Use historic wood type, vintage presses, and a laser cutter to create giftable holiday garlands in this 2-day workshop! Explore paper and ink, print on a press, laser cut, drill holes, choose twine and package your garlands. This year’s phrase is “LET IT SNOW.” You can expect to take home 4-5 garlands. No experience needed.
#34292, Truax-Main Building, 11/4-11/11, Saturday, 9 AM-12 PM
Painting and Drawing at UCLA
The Painting and Drawing Area at UCLA encourages innovation and experimentation while also addressing the history of the longest-standing practice in the visual arts. Within this area of study, students are encouraged to examine and explore all the creative possibilities offered by painting, drawing, and printmaking, while developing a critical and personal relationship to the discipline. Students are further encouraged to broaden their perceptual awareness through observation, translation, and invention of images, and to develop their critical skills through discussion of the historical and contemporary precedents for their work, assigned readings, group critique and visits to local museums and galleries. Excellent facilities and renowned faculty, both tenured and visiting, combine to create a rich and rewarding atmosphere for artistic production.
Painting and Drawing Faculty
Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Art
Assistant Professor and Painting and Drawing Area Head
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth
Painting and Drawing Lab Supervisor
Painting and Drawing Area Location
The Painting and Drawing Area is on the 5th, 6th, and 7th floors of Broad Art Center Tower
Beginning Drawing Studio Classroom – 7250
Beginning Painting Studio Classroom – 7230
Advanced Drawing Studio Classroom – 7240
Advanced Painting Studio Classrooms – 6220 and 6250
Painting and Drawing Lab Supervisor
Office: Broad Art Center Suite 6261
Lab Supervisor Office Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Faculty Office Hours
Email faculty directly to arrange virtual office hours
Painting and Drawing Faculty
Rebecca Morris, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Art
Office: 7250A, Broad Art Center
Cosmo Whyte, Assistant Professor and Painting and Drawing Area Head
Office: 2275 Broad Art Center
Patty Wickman, Professor
Office: 7200A Broad Art Center
Richard Hawkins, Visiting Professor
Kim Fisher, Lecturer
Alex Olson, Lecturer
Camilla Taylor, Lecturer
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, Lecturer
The undergraduate painting and drawing facilities at the Broad Art Center consist of five spacious studio classrooms with natural and artificial lighting and spectacular views of Los Angeles. The two Advanced Painting studios are divided into individual work spaces, providing upper-division undergraduates with an opportunity to work in their own studio spaces for an entire quarter. Six individual senior studio spaces are also awarded annually by a portfolio review. Facilities include a library, a Wood Shop for building stretcher bars, and a Printmaking Studio.
Instructional Materials Fee
All students must pay an instructional materials fee each quarter they are enrolled in Printmaking. As of January 2019, the fee is $64 and is payable to UC Regents. The fee supports access to polishing and rubbing compounds, asphaltum, grounds, lacquer thinner, application brushes, community tools, mineral spirits, cleaners, talc, and methyl cellulose. There is an additional $15 fee for access to use the Painting and Drawing woodshop.
Painting and Drawing Studio Classrooms: Rooms 7250, 7230, 7240, 6220, and 6250
Students enrolled in painting and drawing studio classes have twenty-four-hour access to their studio classrooms seven days a week during the quarter of their enrollment.
Painting & Drawing Critique Rooms: 6230 and 7260
The painting and drawing critique rooms are clean rooms used by the painting and drawing studio classes for presentations, lectures, and group critiques.
Painting and Drawing Individual Studios: Room 5230
Six individual studios are awarded to qualifying undergraduate art majors in two-quarter intervals. Studios are awarded by portfolio review and students may continue to apply until they graduate.
Painting and Drawing Library: Room 6261
Wood Shop: Room 6269
The Wood Shop is available for all enrolled Art students who want to build large canvases and panels. Access is by appointment only.
Printmaking Lab: Room 6260
A small intaglio Printmaking Lab used by the Printmaking class during class time only.
