GRC 165 - Digital Painting

Credits: 3

Description
The design and development of digital paintings for artistic expression and places of business. Working methods are examined through class demonstrations, discussions, readings, and projects using a variety of digital painting mediums and current technologies as tools.

Student Learning Outcomes

Validate ideas, problems, and solutions through the medium of conceptual sketching, formal expression, and class discussions.
Develop and implement a project that illustrates traditional painting techniques, focused on aerial perspective, light, shadow, value, tone, color, line, form, pattern, and texture, with emphasis on proficiency and skill in practice.
Demonstrate an understanding of the digital tools, techniques, and methods necessary to produce basic shapes and anatomical forms, in correct proportions.
Evaluate digital painting in the context of art history and theory.
Design and implement digital paintings and illustrations for integration into print, Web, and mobile environments, and distributed through diverse technology platforms.
Articulate the meaning of personal work and the work of others in the context of the graphic communications industry, popular culture, globalization, and emerging trends.

Prerequisite: GRC 103