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CEC

Creative Painting

CEC and Dayalbagh Educational Institute via Swayam

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Creating a composition is an experience of intensification, clarification and interpretation, in various degrees. The merging contours and cropped spaces create myriad dimensions in mind’s eyes and change the perception of the viewer. Possibilities are unlimited. The outer reality merges with imaginative manipulation. Creative composition is a fusion of the sensuous and the intellectual. The artist enters a substitute world in which he dwells imaginatively and tries to express aesthetically as per his personal realizations. There is exploration of new forms by creative mind, with an urge to step out and form new equations. The creative process of is an aesthetic interweave with the creative imagination. Jean- Jacques- Rousseau aptly said, “The world of reality has its limits…the world of imagination is boundless.”This course of Creative Painting will be consisting of thirty five modules, covering various aspects like meaning and technical theory of composition, taking along the elements and principles of art like line, colour, form, texture, space, harmony, rhythm, contrast, balance, movement, rule of odds, focal point and then leading to the significance of subject, idea and feeling and imagination. Further on, the modules will include technical base like methods, process and styles in which a creative composition can be made. Learning to express and communicate, one can experiment using various styles like 2D, 3D, realistic, traditional, cubistic, expressionistic, surrealist, decorative, constructive, minimal approach, symbolic, thumb nail, illustrative, idealistic, free and then sketching. When one knows the intricacies of creating an appealing composition, one can exploit the elements in different ratios and give birth to something unique. Like Edgar Degas said, “Painting isn’t so difficult when you don’t know…but when you do, it’s quite a different matter.”

Syllabus

Module Name 1 Meaning and Technical Theory of Composition Rule of Thirds 2 Focal Points in Composition 3 Rule of Line in Composition 4 Rule of Space in Composition 5 Rule of Form, Shape in Composition 6 Importance of Colors in Composition 7 Rule of Harmony in Composition 8 Rule of Rhythms in Composition 9 Rule of Textures in Composition 10 Rule of Contrast 11 Balance in Composition 12 Movement in Composition 13 Rule of Odds in Composition 14 Importance of subject, idea and feeling in painting 15 Importance of imagination expression in Composition 16 Role of Medium, Method, Process, Technique and Style in Composition 17 Expression and Communication Using the Visual Arts 18 2-dimensional composition 19 3-dimensional composition 20 Traditional Composition 21 Realistic Composition, Part 1 22 Realistic Composition, Part 2 23 Cubistic composition 24 Expressionistic Composition 25 Surrealistic composition 26 Decorative composition 27 Constructive Composition 28 Minimal composition 29 Symbolic Composition 30 Thumbnail Composition 31 Illustrative Composition 32 Idealistic Composition, part 1 33 Idealistic Composition, part 2 34 Free and Creative Composition 35 Outdoor Sketching

Taught by

Dr. Alka Chaddha

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