History of Painting Technique syllabus and materials

Objective of Course: This Independent Study is designed to provide the student with a survey of different approaches to painting styles through the various periods of art history.

Student Outcomes: Through review, analysis and research of historical painting styles and techniques the student will:
a. Create works which reflect a knowledge of historical and contemporary approaches to painting technique
b. Create works which demonstrate a relationship between formal and thematic content
c. Use art terminology in discussions and critiques
d. Verbalize and discuss aesthetic and technical concepts during critiques such as application and effectiveness of basic elements of design, visual interest, emotive qualities, and thematic concerns
e. Demonstrate mastery of a variety of techniques and painting media
f. Demonstrate a knowledge of how student work relates to topics and ideas in the historical art world
Students will create a series of sketches and finished works. This will include four pieces and various sketchbook and folio studies.

Outline of Content: this is a basic schedule for course units
Week 1-4 Tempura and early painting media (Botticelli)
Week 5-8 Renaissance painting techniques and themes (Leonardo, Titian and Rafael)
Week 9-12 Baroque painting (Rubens and Rembrandt)
Week 13-15 Moderns and Isms (French Academy and Van Gogh, Matisse)
Each two weeks will have a minimum of 4hrs of contact with instructor

Grading Policy:
Project Rubrics: success of design 25pts, success of media use 25pts, success of technical craft and execution 25pts, effort and presentation 25pts = 100pts ea Student progress will be measured through weekly participation and work ethic evaluation as well as review of completed pieces and plaster cast. This will done through critiques (20pts) in progress and with fellow students

Supplies:
Paint -(acrylic, oil and likely tempra, panels or canvas, Canson Edition paper, graphite or charcoal, palette, brushes and sketchbook.

Textbooks Referenced: Classical Painting Atilier by Juliette Aristides, Traditional Oil Painting by Virgil Elliott, How To Paint Like the Old Masters by Joseph Sheppard, Methods and Materials of Painting of the Great Schools and Masters by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, The Practice of Tempera Painting by Daniel V Thompson, Luminous Brush: Painting with Egg Tempera by Altoon Sultan