Corcoran College of Art and Design

Spring 2013 Courses + Painting

Browse all of our courses by Area of Study; Enrollment Option; Certificate Program; or Day of the Week. Simply click on the red link on the left to see a list of courses that meets the criteria you’ve selected.


Drawing Upon The iPad

No sections available this semester

DR1280 (1.5 credits or audit)
Explore using the iPad and similar tablets to create original works of art as well as learn from the masters.

Advanced Painting Studio

No sections available this semester

FA4210 (3.0 credits or audit)
Students in this course will begin a cohesive body of work or fully develop one in progress.

Painting Short Course

PT0812 (non-credit)
This course offers basic instruction for beginners, while intermediate and advanced students progress on an individual basis.

Figure Painting Short Course

PT0830 (non-credit)
Students explore how the human body may be represented in paint both realistically and semi-abstractly.

Seven Sessions with Watercolor

No sections available this semester

PT0905 (non-credit)
This class will introduce watercolor to students with some drawing experience, covering color mixing, washes, layering and textural techniques.

Introduction to Painting

PT1200 (1.5 credits or audit)
Learn to paint! This course covers composition, color, and canvas preparation.

Academic Painting

No sections available this semester

PT1210 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students learn to see specific realistic images as a set of abstract shapes, tonal values and colors in relation to the whole.

Introduction to Botanical Painting in Watercolor

No sections available this semester

PT1400 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students learn the techniques of transparent watercolor using live plant material.

Intermediate Painting

PT2200 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course will review the fundamentals of painting and focus on individual development of style, technique, and direction. (For intermediate and advanced students.)

Abstract Painting

PT2220 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course investigates the concepts and meanings of abstraction and their relevance in today's world.


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Important Dates

May 18-28
Late registration period for Continuing Education summer session I classes

May 24-27
Memorial Day weekend (College closed)

May 28
Summer session I begins

May 31 
Pre-College Session A & B Registration Deadline

June 1
Registration Deadline for Explore D.C. with the Corcoran

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