Syllabus

Instructor: Jon Rader Jarvis

OPTIONAL TEXT: "Artist's Handbook " by Ralph Mayer and a large sketchbook

OPTIONAL TEXTS: / Handouts & Reference Bibliography

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Two missed weeks are allowed without penalty; all work must be made up. Each missed deadline beyond three must be excused, or made up to the satisfaction of the instructor.

COURSE GOALS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES Art class: The student will acquire critical skills to evaluate painting in most available media. The student will acquire additional skills in the materials and techniques of painting. All Painting is a learned skill, this is no exception. This class offers a theoretical curriculum rather than a design curriculum, where evaluative skills are as important as acquired expressive skills. Painting students will be expected to know the basics of a classical drawing curriculum, line, mass building, values, composition, perspective and 3-dimensional representation. They will also learn the basics of experimental painting.
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS: For every assigned drawing day inside class there will be an additional painting required outside class in the sketchbook. Each painting assignment will explore part of the techniques and goals of painting, historically and explore the possible ways towards creativity. There will be class demonstrations on the practical aspects of painting -- including: watercolor, gouache, egg tempera,acrylic, and encaustic as well as oil and watercolor crayon and mixed media. The class and instructor on a regular basis will conduct constructive critiques. This will include group and individual comments.

MATERIALS LIST: Required Materials: -- in order

First Week -- 1 Sketchbook 11" x 14" or larger
1 block hot or cold pressed watercolor block 9" x 12" minimum
and/or several sheets of watercolor paper
several fine point graphite pencils
1 White Castell Eraser, Magic or Mars Statler
1 Kneaded Eraser
1 paint box watercolor pans

or small palette & small set of tubes( red blue yellow & burnt umber)
2 watercolor round brushes #8 squirrel or better
3/4" watercolor synthetic flat brush

Second Week --
1 tube each white gouache, permanent blue gouache paint

Third Week --
1 hen's egg
4 ply bristol board or gessoed masonite (9"square or larger)

Fourth week
palette knife or larger painting knife [the cheap plastic is good enough.]
acrylic medium, or acrylic gel
assorted acrylic paints (red, blue yellow & white)
2 1/2" white flat acrylic bristle brushes
3 white sable synthetic acrylic rounds

Fifth week

bees wax 1 1/2 pound minimum
an old muffin tin
dry pigments (2 to4 oz bottles recommended: titanium white, cad red, hansa yellow, thalo blue, cobalt violet, burnt umber, hookers green, cad yellow)
small painting knives & wooden tongue depressers
hot plate, paint remover heat gun and/or heat lamp

Estimated Materials expense: minimum $50, maximum $150, average $65 totals
Recommended Materials:
1 small set of -- Oil Based Crayons
1 small set of -- Watercolor Crayons
1 small set of -- Watercolor Pencils - optional

optional
1 Art box, small plastic fishing or toolbox - optional 1 18" ruler