FNA1301

Painting 1B

6 points
* 4 studio hours and 8 independent study hours per week
* First semester
* Caulfield and Gippsland
* Prerequisites: None
* Corequisites: None
* Prohibited combinations: FNA1201
* Elective

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; be able to consider studio practice in the light of certain critical, conceptual and theoretical issues of contemporary painting; understand 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 By folio. Initial project or work-in-progress is assessed in the first part of the semester and contributes a weighting of no less than 20% to the final assessment.

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