VART 210 - Landscape Painting

CR: 3
Taking advantage of the asset of Sweet Briar’s natural beauty, students will be introduced to painting through the broad span of approaches to and meanings of landscape painting. The history of painting the landscape as well as new interpretations will be addressed. Students will be introduced aerial and one and two-point perspective, as well as other methods of showing space/depth such as scale, overlapping, and placement. Painting techniques will be addressed, as well as the importance of color, structure, and composition. Some of the painting will be done ‘en plein air.’