Printmaking Seminar Classroom: Room 6260A
The Printmaking Seminar Classroom is used by the Printmaking class for critique, and also by other seminar and critique classes.
Painting and Drawing Undergraduate & Graduate Courses
Undergraduate Painting and Drawing Courses
Studio, eight hours; five hours arranged. Course in basic drawing skills, history, and conceptual concerns, intended as preparation for work in variety of media. P/NP or letter grading.
Art 11A. Painting
Studio, eight hours; five hours arranged. Basics of painting: introduction to technical procedures, tools, and materials. Discussion of fundamental conceptual and formal concerns. P/NP or letter grading.
Art 130. Advanced Drawing
Studio, eight hours; seven hours arranged. Requisite: course 1A. Drawing as both independent expressive medium and as means of visualization. May be repeated for maximum of 20 units. Letter grading.
Art 133. Advanced Painting
Studio, eight hours; seven hours arranged. Requisite: course 11A. Varied media and subjects to further develop students’ technical and expressive means to implement their ideas. May be repeated for maximum of 20 units. Letter grading.
Art 133A. Advanced Painting: Topics in Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Studio, eight hours; seven hours arranged. Requisite: course 11A. Varied approaches to painting media and content to develop students’ technical, expressive, and conceptual tools to understand and explore anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Combination of courses 133 and 133A may be repeated for maximum of 20 units. Letter grading.
Art 140. Advanced Printmaking
Studio, eight hours; seven hours arranged. Requisite: course 11C. Selected studies in fine printmaking, historical and contemporary: woodcut, etching and engraving, lithography, silk screen, mixed media. May be repeated for maximum of 20 units. Letter grading.
Painting and Drawing Graduate Studies
The Painting and Drawing Area is one of six areas of study in the M.F.A. art program. Within this area, graduate students are encouraged to examine and explore all of the formal and conceptual possibilities offered within the discipline, while continuing to refine their own personal modes of expression. The development of critical skills is emphasized and addressed through individual meetings with faculty, group critiques, and seminar classes. Students are encouraged to arrive at a greater awareness of the historical precedents and theoretical bases of their work.
Painting and Drawing Area faculty Silke Otto-Knapp, Rebecca Morris, and Patty Wickman serve as the primary advisors to students admitted to this area of study. Students may also work with faculty from other areas within the Department of Art or other departments across the university.
All M.F.A. students are offered the use of off-campus individual studios in the UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios, located in Culver City. In addition to individual studio spaces, the studio building houses photography, sculpture, ceramics, and computer labs, as well as open spaces for exhibitions, lectures, and group critiques. Although the Department of Art does not offer graduate-level courses in the summer, the graduate studios are open year round.
Graduate Painting and Drawing Courses
Art 271: Graduate Painting
Studio, eight hours. Study in painting and associated media. May be repeated for credit with consent of adviser. Letter grading.
Art 276. Graduate Group Critique
Discussion, four hours; tutorial, to be arranged. Group critique/discussion of students’ research. Additional tutorial meetings by arrangement with instructor. May be repeated for credit. Letter grading.
Art C280. Graduate Seminar
Seminar, three hours. Advanced topics in critical theory and study of contemporary art, with emphasis on individuals, issues, and methodologies. Possible areas of study include structuralism, deconstruction, feminist and psychoanalytic theory, commodification, and censorship. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C180. Letter grading.
Naturally students are curious to explore the Painting School vicinity. Many are fully satisfied by the riches of Castelnau de Montmiral itself. They can also enjoy short walks in the varied and beautiful countryside in the Painting School vicinity. Others may want to go further afield. As there is virtually no public transport this can mean hiring a taxi or renting a car, although often students who come with cars enjoy sharing trips. Also, if the group as a whole wish to visit the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, the Course Director will be happy to organise an expedition.
- Within Walking Distance (4 km)
At 3 km, visible from the Painting School studio window, lies the historic Forêt de Grésigne, the largest forest in S.W. France and the largest oak forest in Europe. Though the predominant species of tree is oak, there are many other species as well. It is also particularly rich in flora and fauna and has a network of clearly marked paths to facilitate forest walks.
