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About this Class:
I'm excited to share my expertise with you and hope you will enjoy the course and painting as much as I do. Students will be producing variations of painting styles and techniques.
The course begins August 29th, 2025, -Friday. We will meet every Friday in room 102 in the Art Building on East Campus.
This is a 5 ½ hour class. 09:35PM until - 3:05 PM. We will have a 40 minute Lunch break each class period.
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Creating & learning about art
Why is art important? Art is another means of helping people see and better understand the dynamics of our world and how human consciousness impacts it at every level. The world is open to integration and interpretation more than ever before and the effect that art has on us as individuals and as a society is now reaching beyond the borders of any given culture.
Mass communication – via television, the Internet, and cinema, along with cultural syncretism and networking between nations and even continents, has enabled us as human beings to see beyond ourselves and our own boundaries.
My classes enable you to view images from around the world and in a context beyond a textbook. They are designed to intrigue, inspire and engage you in the possibilities through the study of symbolism, multicultural perspectives and the many layers of meaning within the visual dialog.
Artists are myth makers and we participate with everyone else in the social construction of reality. Collectively we seek meaning. The complex matrices of beliefs, symbols, and words provide us with individuality and collectively with identity.
Get ready to explore and let's learn about Oil Painting.
Through the act of observation and the activity of painting we will study the interplay of form and content and their relationship and impact upon one another.
The class is designed to make you aware of the basic elements of color, composition, how form carries meaning and the visual dynamics of art.
Office Phone - 575-6075
E-mail - barrd@mjc.edu
E-mails must include your name in the subject line. I will get back to you within 24 hours during the business week. I will not be answering e-mails on weekends, late at night, or on holidays unless it is an emergency.
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Assignment sheet
OIL FALL 2025
August 29 - INTRODUCTIONS - CANVAS website & supplies -
Project # 1 LECTURE Imprimatura & Scumbling -
Links to an external site. 18" x 36"
SEPT 5 - Project # 1 LECTURE Imprimatura & Scumbling - & Blending
SEPT 12 - Project # 1 Imprimatura & Scumbling - & Blending
SEPT 19 - Project # 2
SEPT 26 - Proje t # 2
IMPRIMATURA.pptxOur Pact - This class will introduce you to the elements and principles of oil painting. Each assignment will reinforce and emphasize technique, spacial illusion and basic composition skills. We will study contemporary artists in order to develop a fresh and exciting personal visual dialog. The class is designed to intrigue, inspire and engage you in the possibilities through the study of symbolism, multi-cultural perspectives and the many layers of meaning found in the visual arts. Videos and lectures are mandatory.
My Philosophy: Through the act of observation and the activity of painting we will study the interplay of form and content and their relationship and impact upon one another. The class is designed to make you aware of the basic elements of color, composition, how form carries meaning and the visual dynamics of art. Advanced students will be producing variations of all the assignments; producing a body of work that reflects their subject of interest.
I will create a comfortable and inclusive classroom that is rooted in encouragement and support.
I will do my best to share my knowledge with compassion and flexibility.
I will be an active presence throughout the course. Helping you with each project but giving you space to explore. I will put out announcements,
home-page updates, discussions and give you prompt feedback.
The semester will include six different painting projects which will be introduced by PowerPoint lectures and followed by discussion. Painting projects will be done at home and in class. You will keep a journal during the semester and will be encouraged to explore personal ideas, imagery, and important cultural events.
Critiques are an important tool for learning and will be used to more fully understand the subjective process of viewing art. Critiques will help develop your understanding of "how" to see, respond to, and analyze art. Your participation in the two scheduled critiques is essential.
You will participate frequently and engage with the material actively each week.
Materials & Supplies
Materials & Supplies
Oil PAINT COLORS
Titanium white -1.25 oz
Alizarin Crimson - 1.25 oz
Ultramarine Blue - 1.25 oz
Prussian Blue - 1.25 oz
Transparent red Iron Oxide- 1.25 oz
Indian Yellow - 1.25 oz
Cadmium Red Light - 1.25 oz
Yellow Ochre - 1.25 oz
Burnt Umber - 1.25 oz
Olive Green - 1.25 oz
Additional Supplies
Tool box
Grey Matters Paper Palette 12" x 16" (Links to an external site.)
: J Jack Richeson
RGM palette knife # 6
rags and water containers - free
Staedtler Pencil: 4B & 6 B
Blue painters tape
towel
Sandpaper
Regular Liquin
ODERLESS MINERAL SPIRITS (home Depot)
Painting Surfaces -
You can always work larger if you would prefer.
American Lumber 9th St Modesto
1@ 18" x 36"
2@ 18" x 24"
1@ 16" x 20"
2 @ 18" x 12"
*** Scrap card board
(There is no text book for this course)
Synthetic Brushes Blick Link to Brushes (Links to an external site.)
You can choose different brands and get as many as you like. The images are just a guide to help you.
Oil and Acrylic Brush, Angular #6
Flat wash brush
Mop Brush
Synthetic Brushes Blick Link to Brushes (Links to an external site.)
You can choose different brands and get as many as you like. The images are just a guide to help you.
Oil and Acrylic Brush, Angular #6
Flat wash brush
Oil and Acrylic Brush, Filbert #4
