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PTG2031 · Painting: Colour strategies
2027 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 2Department of Fine Art
Overview
This unit explores the rich history and practice of colour composition in painting. It will provide you with an in-depth engagement with a variety of colour strategies as well as the theories informing them. You will have the opportunity to develop technical and conceptual approaches to colour in a range of visual and creative practices.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Caulfield | Second semester | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mid-semester assessment | Project | 40% | — |
| 2 | Final folio | Project | 60% | — |
100% in-semester assessment
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
Learning outcomes
- Establish a technical foundation for successful use of colour in creative practice;
- Demonstrate an understanding of colour theory and its practical uses in painting;
- Critically reflect on the place of colour in the field of historical and contemporary visual practices;
- Produce works that demonstrate a critical and creative understanding of colour appropriate to the concepts investigated.
Workload
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Studio activities | 48 hours |
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