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Quick Studies

Develop your intuitive skills for paint handling by producing painted quick studies. These on-the-fly studies in acrylics or oils will give you color, composition, paint handling, and quick indication-of-subject abilities, capturing the essence of the subject. (This course is cross-listed with FA 322.)

Landscape Painting

Refine your approach and response to natural and man-made environments. You’ll paint landscapes from locations and photographic references in studio. (This course is cross-listed with FA 605.)

Color Theory

Get an education in color. You’ll enhance your capacity to make informed color choices in your artwork by studying scientific research (theory) and through a series of hands-on projects (practice) designed to help you personalize color.

Clothed Figure Painting 1

Learn to understand the body under clothing. You’ll revisit proportion, gesture, light, shadow, value, and color relationships to structure, mass, and form. Plus, learn various properties of clothing, drapery, and the relation of the figure to its environment. Read More

Introduction to Anatomy

Humans have 206 bones and 650 muscles. You’ll learn the dynamics of anatomical form and how it relates to figurative art through drawing from models.

Master Thesis

Interact with your instructor and fellow students in pursuit of your approved written thesis. Your instructor and peers will help give your project direction.

Heads and Hands

Attention Illustration, Visual Development, Animation, and Fine Art students: take this class. You’ll focus on the form and structure of the head and hands to create dynamic drawings that include expressions and emotions.

Watercolor

A technical, historical, and practical survey of watercolors will inform your painting choices. You’ll gain skills specific to watercolors, including transparent application, value underpainting techniques, flat wash, dry brush, and wet-on-wet techniques. (This course is cross-listed with FA 220.)

Chiaroscuro

Apply classical drawing principles to render a 3D form. You’ll dive deep into the five-value system of tonal rendering, composition, value pattern, variation of form, cast shadow edges, and light and shadow relationships.

Landscape Painting

Refine your approach and response to natural and man-made environments. You’ll paint landscapes from locations and photographic references in studio. (This course is cross-listed with FA 328.)