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Oct 23, 2026
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ART 1145 - Watercolor II
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
Watercolor II introduces the student to a more complex and developed approach to wet media. The course further develops the technical aspect of watercolor through rigorous and challenging assignments and the students learn to manipulate new materials as well. The class emphasizes process, color, style, personal imagery, and conceptual ideas. Students will be required to buy additional supplies that are not covered by the course fee, see course notes in eServices or contact the instructor. Students should be prepared to spend between 6-8 hours per week outside of class working on assignments in the on-campus art studios and facilities.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): ART 1141 , ART 1144 , or ART 1241
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 06C: The Humanities and Fine Arts
Additional fee to student: Yes
Learner Outcomes
- Demonstrate a developed ability in some the following areas: watercolor, gouche, egg tempera, pen/ink, mix media, integrated collage, and book format.
- Demonstrate a mature technical competency using wet media.
- Articulate and analyze an artist’s body of work in writing or verbally.
- Understand the application of any of these techniques or combinations to the creation of an artwork outside of drawing and to the aesthetic evaluation or critique of an artwork.
- Articulate and evaluate the quality and success of a work of art, this includes the self critical evaluation of their own work as well as work done by another artist.
- Create a stylistically coherent body of work that expresses a thematic concept.
- Demonstrate an increased awareness of their immediate visual landscape.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative environment.
- Demonstrate the mature ability to express one’s self visually.
- Create an artists’ statement and propose a body of work.
- Demonstrate their ability to interpret conceptual ideas in 2-D wet media.
- Create a sketchbook that reveals developed ideas, process, and practice.
- Demonstrate an ability to understand abstract imagery.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history of wet media.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Survey of the expressive qualities of wet media, on a developed level
- Survey of wet media techniques, principles of advanced wet media skills
- Introduction to tools and materials used in creating wet media at an advanced level
- Examination of the visual landscape and the role of wet media in history, in depth
- Critical response to works of art on paper in the tradition of wet media, in depth
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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