Undergraduate - UnitPTG3515 - Painting practice and theory 5

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational Unit	Department of Fine Art
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Mr Daniel von Sturmer

Synopsis

This level 3 painting unit finely hones the skills acquired over the previous two years. At this stage of the course, students should demonstrate a high level of technical competence, facilitating work in their chosen field. Imagination combined with advanced conceptual lucidity, a prowess and innovation in material manipulation should be manifest at this stage of students' practice. Students develop an individual program in conjunction with the lecturer that reflects their personal direction and evolving painting practice. The program focuses on clear articulation of concepts.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will:

have a high degree of competence in a range of painting techniques
be able to develop a painting language suitable to their concerns
be able to produce work which imaginatively addresses their own concerns
be able to work independently
be able to critically evaluate their own work and that of others and discuss their relationship
be able to position their evaluations within the historical and contemporary context and intelligently express these observations
be able to discuss productively, stylistic and iconographic issues relevant to current theory and practice
be able to apply the principles of occupational health and safety practices in the studio.

Assessment

Folio of studio work: 100%, of which at least 20% will be assessed before mid-semester.

Workload requirements

24 hours per week, including 8 hours of taught studio and 16 hours of personal study and studio practice

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Daniel von Sturmer

Prerequisites

Either PTG2513 or PTG2514 or FNA2204

Co-requisites

OHS1000

Prohibitions

FNA3205