Course Outline for Art 7C
Advanced Watercolor Painting I

Effective: Fall 2022
SLO Rev: 05/19/2016
Catalog Description:

ART 7C - Advanced Watercolor Painting I

3.00 Units

Builds upon the skills and techniques introduced in Intermediate Watercolor, so that the student can solve composition problems as well as begin to utilize personal expressions. Emphasizes composition, concept and visualization skills.
Prerequisite: ART 7B.
1002.00 - Art
Optional
Type Units Inside of Class Hours Outside of Class Hours Total Student Learning Hours
Lecture 2.00 36.00 72.00 108.00
Laboratory 1.00 72.00 0.00 72.00
Total 3.00 108.00 72.00 180.00
Measurable Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
  1. solve advanced compositional problems using watercolors;
  2. deal with complicated images, worked from numerous sources;
  3. develop a critical view of personal work;
  4. continue to improve watercolor skills and techniques developed in 7A & 7B.
  5. create a series of work based upon their own concepts and ideas;
  6. utilize museums and galleries as a learning source.
Course Content:

Course Content (Lecture):

  1. Advanced competency in the use of
    1. Terminology
    2. tools
    3. techniques
    4. supports
    5. grounds for watercolor painting
  2. Tools and techniques to alter a painting’s two-dimensional surface to an illusionistic space;
  3. Conceptual and emotional aspectis of the painted image
  4. Exploration of a variety of subject matter,
    1. still life
    2. landscape
    3. figure
    4. non-representational painting

Course Content (Studio):

  1. Student will apply advanced competency in their painted works use of:
    1. terminology
    2. tools
    3. techniques, 
    4. supports
    5. grounds 
    6. mediums for watercolor paint
  2. Student will apply a variety of strategies of paint manipulation during the painting of their works of art
  3. Students will apply conceptual and emotional assumptions of oneself and painters other than oneself during the creative process
  4. Create a series of work based upon their own concepts and ideas
  5. Composition problem solving through watercolor painting
    1. triangular composition
    2. Single and multiple imagery in painting
  6. Development of personal expression
  7. Presentation of watercolor paintings 
    1. matting
    2. framing
    3. hanging
Methods of Instruction:
  1. Group critiques
  2. Individual instruction
  3. Lecture/Discussion
  4. Demonstration/Exercise
  5. Activity play
  6. Distance Education
  7. Slides, videos, and DVDs
  8. Student participation
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
  1. Paint a watercolor painting with the focal points on or near the edge of the paper
  2. Paint a watercolor painting based on a montage of at least seven images
  3. Paint a watercolor painting using other materials and water-based mediums as well as transparent watercolor
  4. Paint a watercolor painting in which there is a focal point in the foreground, one in the middle ground and one in the background
  1. Series of critiques during and at end of each semester
  2. Understanding of design and technique through completion of work, followed by discussions of these individual works
  3. Completion of a final watercolor painting based on student's own concepts
  4. Continuing improvement of the student's skills, techniques, images and concepts through exhbitions, shows, exposure of work, and student participation in competitions
Upon the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
  1. Student will be able to solve advanced compositional problems using watercolor
  2. Students will reinterpret historical influences as a basis for their work.
  3. Student will continue to improve watercolor skills & technique develop in 7A and 7B
Textbooks (Typical):
  1. Webb, David (2016). Painting in Watercolor: The Indispensable Guide Firefly Books; Illustrated edition .
  • Material list to be provided at the start of the course, to include: various brushes, watercolor paints, palette, transportation container, papers, and other items such as easel, sponges, etc.
Abbreviated Class Schedule Description:
Builds upon the skills and techniques introduced in Intermediate Watercolor, so that the student can solve composition problems as well as begin to utilize personal expressions. Emphasizes composition, concept and visualization skills.
Prerequisite: ART 7B.