A studio course to develop basic skills and concepts in painting acrylics. Fundamentals of form, color, texture, and composition as applied to still life, landscape, portraits and abstraction. Students will complete a variety of representational and expressive paintings, based on rubrics and grounded in art historical styles, resulting in the completion of a final portfolio.

Students will:

• Paint a variety of works to communicate two dimensionally.
• Compose elements on a two dimensional plane to produce various effects.