Syllabus – Watermedia
Fall 2011
Professor's Name:
Marilyn Jolly
Office Number:
Room 121 B SAC
Office Telephone Number:
817-272-2820
Office Hours:
Monday/Wednesday from 10:00-11:00
Course Number, Section and Course Title:
ART 3349 sec. 001 Watermedia
Time and Place of Class Meetings:
Monday-Wednesday: 2-4:50
Room 122 SAC
Description of Course Content:
You will learn basic techniques of transparent and opaque watercolor media and the use of watercolor materials combined with other mixed media. There will be an emphasis on conceptual and manipulative skills and experimentation as the course progresses.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Technical information and Basic Techniques:
A. Students will be able to use basic watercolor techniques such as: wash, wet into wet, dry brush, transparent color glazes and opaque flat color.
B. Students will be able to recognize warm and cool values of various color families and the difference between staining and more opaque watercolor pigments.
C. Students will be able to stretch watercolor paper in preparation for a painting on a panel or over a stretcher.
D. Students will become familiar with a variety of paper weights and surfaces used for watercolor as well as mediums that alter the paint characteristics.
2. Students will become familiar with a variety of watercolor techniques used in contemporary painting such as: scratching out, resist, splattering, salt absorption, collage and mixed media and watercolor monoprinting.
3. Students will be able to use the techniques and information learned in creating images that reflect their artistic point of view and show improvement in their confidence in working with watermedia.
4. Students will have the ability to intelligently discuss the formal elements, the techniques used and the conceptual ideas in their own paintings as well as their classmates in class critiques.
Requirements:
Students need to have taken a minimum of a 2-D Design and a Basic Drawing class and Beginning Painting. No exceptions to this rule unless approved by the instructor.
Required Course Materials:
Items included in the kit prepared by Asel Art Supply:
Tube Paints (Cotman Watercolor 12 Tube Set).
Paint set includes the following colors:
Alizarin Crimson
Burnt Sienna
Cadmium Red Pale
Cadmium Yellow
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Prussian Blue
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Umber
Viridian
Ivory Black
Chinese White
Other Colors
Pthalo Blue
Lemon Yellow
Set of gouache tube paints
22" x 30" Arches 140# CP watercolor paper (10 sheets)
(You may want to substitute a heavier weight -such as 300 lb cold pressed-of watercolor paper or a larger size for some of these)
10" x 15" top spiral 12-sheet watercolor pad (for practice work)
#2 synthetic sable round brush
#12 synthetic sable round brush
1" synthetic sable stroke brush
Plastic Palette
2B drawing pencil
Natural sponge
One 18" X 24" Fredricks or similar stretcher for canvas stretching (you may want to purchase more stretchers later)
Additional items to purchase not included in the kit:
Larger plastic palette, styrofoam plates or white china plate for mixing color
3/4" Scotch Blue Painter's Tape or masking tape (Home Depot, Lowe's
or hardware store paint department)
4 rolls of paper towels
Coffee can or large plastic cup for water (no glass)
Mild bar soap for cleanup (Ivory or brush soap)
Plastic soapbox
Pastels (optional)
Colored pencils, (optional)
Watercolor pencils or crayons, (optional)
Collage materials
Box or container to carry and store supplies
Lose leaf notebook for storing handouts and notes
Aug. 29
First class meeting-review syllabus (please bring a printed copy to class)
Aug 31-Sept. 12
Basic Watercolor Techniques
We will do the following exercises to familiarize you with water color.
Practice stretching paper on a board/discuss watercolor tools/set up palette/paper types
Pigment Qualities (practical color theory review), color mixing and matching
Laying A Wash, Color Mixing/Samples
Wash Composition (use black and white photograph from newspaper or other print source-needs strong dark to light values)-Planning the White
Winsor Newton Rep in class for demo?(date to be determined)
Sept. 5
Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 19-21
Turn in watercolor exercises-discuss. Videos of watercolor techniques
Practice various techniques and using mixed media (scratching out, salt, wiping out, splattering, body color, resist techniques etc.) on watercolor pad. Stretch watercolor paper on a canvas stretcher.
Sept. 26-28
Paint an image inspired by a favorite line in a poem or book starting with wet into wet technique with the addition of techniques described in the videos. Be conscious of how you are using color to describe the feeling you want to convey. Use stretched watercolor paper from previous lesson. Try to take advantage of various watercolor effects to express the mood or feeling of the text.
Oct. 3-4
Practice sheet of dry brush lines and marks on your watercolor tablet. Make a still life painting starting with your favorite junk food (the more colorful or crazy shaped, the better) that uses several of the techniques you have learned so far with a focus on drybrush techniques. You may use a flat paper stretch or one on a canvas stretcher.
Oct. 10
Critique of wet into wet and drybrush paintings
Oct. 12
Library day-go to Library or other book sources and check out books on various aspects of watercolor to bring to class for show and tell.(no internet searches may be used instead of actual books for your presentation) Research a list of painters who worked in watercolor before you go and take to the library to help you search. Find some surprises. Do this activity outside of class and bring your books and present informally to the other students in a short presentation about an artist you discovered and their work in watercolor during class. We will spend time after the presentations sharing the books.
