California Community Colleges System Courses

INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ART

This course is a comprehensive overview of the visual culture of Islamic peoples from the seventh through the 21st centuries. We will examine painting, objects, and architecture to better understand t

• California Community Colleges System
• 66 hours
• Paid Course

HISTORY OF MODERN ART FROM POST-IMPRESSIONISM TO THE PRESENT

A study of art and architecture from Post-Impressionism to the present day, emphasizing the importance of social, economic, and political influences on the art of this period. This course is designed

• California Community Colleges System
• 66 hours
• Paid Course

CERAMIC SCULPTURE

Studio practice in designing and creating original ceramic sculpture.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

BEGINNING CERAMICS HANDBUILDING

An introduction to basic ceramic hand-building techniques, and its historical and contemporary significance. This course introduces ceramic hand-building techniques, including pinching, coil, and slab

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

BEGINNING CERAMICS POTTER'S WHEEL

An introduction to throwing on the potter's wheel, and its historical and contemporary significance. This course introduces the process of wedging clay, centering a pot, pulling a wall, shaping proces

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

ADVANCED CERAMICS

Laboratory practice in throwing advanced forms on the potter's wheel, combining hand-built and wheel-thrown forms, glazing these forms, and understanding kiln loading and firing procedures.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

LOW-TEMPERATURE CERAMIC FIRING & GLAZING TECHNIQUES

Studio practice in the glazing and firing of ceramic pieces using four low-temperature methods: electric kiln oxidation firing, luster firing, raku firing, and pit firing.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

POTTER'S WHEEL II

Provides intermediate-level instruction in clay processes covering intermediate wheel-throwing methods, glazing, decorating, and firing procedures. Explores technical problem solving and creative desi

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

WATERCOLOR I

Study of beginning level transparent watercolor painting techniques. Emphasis on basic techniques of watercolor painting, composition and color theory.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

WATERCOLOR II

Study of intermediate techniques using transparent and opaque watercolor painting. Emphasis on intermediate techniques of watercolor painting, composition, and personal subject matter.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

FIGURE DRAWING I

Beginning drawing course focusing on the representation and interpretation of the human figure, with attention to drawing from life. Topics include an introduction to human anatomy and the historical

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

HEADS & HANDS DRAWING

Beginning drawing course focusing on the representation and interpretation of the head and hands, with attention to drawing from life from a live figure model.

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

MURAL MAKING: COMMUNITY ART PROJECT

This studio art course introduces and involves students in painting a large-scale collaborative community mural project. Students will generate ideas, plan preliminary mural sketches, design compositi

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

FIGURE DRAWING II

Intermediate figure drawing course emphasizing the development of drawing skills in depicting the human figure. This is a practical and theoretical course that emphasizes proportion and basic human an

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course

FIGURE MODELING

This beginning life-modeling sculpture course allows students to develop personal and expressive interpretations of the human form. The principles and concepts of human proportion, gesture, additive a

• California Community Colleges System
• 72 hours
• Paid Course