ART 025A — Beginning Acrylic Painting Units: 3
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of acrylic painting. Through hands-on assignments, painting techniques covered include traditional approaches of opaque, transparent, under and over painting, palette knife and wet-on-wet painting. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on the use of basic visual elements, organizational principles of compositional structure, color theory and concept development. These techniques enable the student to communicate visual images as creative statements. Historical applications of acrylic techniques and different conceptual approaches to painting are studied. Basic drawing skills are recommended. Lecture Hours: 36 Lab Hours: 54 Repeatable: No Grading: Letter Prerequisite: None Advisory: None Limitation on enrollment: None Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS COD GE: None CalGETC: None