At 1 km, for those who like a cooling swim, there is an artificial lake in the valley below Castelnau de Montmiral.
At 12 km, Gaillac is our nearest larger town and the centre of an ancient and prestigious wine-growing area. As well as boasting a wide selection of supermarkets, shops and restaurants, it is well worth a visit in its own right as it contains a charming historic town centre which features the imposing Abbaye Saint-Michel, with adjacent views of the river Tarn.
At 22 km lies the cathedral town of Albi , which was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2010. The 13th Century Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile , apart from being the largest brick-built cathedral in the world, contains remarkable wall and ceiling frescoes, an immense mural of the “Last Judgment” and a large number of carved wooden statues lining the ornate choir stalls. Nearby is the newly restored Musée Toulouse-Lautrec which houses the most extensive collection of the work of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec who was born nearby.
Castelnau de Montmiral is included in the so-called Circuit des Bastides, a grouping of local medieval towns in the Painting School vicinity that are well worth a visit. These include:
Maps showing the location of Castelnau de Montmiral
As well as indicating Paris, the outline map of France above shows Toulouse, our nearest city and indicates its relation both to Gaillac, our nearest larger town, and to Castelnau de Montmiral. The map immediately below features arrows indicating the location of Toulouse Blagnac airport and Castelnau de Montmiral. It also shows the Autoroute A64 that joins Toulouse to Albi, via Gaillac.
The detail from the Google map below provides a closeup of Castelnau de Montmiral. It gives street names and marks with yellow arrows both the location of the Painting School and the direction of Gaillac.
Finally, click here to access the Google Map from which the above image comes, which can be made larger or smaller in order either to focus down for more detailed information about the town or to explore its surroundings. To the right is an inset providing access to numerous images of the town and its locality.
Art Metals
Introduction to Art Welding | $259
Create your own metal sculpture using a combination of fabrication and welding techniques. This introductory class will cover the fundamentals of welding and sculpture design as you make your own personalized
#33717, Truax-Main Building, 11/7-12/12, Tuesday, 6-9 PM
Jewelry 1 | $504
Develop an appreciation and learn essential skills for different aspects of metalsmithing. Basic techniques and concepts such as sawing, piercing, texturing, soldering, bezel-setting and more will be explored as you design and create jewelry or small objects.
#62343, Commercial Ave, 1/30-4/30 Tuesday, 6-9 PM
Jewelry – Stone Setting and Mokume – Game | $504
Expands on the techniques learned in Jewelry 1 Art/Metal and is for any student who has learned the basic fabrication techniques. Demonstrations include advanced stone settings and Mokume-Gane.
#63612, Commercial Ave, 2/1-5/23, Thursday, 5:30-8:30 PM
Jewelry Workshop Advanced | $494
This course is for any student who has learned the basic fabrication techniques. Run in a workshop manner, demonstrations (such as photo-etching, tube setting, marriage of metal, and casting) are based on the desires and needs of students in the class.
#62342, Commercial Ave, 2/1-5/23, Thursday, 9 AM-12 PM
Ceramics and Sculpture
Ceramics: Wheel Throwing | $519
This 15 week course is suitable for all levels; from those who are just beginning to those who want to continue their practice. This class will cover the basics of wheel throwing, surface design techniques and glazing. 50lbs of clay, glazes and firing included.
#62337, Commercial Ave, 1/29-5/6, Monday, 6-9 PM
#62359, Commercial Ave, 1/31-5/8, Wednesday, 6-9 PM
Painting and Drawing
Watercolor Painting-All Levels | $185
For beginners or continuing students refining their watercolor skills, this class will be filled with technical information, demonstrations, individual instruction, and lots of time to paint. Learn brush handling, color theory and watercolor techniques such as washes, glazes, and textural effects. Choose subject matter from photos, book references or still lifes as the class explores painting styles from realism to abstract.
