AT 160 - Painting for the Non-Art Major

Description
This course is offered to non-art majors who are interested in learning how to paint in oils. The course emphasizes traditional painting techniques and applying color sensitivity to still-life’s as subject matter. This course does not meet the requirements for art majors.

Credit Hours: 2
Contact Hours: 4
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Course Fees: $20.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Fine Arts, A.F.A., Interior Design, A.F.A., Photography, A.F.A., Pre-Art, A.A. (General Transfer)

Other Courses Where This Course is a Prerequisite: None
Other Courses Where this Course is a Corequisite: None
Other Courses Where This course is included in within the Description: None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Employ color and painting techniques with skill and sensitivity.

2. Employ skill and sensitivity in synthesizing painting techniques.

3. Develop solutions to aesthetic and design problems through understanding of basic design principles, color theory, and the oil painting medium.

4. Objectively critique verbally and in writing one’s own artwork as well as those of others.

5. Demonstrate self-discipline to manage work load through the coordination of various steps of the painting process and be able to move back and forth between paintings in various stages of completion.

6. Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems or issues.

7. Complete work accurately, with attention to detail.
Course Outline:
I. Painting Materials and Supports

II. Preparing the Support for Painting

III. The Compositional Sketch

A. Compositional considerations

B. Transferring the sketch to the support

C. Preparing the sketch for painting

IV. Temperature Painting

A. Temperature Color Theory

B. Using Medium in Oil Painting

V. Analogous Color Painting

A. Analogous Color Scheme

B. Analogous color shading

C. Complementaries in shading

VI. Glazing

A. Theory

B. Use of Medium

C. Application

VII. Scumbling

A. Theory

B. Application

VIII. Frottage

A. Theory

B. Application

IX. Copy from a Master

A. Art History

B. Techniques

X. Tenebrism

A. Art History

B. Techniques

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 10-25%

Studio-Lab: 60-80%

Demonstration/Mediated Instruction: 10-25%

Discussion/Critique: 5-15%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Studio - 1:1-2
Total Studio Hours Per Week: 4
People Soft Course ID Number: 104349
Course CIP Code: 50.0799
Maximum Course Enrollment: 18
General Room Request: Room 472 RJF

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Visual Arts
Discipline: AT
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
The instructor must have an MFA degree in painting and college teaching experience.

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20250228T17:58:47
Course Review & Revision Year: 2029-2030