Oct. 17-19
Discuss Gouache paint and the difference between opaque and transparent watercolor. Do a painting in gouache starting with photographic information of a detailed subject. This could be something mechanical or organic, but should have crisp edges and specific information. Abstract the image by repetition of the forms, changing the scale of the forms or manipulating the forms with color or implied texture. Have fun and be a little obsessive with this. You can use the actual color of the subject or change or exaggerate it. Do this on a 22” X 30” sheet of WC paper.
Oct. 24-26
Do a painting using watercolor or gouache with mixed media-your choice of subject matter.
Oct. 31
Critique of gouache and mixed media paintings
Nov. 2-16
Watercolor monoprinting instruction and printing. Make at least 4 good prints. They will be graded, but we will not have an official crit. We will do a pin up and discussion. Discussion of final series of paintings
Nov. 21
Begin final series of paintings
Nov. 23-24
Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 21-Dec. 7
Final Painting Assignments (4 paintings)
All of the paintings should be at least 22"X 30" in size with at least one on a larger scale than that. You can purchase larger paper locally at Paper Arts in Dallas or order it though art supply catalogs or online or tape more than one piece of paper together with linen tape or rice paper and acrylic medium. (Daniel Smith, Dick Blick, Cheap Joe's). Some or all of them can be painted on paper that has been attached to a stretcher. You may want to try some heavier paper weights for some of these. (heavier than 140 lb. Weight as in 300 lb.)
You may also want to try hot pressed (smooth) or rough (rough texture) paper since you will receive cold pressed in your kit.
Do these four paintings in your choice of subject matter. You must discuss your ideas with me before you begin work.
For all of these you may use mixed media and or collage with watermedia or monoprinting technique.
Your final four paintings should reflect a developing personal point of view in your work. There should be a sense of cohesion in the way you handle materials, subject matter/concept or techniques and processes. I encourage you to be experimental, try a larger scale of paper and to look at a variety of other artist's work in watermedia for inspiration.
Dec. 12-14
Final Critique of last four paintings and class clean up
Pick up work, clear flat file drawers.
ALTHOUGH I WILL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO ADHERE TO THE ASSIGNMENTS AND DATES LISTED IN THIS SYLLABUS, IT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY OCCUR DURING THE SEMESTER.
THE PAINTING STUDIO IS NO LONGER A 24 HOUR WORK SPACE. YOUR
SCAN CARD WILL ACCESS THIS SPACE BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 11:00 PM
EACH DAY.
Grading Policy
Performance Levels:
A - Excellent 90-100 / B - Good 80-89 / C - Average 70-79 / D - Weak 60-69 / F - Unacceptable 0-59Evaluation Criteria
Maximum Awarded
FORMAL ELEMENTS - 40%Demonstrates understanding and use of formal elements at a high level (composition, color, paint surface, rendering skill, etc.) / 20
Use of materials, techniques or processes well chosen and advance the idea / 20
AESTHETICS AND CONCEPT - 30%
Demonstrates original or individual thought in the work, reflects creative problem solving, concept is clear and student is able to articulate ideas / 30
PRESENTATION - 10%
Demonstrates strong craftsmanship in the creation and presentation of the work / 10
CLASS PARTICIPATION - 20%
Assignment completed on time / 4
Makes efficient use of class time, is prepared, focused / 4
Actively participates in class critiques, discussions / 4
On time for class / 4
Participates in responsible classroom maintenance / 4
Assignments turned in after the due date will be dropped a letter grade for each week they are late unless previous arrangements have been made with the instructor.
Attendance Policy:
It is critical to be in class on time. Instructions for the projects and demonstrations are given at the beginning of class. This information will not be repeated. Three tardies will be counted as an absence. Missing more than 20 minutes of class will be counted as an absence. In the event of an absence, it is the student's responsibility to provide appropriate documentation from their doctor or Office of Student Life at UTA and make up all missed class work. Students with three unexcused absences from classes will have their final grade reduced by one letter grade. The grade will drop an additional letter grade for each unexcused absence after the third one. Please provide medical documentation of absences in a timely manner. Do not wait until the end of the semester to clear them up.
Drop Policy:
See university drop policy
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Make-up Exam Policy: No make-up exams
Grade Grievance Policy: See student catalog
Studio Use:
Please take responsibility for using the studio and clean up after yourself. Many students need to use this space. Pick up all of your trash and belongings and clean the sink and tables before leaving the classroom. Please put your stools on top of the tables so the floors can be swept. Plan on clean up the last 15-20 minutes of class. Each student will be assigned to a clean up group to take turns being responsible for the room being left clean and orderly.
No food is allowed in this classroom. Turn off your cell phones during class. You may take one 15 minute break midway during the class unless an activity is going on that you need to be there for.
I have read this syllabus and understand my responsibilities as a student taking this course (ART 3349, sec.001, fall 2011).
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