Pure Art Collection Training - Review of the most complete experience course of studying abroad in Europe and the United States. Students interested in art design related majors can connect with pure art collection. I hope I can experience the teaching mode of European and American universities, or prepare to go abroad for art students.
Overview of Pure Art Collection Training Course:
With reference to the preparatory and undergraduate courses offered by famous European and American universities, the course starts from basic painting and runs through the fields of art introduction, comprehensive material experience, creative thinking, etc. Cultivate students' artistic quality and practical ability, and stimulate their own expression and creative instinct. The whole course covers oil painting experience course, installation art experience course and sculpture experience course in addition to modeling foundation, so that students can experience art and creation in a short time in an all-round way, and can be well connected with portfolio courses and overseas preparatory and undergraduate courses.
Pure art collection training is targeted at people:
1. Students above junior high school, students who have zero foundation/weak foundation in art study abroad but have a strong interest in art and hope to explore in the art field.
2. Students who want to study cross professional art and enrich their art skills.
3. Students who are interested in art design related majors can join the art overseas works collection course.
4. Hope to experience the teaching mode of European and American universities, or prepare Overseas art students 。
Curriculum of Pure Art Works Collection:
Session 1 | Basic knowledge of art theory+modeling: Theory of art history, appreciation of works, and use of painting tools |
Lesson 2 | Modeling foundation 1: Structure sketch, tone sketch (still life sketch/copying) |
Session 3 | Modeling Basis 2: Body sketch+body sketch+creative body |
Session 4 | Modeling foundation 3: Basic color theory+color still life sketch |
Session 5 | Modeling Basis 4: Creative painting |
Session 6 | Media interest exploration 1 Collage art |
Session 7 | Media interest exploration 2: Oil Painting |
Lesson 8 | Media interest exploration 3: Installation art |
Lesson 9 | Media interest exploration 4: Sculpture |
Lesson 10 | Group work: Complete a project as a group (not limited to media) |
Curriculum model | Summer small class teaching (starting from July): 2-5 person class, 2-3 times a week, 3 hours long (1 hour of explanation, 2 hours of classroom interaction exercises). |
Session 1: Art theory+basic knowledge of modeling
The purpose of the training course of pure art works collection: to supplement students' lack of literature knowledge and basic theory, as well as their understanding and use of painting media, and to enable students to quickly distinguish the differences between media and characteristics.
Training course content of pure art works collection: basic concept of sketch, appreciation of pure art works collection and master works of students from European and American art colleges, understanding and characteristics analysis of painting tools, and how to use and match them.

Session 2: Modeling foundation 1: structure sketch, tone sketch (still life sketch/copying)
Course objective: to train students' ability to master simple forms, basic painting techniques, and three-dimensional to two-dimensional conversion.
Course content: how to deeply depict the relationship between space concept and virtual reality, the relationship between light and dark, black and white and gray, using line method, composition method, one point perspective, two point perspective, air perspective

Session 3: Modeling foundation 2: body sketch+body sketch+creative body
The purpose of the course is to let students understand the structure and artistic expression of the human body, as well as the experimental process of abstract deformation. It is very useful for students applying for pure art, animation and illustration
Curriculum: basic structure of human body, dynamic exercises, how to add meat to the skeleton, the virtual and real relationship of lines, body tone exercises, abstract human body



Session 4: Modeling foundation 3: basic color theory+color still life sketch
Course objective: to cultivate students' color sense and basic color mixing ability
Training course content of pure art works collection: basic theory of color, color matching, color matching intensity, material collection, creative color, color copying, presentation+critical, color scale exercise, use methods of acrylic, watercolor, color lead, proposition creation

Pure Art Collection Training Session 5: Modeling Basis 4: Creative Painting
Course objective: open up students' creative thinking, and cultivate students' ability to think and create independently
Course content: brainstorming, collection of creative materials, appreciation of creative paintings, exploration of painting media, proposition creation



Session 6: Media interest exploration 1: collage art
Course objective: ability to explore and use media, and ability to combine multiple media and materials
Course content: collage expression, photo, magazine, media collage, proposition collage creation


Session 7: Media Interest Exploration 2: Oil Painting
Course objective: to cultivate students' ability to use multiple media in the field of color, to explore the characteristics and expression of oil painting, as well as the differences between oil painting media and other painting media, including how to quote them in future creation and design
Course content: introduction to oil painting materials, basic techniques and precautions of oil painting, copying of master paintings/selecting subjects of interest to students to create



Collected Works for Studying Abroad of Pure Art Major
Pure Art Collection Training Session 8: Media Interest Exploration 3: Installation Art
Course objective: to train students' ability to create from 2D to 3D and spatial thinking ability, learn multiple applications of media materials, and avoid thinking limitations
Course content: installation art concept, exhibition of excellent installation art works, material application and art form control, classroom experiment exploration, independent creation (small installation)



Study abroad in installation art Exhibition of works

Session 9: Media Interest Exploration 4: Sculpture
Course objective: to cultivate students' three-dimensional space experience and master three-dimensional artistic expression except two-dimensional
Course content: round sculpture, method of setting up a shelf, how to use the big mud, method of using the sculpture knife, and sculpture head painting (students make each other's heads)


Pure Art Collection Training Lesson 10: Group work
Course objective: to train students' ability to cooperate in groups, to develop their coordination ability of division of labor, and to elaborate skills.
Course content: complete a project (not limited to media), presentation in groups

Pure art study abroad Portfolio training Course achievements:
1. Master the basic theoretical knowledge of art and the ability of plastic painting.
2. Master the ability of independent thinking and creation.
3. Understand and experience the use of multiple media, master the basic techniques of oil painting, installation art and sculpture, and learn how to explore media.
4. Learn to work in groups to create a creative work (not limited to media).
5. Adapt to the teaching methods and academic rigor of European and American art colleges.
Advantages of the training course for the collection of overseas works of pure art:
1. For students applying for European and American universities and preparing to study abroad, they can quickly adapt to the foreign teaching mode and play a maximum transitional role.
2. For students who do not have the opportunity to study abroad, they can fully experience the overseas education mode and art sharing.
3. Cultivate students' basic modeling ability in a short time.
4. Theory, practice+creative thinking+media exploration, so that students can experience art and creation in an all-round way.
5. It is helpful for art students to apply for pure art, illustration, graphic design and other majors.
6. It can be better connected with the pure art overseas works collection and the preparatory/undergraduate courses of foreign universities.
7. For students who are not art majors, they can carry out interdisciplinary study of art study abroad.
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