2018-2019 Spring Edition 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Spring Edition [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ART 53 PAINTING FROM THE LIVE MODEL I


3 Units 1.5 hours lecture 4.5 hours lab
Transfers: CSU, UC
Recommended Preparation: ART 50 , 80 , and 85 
Introductory course that emphasizes painting the draped and undraped life model from direct observation. Students will learn to convincingly depict and accurately represent both the male and female figure in action and in repose while studying subtleties of position and attitudes. Fundamental structural drawing concepts essential to good painting, such as the study of human anatomy, proportional sighting, measuring methods, and perspective. Value relationships and color will be emphasized in order to represent the figure in convincing painting with form, volume, and space. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in ART 53 and 54 .
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