Creative Painting

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Free Online Course: Creative Painting provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 12 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. Creative Painting is taught by Dr. Alka Chaddha.

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