ART 222 - Watercolor Painting 2: Theory and Elements

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3
Description: This course is a continuation of ART 221 where emphasis is on critiquing published works of art for watercolor and water-based media techniques and processes. Students also investigate how artists utilize the elements in watercolor and water-based media to create a variety of effects.

Prerequisites: ART 221
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Liberal Arts | Humanities
This course counts toward Schoolcraft’s General Education Requirements.
This course counts toward a Michigan Transfer Agreement General Education Requirement.

This Course is Typically Offered: Winter, Spring, Fall
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Course Competencies

Determine why watercolor and water-based media paintings evoke positive responses from the viewer.
Determine how watercolor and water-based media works of art evolved through art history.
Compare and contrast the characteristics and applications of opaque and transparent watercolor and water-based media.
Differentiate the properties of watercolor and water-based media paints (i.e. opaque, transparent, staining, non-staining) that are unique to this art form.
Summarize the characteristics and application of transparent water-based media.
Evaluate how a watercolor and water-based media artist utilized washes to create a desired effect.
Construct a painting that utilizes masking techniques to emulate a published work of art. S
ummarize why watercolor and water-based media artists utilize glazing techniques.
Critique published watercolor and water-based media artists’ use of the elements and techniques for watercolor and water-based media paintings.
Design a series of watercolor and water-based media paintings utilizing a defined theory.