For students ready to bridge the gap between drawing and painting, this course offers a structured path forward. The first few weeks will focus on refining drawing composition skills, developing painting ideas, and gaining familiarity with materials. Instruction includes demonstrations in color mixing and techniques for transferring a drawing to canvas. Midway through the course, students will begin creating original paintings based on their preparatory work, while exploring painting as a medium for expression. Participants may choose to work in oil, ink, gouache, or acrylic.
What you will learn:
1. The importance of scale and composition in painting
2. Drawing with paint
3. Transcribing color values from black and white drawings to color
4. Painting techniques and paint mixing
5. How to tell when a painting has reached its conclusion
Please note: Class will not meet on Monday, January 19 and Monday, February 16 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. and Presidents' Days.