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Introduction to Painting

No sections available this semester

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

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

Intermediate Painting

No sections available this semester

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.

Portrait Painting

No sections available this semester

PT2300 (1.5 credits or audit)
In this course, students use oil paints to explore the structure of the skull, facial muscles, and planes of the face.

Still Life Paintings in Oil: Techniques

No sections available this semester

PT2351 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students learn to use transparent glazes to build form, color, luminosity, and drama, becoming familiar with the painting techniques of early 17th-century Europe.

Intermediate Botanical Painting in Watercolor

No sections available this semester

PT2400 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students learn to apply paint and render precise characteristics of specific plants, paying close attention to form, detail, and color accuracy.

Painting in a Series

No sections available this semester

PT3310 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course is for intermediate and advanced students interested in producing a coherent and expressive body of work.