Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Credits: 3

Schedule: 07.08.2023 - 16.08.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Marja Nurminen, Westerberg-Aboularoih

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

Teacher of the course: hanna.westerberg@aalto.fi 

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CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: Finnish, Swedish, English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  You will get aquainted with traditional watercolour techniques that you will apply to contemporary watercolour painting scene and its current creative possibilities.

• applies in this implementation

  Welcome to the Watercolor worksop 7th of Aug-16th of Aug!
  

  Here comes the schedule of the course:
  
  

  Mon 7.8
  

  -At 9.15-11.30

   The beginning of the course

  Introductions + introductory lecture on watercolor painting and more detailed course content.

  Initiation of the task of the day

  -At 12.30-17 a´clock  start of the first painting task: “Impressions” part 1: several small-scale watercolor sketches of various things / objects / impressions you find in nature.

  The aim is to record observations related to color and light and to test the expressive possibilities of watercolors in relation to them.

  Tue 8.8

   9.15--> 
  

  Introduction to the task and technique of the day. 

  - Independent work on the day's task, which is "Impressions" part 2 .:
  

  Choose a nature object that you want to make one or two watercolor paintings that you work on in layers a little longer. Practice wet-on-wet, as well as wet-on-dry techniques, as well as different ways to mix colors. Individual guidance during the painting process.

  Wed 9.8
  

  -From 9.15-->
  

  Introduction to the task and technique of the day 

  -Independent work on the day's task, which is: "Blue-red-stilleben" :
  

  Realize the painting with the help of either a still life, or a still life created by the world. Paint with a limited palette, in this case blue, red and white.

  Combine both cold and warm shades of these colors in layers to make the most of the different nuances of these colors. We learn the technique of layer paint, the optical mixing of color, and the utilization of the audibility of color in watercolor work. Individual guidance.

  Thu  10.8

  -From 9.15 -->Introduction to the task and technique of the day 
  

  - Independent work on the task of the day, which is: “Reflections”.
  

  Paint perceptually, something like that, or an object that reflects or mirrors light in an interesting way. Concrete examples could be, for example, the sea, a swimming pool, crystal glass, an aquarium, etc ... (References could be, for example, David Hockney's pool paintings, Monet's ponds, or Susanne Gottberg's paintings of drinking glasses.)
  

  Practice utilizing the audibility characteristic of watercolor technology in describing light and the feel of material. Testing the expressive possibilities of layer painting techniques and embossing techniques within the theme of the day. Individual guidance.
  

  Fri 11.8
  

  -From 9.15-->
  

  Introduction to the task and technique of the day 
  

  - Independent work on the day's task, which is: "Fragment".
  

  Paint something you choose, or an object (e.g. a cress flower, or a doll’s face, just to name a few examples) in as much detail as you can. Take advantage of the tools you learn during the week, such as layer painting, optical mixing, and wet-dry variation in your detailed painting. Depending on your own rhythm, make either one or more paintings rich in detail. Individual guidance.
  

  -At 4 to 5 p.m.
  

  Write a work plan with your next week’s work in mind. Make a written presentation of your own artistic process and the theme and approach I want to take advantage of in your second week of work on the course. How are you going to vary your theme? What is your relationship to perception, or to the material possibilities of watercolor? Also, make concrete daily goals for your work, that is, write down a kind of reading order; what do you paint and where? Think about what the outcome of your work will in coming days and how you want to present it? Maybe you’re making a little book about your watercolor paintings, or is the end result a series of paintings? Send me the text no later than during friday 11th of Aug by e-mail: hanna.westerberg@aalto.fi

  Second week of the course 14.8-16.8:

  Mon 14.8
  
  -9.15--> Introduction to the working method of the week
  

  - Independent work according to your own work plan. During the day, I will meet you and we can talk in more detail about each’s own work plan. I will also be happy to give feedback and we can discuss ways you could take each of your own painting projects forward. We talk about both the contents of individual projects and how they could best be implemented with watercolor technique.
  

  
  Tue 15.8
  
  9.15 -->

  -Independent work on your own project/ individual guidance.
  

  
  Wed 16.8

  9.15 am -2 pm: Independent work and completion of your own painting project.2 pm -5 pm: Final inspection: Everyone can present the results of their own painting project and get feedback, both from me and the whole group. 

  
  
  
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Development both in traditional watercolour techniques and their use into contemporary watercolour painting scene. Creativity in possibilities of the technique’s unique expressions.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  56h contact teaching 25 indipendent work

DETAILS

Study Material

• applies in this implementation

  THESE ARE THE MATERIALS, YOU NEED TO BUY BY YOURSELF FOR THIS COURSE:

  COLORS: main colors, i.e. yellow, red and blue both cold and warm. In addition to this, I hope you buy ocher, viridian green (note that this shade may appear under different characters with different names), and magenta.
  
  Good artist-quality brands include Schminke, Sennelier, or Winsor & Newton. The so-called Leningrad watercolors, i.e. the Russian watercolors sometimes sold under the name White nights, are both cheap and good enough. They are most often sold in boxes that contain twenty-four colors.
  
  BRUSHES:
  
  -At least one brush with a round tip and a sufficiently large size (eg size 8-12). I have hair brushes are good, but often a little expensive and they wear out. Synthetic brushes can also be good today. In the material distribution of the Finnish Painters' Association, for example, you can find brushes of the following brands that are good enough: Hanart 700, Lineo Colinski, and Saphire (half sable and half nylon).
  
