Outdoor Drawing and Painting: Discovering Subject Matter

Semester and Year	SU 2012
Course Number	ARTS-UG1410
Section	001
Instructor	Bert Katz
Days	Wed
Time	10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Units	4.0
Level	U
Foundation Requirement

Notes/Restrictions

Session II: July 2-August 10.

Description

By combining drawing and painting outdoors, in a variety of sites around New York, with the study of art making theory in the studio, this course provides a firm base not only for making art, but for understanding complex art movements like cubism, abstract expressionism and pop art, among others. The use of several sites within New York City as the subject matter for our creative work outdoors and in the studio provides us with significant options to produce unmatched, highly original and inventive imagery by converting sources into pictorial elements. Use of particular visual art media outdoors facilitates convenient, rapid use of sources. Other art materials are more suitable for work in the art studio. The most important component of art making, how sources can trigger conversion into visual art form, is an intrinsic part of this course.

Course Type

Arts Workshops (ARTS-UG)