Art and Design - ART 222

Course Description

This course is a continuation of ART 221 where emphasis is on critiquing published works of art for watercolor and water-based media techniques and processes. Students also investigate how artists utilize the elements in watercolor and water-based media to create a variety of effects.

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:

• Determine why watercolor and water-based media paintings evoke positive responses from the viewer.
• Determine how watercolor and water-based media works of art evolved through art history.
• Compare and contrast the characteristics and applications of opaque and transparent watercolor and water-based media.
• Differentiate the properties of watercolor and water-based media paints (i.e. opaque, transparent, staining, non-staining) that are unique to this art form.
• Summarize the characteristics and application of transparent water-based media.
• Evaluate how a watercolor and water-based media artist utilized washes to create a desired effect.
• Construct a painting that utilizes masking techniques to emulate a published work of art.
• Summarize why watercolor and water-based media artists utilize glazing techniques.
• Critique published watercolor and water-based media artists' use of the elements and techniques for watercolor and water-based media paintings.
• Design a series of watercolor and water-based media paintings utilizing a defined theory.

Course Schedule