Advanced techniques and individual approaches to printmaking for those whose Studio Major concentration is printmaking, or for those who have otherwise completed the introductory year sequence. Students in this course will be eligible for the Annual International Exchange Portfolio, a project where UVa students, faculty, alumni and friends produce a suite of prints together. Students will also have the opportunity to work in the printmaking studios as assistants with visiting artists publishing their works. The exploration of contemporary painting materials, techniques and concepts as well as the continuation of the basic oil painting processes. Assignments are designed to assist the student in developing his perceptions and imagination and translating them into painted images.
Direction is given to the formation of personal, original painting styles.
A continuation of ARTS 281 or 282 with greater emphasis on the special problems of the scuptural discipline.