School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Painting Studio 1
  • Unit Code

    VIS2120
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Studio exercises and field trips will be the foundation for students to explore the technical and conceptual components of painting. Formal processes such as colour, tone, texture, and composition will be introduced alongside workshops into various painting media. Students will be introduced to the history of painting and its relevance and application in current painting practice. Projects will address both perceptual and conceptual approaches to painting. The relationship between drawing and painting will also be emphasised in the research, development, and resolution of final works.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from VIS1305

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2509, VIS2519

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create paintings that recognise the role of both perceptual studies and conceptual research.
  2. Define and apply formal processes such as colour, tone, texture, and composition.
  3. Generate artworks that demonstrate the role drawing plays in painting.
  4. Identify and differentiate between various painting traditions.

Unit Content

  1. Formal elements of painting (colour, tone, texture, composition).
  2. Painting media and processes.
  3. The relationship between art history and theory and studio practice.
  4. The relationship between drawing and painting.
  5. The terminology and verbal analysis of developmental and finished artworks.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Seminars. Demonstrations. Workshops and site visits.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkStudio and research Projects40%
PortfolioStudio and research projects60%
Participation ^Students must attend a minimum of 80% of classes0%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Bois, Y. (1990). Painting as model. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press.
  • Seddon, G. (2005). The old country, Australian landscapes, plants and people. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
  • Burn, I. (1991). Dialogue, writings in art history. North Sydney, Australia: Allen and Unwin.

Website References


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Painting Studio 1
  • Unit Code

    VIS2120
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

Studio exercises and field trips will be the foundation for students to explore the technical and conceptual components of painting. Formal processes such as colour, tone, texture, and composition will be introduced alongside workshops into various painting media. Students will be introduced to the history of painting and its relevance and application in current painting practice. Projects will address both perceptual and conceptual approaches to painting. The relationship between drawing and painting will also be emphasised in the research, development, and resolution of final works.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded VIS2509, VIS2519

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create paintings that recognise the role of both perceptual studies and conceptual research.
  2. Define and apply formal processes such as colour, tone, texture, and composition.
  3. Generate artworks that demonstrate the role drawing plays in painting.
  4. Identify and differentiate between various painting traditions.

Unit Content

  1. Formal elements of painting (colour, tone, texture, composition).
  2. Painting media and processes.
  3. The relationship between art history and theory and studio practice.
  4. The relationship between drawing and painting.
  5. The terminology and verbal analysis of developmental and finished artworks.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures. Seminars. Demonstrations. Workshops and site visits.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkStudio and research Projects50%
PortfolioStudio and research projects50%
Participation ^Students must attend a minimum of 80% of classes0%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Burn, I. (1991). Dialogue, writings in art history. North Sydney, Australia: Allen and Unwin.
  • Seddon, G. (2005). The old country, Australian landscapes, plants and people. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.
  • Bois, Y. (1990). Painting as model. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press.

Website References


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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