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Berkeley Global
Get an introduction to the essential materials and techniques of painting, including building and stretching a canvas, mixing color, underpainting, glazing and washing, dry brushing and using a palette knife. Explore the use of composition, line, contrast, texture and color. Demonstrations, slide-illustrated lectures, and individual and group critiques provide a basis to develop your visual awareness.
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Fall enrollment opens on June 20!
This course applies to the following programs:
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts
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Required Courses
- Modern Art: History and Theory
- Contemporary Art: History and Theory
- Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 1: Portfolio and Visual Dynamics
- Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 2: Portfolio and Critique
- Post-Baccalaureate Seminar 3: Portfolio and Professional Practices
- Post-Baccalaureate Mentorship
- Portfolio Review
Electives
- Approaches to Abstraction in Painting
- Art and Women
- Chinese Brush Painting
- Chinese Calligraphy
- Collage: The Art of Sustainability
- Contemporary Painting With Water-Based Media
- Digital Photography Fundamentals
- Digital Photography Intermediate
- Digital Photography in Practice and Context
- Drawing and Color
- Drawing Fundamentals
- Drawing Intermediate
- Experimental Drawing
- History of Photography: A Dynamic Study and Practice
- Mixed-Media Painting
- Painting Fundamentals
- Painting Intermediate
- Painting Workshop
- Photography Workshop
- Printmaking Fundamentals
- Working in Series
Specialized Program in Painting
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Required Courses
- Painting Fundamentals
- Painting Intermediate
Electives
- Painting Workshop
- Approaches to Abstraction in Painting
- Contemporary Painting With Water-Based Media
- Mixed-Media Painting
Notes
Departmental contact: extension-visualarts@berkeley.edu | (510) 643-8916
Instructional Types
- Live Online
- Live Online courses provide an interactive learning experience with scheduled synchronous online sessions held via Zoom video conferencing (Pacific Time). Learn more about the Live Online format.
- Online, Start Anytime
- Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
- Online, Fixed Date
- Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
- Classroom
- Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.
English Language Proficiency Requirements
All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:
- TOEFL: 90
- IELTS Academic Format: 7
- DAAD: C1
- TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70
- Duolingo: 115
Note: You do not need to submit test scores.