3050 (002) |
Fall 2026 |
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Description
This course investigates the properties and possibilities of traditional and modern media, grounds, supports, methods, adhesives, and pigments.
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Class Number
1809
Credits
3
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| Painting Materials and Techniques II |
Painting and Drawing |
3051 (001) |
Spring 2026 |
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Description
This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence. The first semester presents the full array of materials used in painting with an introduction to some study of methods of construction. This course puts those materials to use and carries forward the study of methods and strategies of construction, beginning with Flemish and Venetian painters and carrying through late twentieth-century painting. The subject of painting is studied from the viewpoint of the language of material and process.
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Class Number
1633
Credits
3
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| Painting Materials and Techniques: Foraging for Pigments |
Painting and Drawing |
3052 (001) |
Summer 2026 |
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Description
This multi-level course will explore the intersection of art and nature while foraging local plant and earth matter to create pigments for inks and paints. We will delve into the diverse world of pigments, employing various binders to craft water-based mediums such as inks, watercolor, gouache, and acrylic. Students will be introduced to both traditional and experimental techniques and extend beyond the studio, incorporating outdoor, in situ sessions where we actively forage materials.
We will learn about contemporary artists like Ricky Lee Gordan, Sam Falls, Cathy Hsaio, Elisabeth Heying, and more, who source their own pigments, examining how these artists thoughtfully incorporate them into their work. Simultaneously, we will look at the historical roots of pigments, tracing their origins and uncovering their myriad applications across cultures and time periods.
By the end of the course, students will not only possess the skills to create work using self-sourced pigments but will also gain a nuanced understanding of the historical and contemporary significance of pigments in the broader artistic context. This course will provide a unique opportunity to bridge art and sustainability while making a deeper connection to the natural world.
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Class Number
1185
Credits
3
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| Deep Surface |
Painting and Drawing |
3059 (001) |
Spring 2026 |
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Description
In this materially-oriented multi-level studio course, students will expose the possibilities beneath, within, and above the painting surface. Students will learn both archival and experimental strategies for making work that upsets distinctions between image and object. Through demonstrations and open-ended assignments, students will learn impasto painting techniques, adhesives, sculptural surface construction, wood relief carving, embedding, and alternative materials.
Deep Surface will give students the opportunity to explore juicy facture, heavy-duty mediums, extraction tools, image excavation, and extravagant adornment. We will narrow the gap between painting and sculpture. In support of these efforts, course readings will include Hamza Walker, Annie Albers, and Tatiana Berg. Readings and discussions will compliment slide talks, demonstrations, and critiques. We will look at artwork hailing from a wide swath of histories and world cultures, including 20th Century African American folk art, ancient Greek and Mesopotamian relief carving, Medieval and early Renaissance painting, and a range of contemporary painting-sculpture hybrid practices.
Students will produce artworks using a range of materials and technical processes that bridge the divide between painting and sculpture. A total of at least seven completed paintings are due during the semester.
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Class Number
1680
Credits
3
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