ART 213: Watercolor I

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Class Program

Art

Credits

Clinical Hours None

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

090893

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities with Performance

Description

Introduction to the principles and processes of transparent watercolor painting. Investigation of color and composition with various studio and outdoor subjects.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Analyze and apply the principles of color observation (including local, illuminant, shadow and reflected colors) at a beginning-level.

Analyze and apply the principles of color interpretation (various limited color palettes) at a beginning-level.

Analyze and apply the principles of composition observation (including figure-ground continuities, active and passive shapes, overlapping, selection and planar location) at a beginning-level.

Analyze and apply the principles of composition interpretation (including regrouping, shifting center and modulation) at a beginning-level.

Demonstrate familiarity with traditional and contemporary watercolor materials and processes (including layering, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and dry brush) and visual presentation (including compositional cropping, matting and framing)

Demonstrate a general understanding of artists and the development of watercolor in the history of art

Core Topics

Introduction to the materials and processes of watercolor (color area exercises).
Color elements (hue variable chart and value and intensity charts).
Color observation.
Composition observation.
Composition interpretation.
Color interpretation.