Still Life Painting

EPT202 | Elective | MON + WED | 10Am-1pm

InstructorS

John English & Brent Watkinson

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Still Life painting incorporates the basics of composition, drawing, textures and use of various media. By painting from life, photo-reference and imagination students will learn to set up, compose with shape, and establish mood with lighting, thus controlling the entire image making process. Numerous image presentations and demonstrations provide students with an aesthetic understanding of all aspects of picture making, extending throughout their learning experience at TAD.

Learning Objectives

Objectives throughout the length of this course help students to learn to handle the charcoal medium, maintain proportion in a drawing, successfully employ values and edges in proper relationship to one another, while at the same time allowing students to develop finishing techniques that improve their skills at creating polished images from life and imagination.

Learning Outcomes

Through direct observation, manipulation of objects and composing of shapes, students will develop an intimate knowledge of spatial and aesthetic relationships between form and space.

Course Requirements

This course is required for all Drawing and Painting students, and is available as an elective for all other TAD majors. Prerequisite is FRM101.

Students will be issued a syllabus that will list the goals, projected outcomes, grading system, and any other resources the instructor deems necessary.

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All TAD classes include live demonstrations, thought provoking lectures, relevant presentations, instructor and peer feedback and critique, with a conscious effort made for content appropriate for artists of all skill levels and trades, and applicable to the freelance artist as well as the corporate visual communicator.

All TAD classes are streamed live and then available 24 hours a day to students On Demand, enabling a fully flexible schedule for viewing the classes and getting the direct and personal feedback required to be successful. Live classes are scheduled according to Central Standard Time (CST), adjusted for Daylight Savings Time (CDT) during the summer months.