#32526, Truax-Protective Services, 11/14-12/19, Tuesday, 6-9 PM
#62344, Truax-Protective Services, 1/16-2/20, Tuesday, 6-9 PM
#62376, Truax-Protective Services, 2/27-4/2, Tuesday, 6-9 PM
#62447, Truax-Protective Services, 4/9-5/14, Tuesday, 6-9 PM
Watercolor Painting – Embracing the Bloom | $188
This class is for beginner to intermediate students or anyone who has experience using watercolors and is looking to brighten up their paintings using techniques that allow you to manipulate space, light and color in new ways. You will learn new techniques each week. There will be continuous demonstrations and conversations as you experiment and explore concepts.
#33664, Truax-Protective Services, 11/8-12/13, Wednesday, 6-9 PM
Dive into Watercolors! | $125
Embark on your artistic journey with our beginner-friendly 2-day workshop. Explore the enchanting world of watercolors with step-by-step guidance from our expert instructor. Learn the basics of color mixing, brush techniques, and create your own beautiful watercolor artworks. Whether you’ve never picked up a brush or are looking to build a solid foundation, this weekend class is perfect for beginners to immerse themselves in the art of watercolor.
#63662, Truax-Protective Services, 1/20-1/21, Saturday and Sunday, 9 AM-2 PM
Start Your Painting Journey | $125
Discover the exciting world of acrylic painting in our 2-day beginner’s class. Unleash your creativity with acrylics as you receive hands-on instruction in a supportive environment. No prior experience is necessary. Our instructor will introduce you to the fundamentals of acrylics, including color theory, brushwork, and simple techniques to bring your ideas to life. Kickstart your artistic adventure!
#63663, Truax-Protective Services, 2/3-2/4, Saturday and Sunday, 9 AM-2 PM
Digital Painting Introduction | $105
See digital art in a whole new light. This class is a beginner level exploration of the tools, theory, techniques and tricks of working with computers, tablets, and software to create artwork. Learn to produce digital paintings and conceptual art by applying traditional art skills in a virtual environment. Required: A tablet/ipad with apple pencil or other stylus OR desktop computer with a Wacom or other drawing tablet attached. Sketchbook app.
#62317, Online Live, 3/18-4/8, Monday, 6-8:30 PM
Painting All Levels (Acrylic) | $245
Students will have the opportunity to observe the instructor demonstrating acrylic painting techniques and can either choose to paint along with a class project or may select an individual project. The instructor will accommodate all levels of painting skills, from beginning to advanced, will help students with ideas for subject matter, composition, color, etc., and will encourage each student to develop their own painting style.
#63665, Truax-Protective Services, 2/15-4/4, Thursday, 6-9PM
Fundamentals of Drawing | $205
This class will introduce basic techniques so you can create accurate drawings as you work from observation. The skills and concepts presented will provide an initial framework for your talent, build confidence in your ability, and amplify your creativity.
#62351, Truax-Main Building, 1/17-3/6 Wednesday, 6-8:30 PM
Drawing Intermediate | $205
This course is for those who wish to continue building their drawing skills, refine their artist’s eye and truly see as an artist. Expanding on the concepts and principles introduced in the fundamentals session we will delve further into the art of linear perspective, proportions, composition, and effective use of light and shade.
#62421, Truax-Main Building, 3/20-5/8, Wednesday, 6-8:30 PM
Figure Drawing | $270
Drawing the human figure is considered by centuries of artists and art academies to be the indispensable foundation of the creative arts. This class will introduce the students to the basic principles of figure structure and expression. Progressing sequentially, the student learns how to “see” human form and to render it effectively. This class is a must both for beginners and for those who are seeking to further their understanding and perception of the human figure in drawing, painting, or digital animation. Students will work from a live model and instructor demonstrations. Basic drawing materials are required. Only students the age of 18 or older are allowed to enroll in figure drawing.
#63611, Truax-Main Building, 1/22-3/18, Monday, 6-9 PM
Calligraphy | $145
Learn the basics of calligraphy, involving different alphabet styles, with individualized instruction.
#62336, Online Live, 1/22-2/26, Monday, 6-8 PM
