Aix-en-Provence, France - Course Descriptions - Painting/Drawing Studio (Beginners)

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A beginning course for students with little or no experience in painting and drawing. Students acquire a basic knowledge of drawing skills, color theory, palette, oil or watercolor techniques. Technical skills are always presented as subservient to each student's vision and imagination in relation to their direct observation of nature and the human form. 90 contact hours- 2 three-hour studio classes per week.

Individual conferences with the faculty at the beginning of the semester determine if the student will accentuate drawing or painting during the semester. Evaluations and credit are assigned accordingly. Drawing students are required to use color during the semester; likewise, painting students are assigned drawing projects as well. All students must attempt to inter-relate the two disciplines in their work.

Requirements:

A. Attendance: Progress in painting and drawing is directly proportional to steady, disciplined work. Students are required to attend all classes. Any unexcused absence is detrimental to the student's final grade and the grade is reduced one-half letter for each unexcused absence above two. Absences due to illness must be made up within two weeks. Make-up work will be assigned by the director.

B. Individual project or personal sketchbook. 20 hours of individual work, 15% of final grade

C. Weekly journal entries in relation to individual process and various handouts of artists writing on art, 15% of final grade

D. Mid-term and Final Critique 70% of final grade.

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