Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- to offer the student an important opportunity to experience more painting in general and for the acquisition of key skills in the methods and materials of painting in particular
- to help the student towards finding subject matter and ways of working both personal to their own expressive needs and interests and appropriate to the course as a whole
- through interaction in tutorials to help the student understand the capabilities and limitations of painting as a means of creative expression and communication
- to empower the students with the knowledge needed to make informed and appropriate choices of methods and materials, their relative potentials and limitations through a course of lectures/demonstrations and individual tutorials
- to give students some basic information about the history of methods and materials through a series of lectures/demonstrations
- to establish patterns of the correct preparation of surfaces for painting and the correct methods of making and completing a painting with view to professional practice in the future
- the acquisition of a knowledge of the processes involved in painting and the ability to correctly apply them through practical experience
- to further the student's ability to evaluate and to articulate ideas about his/her own work and that of his/her peers through interaction in personal and/or group tutorials.
Brief description
Core module in the study of the Methods of painting in oil and acrylic including grounds, supports, media, tools, preparing panels, frescos, etc. At the same time the student examines specific subject matter through group projects and their relationship to the various methods and materials used.
Aims
- acquired key skills in the methods and materials of painting
- had valuable experience through a series of personal tutorials in finding subject matter and ways of working both personal to his/her own expressive needs and interest and appropriate to the medium of painting and to the course as a whole
- enhanced understanding of the capabilities and limitations of painting as a means of creative expression and communication
- be able to make more informed and appropriate choices of methods and materials, understanding their relative potentials and limitations
- acquired some basic information about the history of methods and materials through a series of lectures/demonstrations
- a good level of knowledge about the correct preparation of surfaces for painting and the correct methods of making and completing a painting, equipping him/her for professional practice in the future
- a good level of ability in evaluating and articulating ideas about his/her own work and that of his/her peers