Art and Design - ART 221

Course Description

This course examines the fundamental theories, techniques and processes utilized in watercolor and water-based media. In addition, students study the elements watercolor artists incorporated into their published works of art.

Prerequisites

(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)

Course Competencies

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Explain how watercolor and water-based media works of art evoke a response from the viewer.
• Determine how watercolor and water-based media paintings can function within society.
• Compare watercolor and water-based media paintings to other art forms.
• Explain how a watercolor and water-based media artist utilizes layers of color and value to create form and atmospheric perspective.
• Investigate which watercolor and water-based media artists utilize experimental methods and materials.
• Explain how an artist would construct a watercolor and water-based media painting from direct observation that records the effect of light on natural surfaces.
• Research different theories of watercolor and water-based media painting within established Art History sources.
• Construct a watercolor and water-based media painting employing the white of the paper as the lightest value and moving progressively to the darker values.
• Explain why published watercolor and water-based media artists use washes, masking and glazing techniques.
• Compare and contrast how water media behaves on different types of surfaces.

Course Schedule