FNA1201

Painting studio 1

9 points - 18 hours per week including 10 studio hours and 8 independent study hours per week - First semester - Caulfield - Prerequisites: None - Corequisites: None - Prohibited combinations: FNA1301 or FNA1302

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should have basic skills in painting in oils and acrylics; appreciate the concept of a formal language of representational painting, including composition, volumetric relationships and colour; appreciate the concept of a suitable motif for painting; have emerging skills in the perceptual analysis of objects, based on drawing skills; appreciate the place of figurative studio practice in the spectrum of historical practices, and certain critical and conceptual issues of contemporary art; understand and practise the principles of occupational health and safety practices in the studio.

Synopsis This subject introduces students to a range of procedures and techniques through set projects. Although conceptual, aesthetic and theoretical concerns are addressed, this subject primarily focuses on developing students' technical and perceptual skills. Particular topics addressed include, painting in oils and acrylics, stretcher and ground preparation, colour mixing on the palette, as well as projects concentrating on the use of tone and colour, composition, and drawing-based construction of form and space. Teaching is by group and individual tuition. Health and safety procedures are taught and practiced in the painting studios.

Assessment Folio (including an initial project of not less than 20%): 100%

Recommended texts

Beudert M From Beuys to Warhol Froehlich Foundation, 1996
Cooper D The cubist epoch Phaidon, 1994
Fineberger J Art since 1940 King, 1995
Gaunt W The surrealists Thames and Hudson, 1972
Herbert B German expressionism Jupiter, 1984
Hughes R Shock of the new German and American art Thames and Hudson, 1992
Lippard L R Pop art Thames and Hudson, 1985
Tuchman M and Freeman J The spiritual in art Aberville Press, 1986
Tuchman M and Freeman J Abstract painting 1890-1985 Aberville Press, 1986

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