Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Student is able to observe colours, shapes, composition and perspective. Student is able to recognize various colour systems and can use them. Students have a basic knowledge and understanding of some of the key historical periods and critical developments that inform contemporary painting practice and theory. Student is able to collaborate in an international student team.

Content (course unit)

Colour systems, theory, analysis, practical work

Prerequisites (course unit)

Basics of the subject.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://intra.tamk.fi/web/tutkinto-opinto-opas/arviointi

Assessment scale

0-5

Content scheduling

COLOUR THEORY AND HISTORY OF PAINTING - IM00DT60-3004 (spring 2023)

History of Painting section by Dr. Jyrki Siukonen will be organised 24.1.–21.2.2023 on Tuesdays at 13–16.

Siukonen´s lectures are “university type” which means that students should listen to very careful and make notes. The lecturer does not share any material.

Colour Theory section

All colour theory lectures will be available in Moodle as PDF-files.

IMPORTANT: In any Colour Theory course painting assignments do not use borderlines! Connect different colours to each other straight (or smoothly with gradient). In that way we see how colours interact each other.

Tuesday 24.1. at 10–12 in 20064

- Start of the colour theory part in the course: content, timetable, evaluation
- Lecture 1 and demonstration: Reproduction of Painting (notice iWeek´s needs)
- Assignment 1: Make high-quality repro on one of your paintings and upload the file to Moodle. Deadline 24.2.2023.

Wednesday 25.1. at 10–15 in 20064

- Lecture 2: What is a Colour
- Assignment 2 and 3
- Feedback at 14

Assignment 2: Photograph with your mobile phone´s camera some small object. Use some strong colour in background. Send the image file to the teacher by 12 and he will print it (don´t edit the file at all).

Assignment 3: Paint the same subject with gouache to the A3-paper. Try to get colours in your image as much same as in the original object. At the same time try to express how you feel the object. Leave a background in the image quite neutral or white. Totally monochrome images are not allowed now. Pure black or white colours are not allowed either.


Thursday 26.1. at 10–15 in 20064 (and computer classroom)

- Lecture 3: Colour Theories and Systems
- Assignment 4 and 5
- Feedback at 14

Assignment 4: Colorize with Photoshop a given Itten´s colour wheel you find from Moodle (the teach show how). Add you name to it. Flatten image and upload it to Moodle.

Assignment 5: Paint the wheel with gouache to the A3 paper as carefully you can. Try to get similar colours and intervals as in “original”.


Monday 30.1. at 10–15 in 20064

- Lecture 4: Contrasts
- Assignment 6
- Feedback at 14

Assignment 6: Copy to A3 paper with thin and weak lines the given image. Paint the image so that you fill in with colours areas between lines. Try to create an illusion of a three-dimensional space using “warm” and “cold” colours.

Tuesday 31.1. at 10–12 in 20064

- Lecture 5: Harmony
- Assignment 7
- Feedback on Wednesday 1.2.

Assignment 7: Paint with gouache to the A3 paper harmonic and disharmonic image. So, return two images.

Wednesday 1.2. at 10–15 in 20064

- Lecture 5: Shortly about Colours as Symbols
- Assignment 8
- Feedback for assignment 7 and 8 at 14

Assignment 8: Paint with gouache to the A3 paper a symbolic image. Use only abstract* forms. Give a title to your image.

*Abstract art uses a visual language of shape, form, colour and line to create a composition, which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. A viewer does not recognize any real object of the real world.

Abstract ≈ non-figurative art ≈ non-objective art ≈ and non-representational art.

Tuesday 7.2. at 10–12 in 20064

- No lecture, option to meet the teacher, book your time beforehand.
- Assignment 9

Assignment 9: Write a short clarification / statement about what kind of symbolic meanings colours have to you. Save the text file to Moodle implementation of the course by Friday 24.2.2023.

Wednesday 8.2. at 10–12 in 20034

- No lecture, option to meet the teacher, book your time beforehand.

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/tamk/studying-0/student-assessment-and-examinations/guidelines-student-assessment

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/tamk/studying-0/student-assessment-and-examinations/guidelines-student-assessment

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/tamk/studying-0/student-assessment-and-examinations/guidelines-student-assessment

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

TAMK's general instruction for grading will be applied and details agreed at the beginning of course implementation:

https://www.tuni.fi/en/students-guide/handbook/tamk/studying-0/student-assessment-and-examinations/guidelines-student-assessment