  -One wider flat brush, which can be, for example, goat hair or synthetic fiber. If the brush is slightly wider (e.g., 1.8 inches in goat hair brushes), then it is suitable for wetting paper, or if it is thinner, then it is suitable for painting. In addition to this, a spray bottle for spraying flowers is also well suited for wetting paper, i.e. either one or a flat brush sufficiently wide is also necessary for wetting the paper.
  
  Optionally, you can also purchase a masking mask (its other names also include masking fluid, or liguid masking film). It is a colorless liquid substance obtained from artist supply stores. Pigment has often been added to it to blend on paper. If you want to leave the bottom of the paper exposed when you are afraid it will discolor during painting, you can paint these areas using overlay.
  
  PAPERS: The school offers Arches roll paper approx. 2 m / students. If you want to buy watercolor paper in loose sheets, or pads (eg Fabriano, or Hahnemuhle), you can of course do so.
  
  In addition to this, the school provides trays for attaching papers and adhesive papers.
  
  Recommended material stores:
  
  -Material of the Finnish Painters' Union, opens 1th of Aug, Address: Erottajankatu 9 B, 00130 Helsinki. Attention: you will get 20 % discount when you show your student card!

  -Tempera, Uudenmaankatu 16, 00120 Helsinki 
  

  -Aaltopahvi, Aalto-Yliopisto Library, Harald Herlin Learning center, Otaniementie 9, 02150 Espoo

  
  

  AKVARELLITYÖPAJASSA TARVITTAVAT MATERIAALIT
  Akvarellityöpaja-kurssilla tarvittavat  opiskelijoiden itsensä hankkimat materiaalit:

  VÄRIT: päävärit, eli keltainen, punainen ja sininen sekä kylmänä, että lämpimänä. Tämän lisäksi toivon että ostatte okran, viridianin vihreän (huomioikaa, että tämä sävy saattaa esiintyä eri merkeillä eri nimisenä) ja magentan. 

  Hyviä taiteilijalaatuisia merkkejä on esim. Schminke, Sennelier, tai Winsor&Newton. Niin sanotut Leningrad-akvarellit, eli venäläiset toisinaan White nights nimellä myytävät akvarellit ovat sekä halpoja, että riittävän hyviä. Niitä myydään useimmiten laatikoissa, jotka sisältävät kaksikymmentäneljä väriä.

  SIVELTIMET: vähintään yksi pyöreäkärkinen ja riittävän isokokoinen sivellin (esim. koko 8-12). Näädänkarvasiveltimet ovat hyviä, mutta usein hieman kalliita ja ne kuluvat. Keinokuituiset siveltimet voivat olla myös nykyään hyviä. Taidemaalariliiton materialivälityksestä löytyy esim. seuraavan merkkisiä siveltimiä, jotka ovat riittävän hyviä: Hanart 700, Lineo Colinski, sekä Saphire (puolet soopelia ja puolet nylonia). 

  -yksi leveämpi lattasivellin, joka voi olla esim. vuohenkarvaa, tai keinokuitua. Jos sivellin on hieman leveämpi (esim. vuohenkarvapensseleissä 1,8 tuumaa), niin se soveltuu paperin kostuttamiseen, tai jos se on ohuempi, niin se soveltuu maalaamiseen. Tämän lisäksi kukkien suihkuttamiseen tarkoitettu suihkupullo soveltuu myös hyvin paperin kostuttamiseen, eli joko sellainen, tai sitten riittävän leveä lattasivellin on myös tarpeen paperin kostuttamista varten.

  Vapaavalintaisesti voit ostaa myös peittomaskia (sen toiset nimet ovat myös maskikumi, masking fluid, tai liguid masking film). Se on väritöntä nestemäistä ainetta, jota saa taiteilijatarvikeliikkeistä. Siihen on lisätty usein pigmenttiä, jotta se eottuisi paperilla. Jos halutaan jättää paperin pohjaa näkyviin kun pelätään sen värjääntymistä maalaamisen aikana, voidaan nämä kohdat maalata peittokumia käyttäen.
  

  PAPERIT: Koulu tarjoaa Arches-rullapaperia n. 2 m/ opiskeljia. Mikäli haluat ostaa tämän lisäksi akvarellipaperia irtoarkkeina, tai lehtiöitä (esim. Fabriano, tai Hahnemuhle), niin voit toki tehdä niin.
  

  Tämän lisäksi koulu tarjoaa alustat paperien kiinnittämistä varten ja liimapaperit.
  

  Suosittelemiani materiaalikauppoja:
  

  -Taidemaalariliiton materiaalivälitys, aukeaa kesätauon jälkeen tosin vasta maanantaina 1.8.
  

  Osoite on Erottajankatu 9 B sisäpiha, 00130 Helsinki. Huom. opiskelijakortin esittäville henkilöille 20 % alennus!

  -Tempera, Uudenmaankatu 16, Helsinki 12
  

  -Aaltopahvi, Aalto-Yliopiston kirjasto, Harald Herlin Learning center, Otaniementie 9, 02150 Espoo
  

  
  

  
  
  

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Summer
  2023-2024 Summer

  Enrollment :

  Registration for Courses: Sisu.

  Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

  
  Minimum amount of participants is 8 students. Maximum amount of participants is 20 students.

   

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