ILLUS-3216

ADVANCED PAINTING

Faculty: Fritz Drury

Course Level: Junior, Senior, 5th Year

3 CREDITS

This course will build on the skills established in Painting I and Painting II, while broadening the students’ understanding of options available to the painter. The primary work of the semester will be on individually directed projects to be worked on both in and out of class. Overall, a goal of establishing a personal visual vocabulary of facture and image will be emphasized. Students will be encouraged to particularize their use of the painting medium and their approach to subject and statement through color, painterly touch, format, use of materials, drawing and compositional decisions, stylistic reference, and implied narrative.

The core medium of the class will be oil paint, but this may be augmented or extended by other media. The course will include group exercises designed to solidify a basic understanding of drawing, the use of the medium and the principles of color. Periodic outside assignments will extend this practice while emphasizing personal choice and expressive adjustment based on individual priorities.

A flexible format for in-class work on personal projects will allow group interaction to coexist with individually directed work. The semester’s goal for each student will be to define a direction for future work in painting through a connected artistic investigation completed during the course.