Basic Fine Arts Seminar

This is an omnibus-style course taught by faculty members specializing in art education and practical skills and affiliated with the arts and crafts and
art education courses in the Faculty of Education. Students will learn modelling through lectures, exercises, and practical activities on basic contents
related to each faculty member's specialization. Students will be required to submit an essay or assignment for each class taught by a different faculty
member.

Art and crafts, fine art, art education, practical art, drawing, group work, essay feedback

Class 1: Initial guidance (Masanobu Inose), practical skill test if the capacity is exceeded
Class 2: Basics of drawing (Masanobu Inose)
Class 3: The charm of paintings I—Learning from Spanish realism (Masanobu Inose), Essay assignment 1
Class 4: The charm of paintings II—Practicing miniature painting (Masanobu Inose), Productive task 1
Class 5: Charm of drawings—Practicing still life painting (Masanobu Inose)
Class 6: Creative site (Masanobu Inose), Essay assignment 2
Class 7: Drawing (Masanobu Inose), Productive assignment 2
Class 8: Materials and techniques in sculpturing (Masanobu Inose), Essay assignment 3
Class 9: Forms being made and forms created (Masanobu Inose)
Class 10: What is art? Thinking about art (Kenichi Oshima)
Class 11: Thinking about what it means to look at works of art (Kenichi Oshima)
Class 12: Viewing art works (Kenichi Oshima), Essay 4
Class 13: What is an ideal art education? I (Kenichi Oshima)
Class 14: What is an ideal art education? II (Kenichi Oshima), Essay 5
Class 15: Summary, course survey (Masanobu Inose)

Syllabus (Japanese site only)