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Week - 1
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LO-1
LO-2
LO-3
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Introduction to the research-led, project-based and thesis-oriented course. Visual/conceptual spirit: translating structure, colour, gesture and intellectual attitude into one’s own motif. Spontaneous observational sketches. Assignment: a ten-minute presentation on three works each by three international artists, structure/value diagrams, ten motifs and a research draft. |
Lecture
Observation
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 2
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LO-1
LO-2
LO-3
LO-4
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Analysis of the first artist’s composition, colour logic, technique/gesture and intellectual attitude; translating its spirit into one’s own motif. Composition for the first midterm canvas. Assignment: a two- to three-page research proposal, visual atlas, three colour drafts and a four-level analysis; a ten-minute presentation. |
Interview
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 3
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LO-1
LO-2
LO-3
LO-6
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Presentation and approval of research proposals. Comparison with a second artist from a different generation/geography; drying, layers, transparency and gesture in oil/acrylic. Assignment: a ten-minute presentation on the history of reinterpretation, three drafts based on the second artist and two material trials of one motif; the first midterm canvas. |
Discussion
Experiment
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 4
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LO-3
LO-4
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Field observation of contemporary life and spontaneous sketches of five to twenty minutes; possibilities of different drawing/painting materials. Translating observations into painting and planning the second midterm canvas. Assignment: twenty field sketches with at least four materials, three composition drafts and a ten-minute presentation on observation/material. |
Observation
Field Trip
Experiment
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 5
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LO-1
LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
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The third artist and joint reading of three artistic approaches; defining an adopted individual position. Group critique of the first two midterm canvases and planning form–content for the third. Assignment: a ten-minute presentation with a 300-word position statement and three drafts for the third canvas. |
Discussion
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 6
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LO-1
LO-3
LO-4
LO-6
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An individual philosophy of expression and form–content relationships; discussion through Greenberg, Krauss and Foster. Testing the same content through different scales, framing and gestures; artist statement. Assignment: two formal decision drafts and rationales, a 250–300-word artist statement and a ten-minute research presentation. |
Discussion
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 7
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
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Colour–content seminar and a project colour rule; individual critique of three midterm canvases and portfolio pre-check. Midterm preparation: at least three finished canvases (100×120 cm or larger), sketches/drafts, weekly presentations, research dossier and journals; a twelve-minute presentation. A written colour rule and five colour sketches for the final. |
Lecture
Proje Design/Management
Interview
Critique/Critical Reading
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Week - 8
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LO-1
LO-3
LO-4
LO-5
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Midterm feedback. Colour–content practice: limited/full palettes, opaque/transparent colour and scale. The first final canvas and planning a series of three. Assignment: a ten-minute presentation relating the colour rule to three international examples, at least three comparative colour drafts and canvas production. |
Discussion
Experiment
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 9
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-6
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Technique–material relationships: oil, acrylic, collage and mixed surfaces; material as a carrier of content. Proposal for the second final canvas. Assignment: ten test surfaces documenting preparation, drying and durability, three mixed-media drafts and a ten-minute presentation. |
Experiment
Demonstration and Practice
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 10
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LO-2
LO-3
LO-4
LO-6
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Balance, direction, empty space, scale and visual impact; moving from sketches to large compositions. Synthesis plan and approval for the third final canvas. Assignment: a ten-minute presentation explaining the series/thesis relationship, three composition drafts and a digital model or gridding study. |
Lecture
Proje Design/Management
Demonstration and Practice
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 11
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LO-1
LO-2
LO-4
LO-5
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Individual production and series logic within the adopted approach: repetition, variation and sequence; relation to the thesis direction. Individual critiques and final canvas production. Assignment: a presentation on series logic through three artists, at least three variation drafts and a 1,000–1,500-word research report draft. |
Interview
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 12
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-6
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Art and technology: digital sketches, photographs/screen images, printing and critical use of AI; source and tool documentation. Work on final canvases and artist statements. Assignment: a ten-minute presentation justifying tools used/rejected, a documented intermediate output and the final artist statement. |
Discussion
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 13
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LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
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Finishing a painting: focus, edge hierarchy and decisions on when to stop. Artwork photography, labels, report and digital portfolio; peer critique. Assignment: a ten-minute presentation on changes in the research question and findings; completion of final canvases/report and a portfolio draft. |
Critique/Critical Reading
Demonstration and Practice
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 14
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LO-2
LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
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End-of-semester group critique and exhibition; evaluation of research, production and thesis direction, and a bridge to spring Painting II. Final preparation: at least three finished canvases (100×120 cm or larger), sketches/drafts, weekly presentations, report, artist statement, journals and portfolio; a fifteen-minute research/project presentation. |
Discussion
Proje Design/Management
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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