2000 Level Painting and Drawing Course Descriptions

PTDW 2001
Beginning Painting I
This course is an introduction to the concepts, materials, and processes of painting and is required before taking other painting courses in the department.

PTDW 2004
Painting Practices
An intensive alternative to Beginning Painting that draws on the special expertise of four full-time faculty who will each teach a four-week session. Demonstration/lectures will impart a basic understanding of the methods, materials, and ideas that are central to the practice of painting, followed by individual projects and instruction.

Session 1: Supports, grounds, mediums, pigments, color mixing, and application.
Session 2: Color, form, space, and surfaces.
Session 3: Observational painting.
Session 4: Abstraction, concept, and image.

PTDW 2005
Drawing into Painting
This course is an introduction to both drawing and painting as related disciplines, with drawing as the initial, immediate means of exploring and developing observations, ideas, and plans that will go on to take shape in the substantial medium of paint. Students will engage the fundamental procedures in working with these media together.

PTDW 2010
Watercolor
This course explores the materials and methods used in watercolor painting. Included are dry and wet paper techniques, resist processes, and experimental techniques.

Topic: Oriental Technique

PTDW 2020
Introduction to Landscape
This course explores the interpretation of the landscape using both drawing and painting mediums. The class works both inside and outside of the studio, taking advantage of the natural and architectural sites of Chicago adjacent to the School.

PTDW 2030
Figure Drawing: MultiLevel
Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form.

Topics: Large Format; Figures in Space

PTDW 2040
Studio Drawing: MultiLevel
An introduction to drawing as an organizer of thought, feelings, and image-making. Students investigate a broad range of materials and traditions.

Topic: Narrative
This course consists of the exploration of narrative, text, and message using a variety of drawing means and water-based techniques. Students look at the history of this genre from Persian miniature paintings, sacred book images, the comics, and more recent language-related art. Included is exploration of line, distortion, material, scale, sequencing, and text.

Additional topics: Abstraction; Collage; Imagination; Color; Mixed Media on Paper; Nature Sources

PTDW 2041
Collage Projects
Through self-directed projects and exploration of individual themes, students interested in collage will explore specific problems related to imagery, form. and content. There will be individual and group critiques, visiting artist presentations, readings, and discussions. Topics will include the socio-political history of collage and its significance as a tool of social criticism. Prerequisite: PTDW 2040

PTDW 2050
Drawing Materials and Techniques
This course examines the relationship of specific media and techniques to the content and activity of drawing. Studio work is complemented by the study of works on paper in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

PTDW 2060
Anatomy I
Concentrating on the drawing of human and animal skeletons, this course explores drawing as the vehicle for the study of human anatomy.

PTDW 2061
Anatomy II
This course concentrates on important muscles and how they function. Prerequisite: PTDW 2060.

PTDW 2070
Color
This course investigates a series of color problems to sensitize students to the interaction of color and color phenomena. Considering the problems of color use and color composition, the course emphasizes hue, value, and chroma, and the application of such knowledge to the visual arts.
A basic course for all disciplines in seeing and using color.