# Art (ART) courses

Merritt College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 35 courses

Source: https://mc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/48441/48769/49120/49121/49124

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ART 1 — Introduction to Art History

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL 1A or ENGL 1AS.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

Introduction to art purposes, principles and forms: Basic understanding of stylistic development and methods of analysis with emphasis on 20th-century art.

### ART 4 — History of Modern Art (1800 to Present)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000E or ENGL 1A or ENGL 1AS.
- **C-ID:** ARTH 150
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

Major visual art forms and movements of the 19th and 20th centuries: Concentration on the foremost painters, sculptors, and architects of the modern period and their works.

### ART 7 — History of African American Art (Past to Present)

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3, 6; Cal-GETC Area 3A;

Development of the African American visual artist in the Americas: Contributions of selected major African American artists and contemporary trends.

### ART 20 — Beginning Drawing and Composition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Freehand drawing with various media: Drawing techniques and fundamentals of composition applied to subject matter including an introduction to perspective.

### ART 22 — Intermediate Drawing and Composition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** ART 020.
- **C-ID:** ARTS 205
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Exploration of artistic concepts, styles, and creative expression related to intermediate-level drawing, complex subject matter and concepts using a variety of drawing mediums, techniques, and methodologies: Foundations of drawing skills to develop personalized approaches to content and materials in exercises covering multiple historical and contemporary approaches to drawing.

### ART 25 — Fundamentals of Figure Drawing and Composition

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Understanding the figure from quick sketches to long careful studies of the live model: Fundamentals of anatomy, proportion, drawing techniques and composition.

### ART 26 — Continuing Figure Drawing and Composition

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continuing drawing from the live model: Introduction more advanced problems.

### ART 27 — Intermediate Figure Drawing & Composition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Advisory:** ART 137.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continued development of knowledge and skills introduced in ART 137: Emphasis on expressive content of the figure developed through manipulation of line, form, value, composition, facial expression, pose, and anatomical proportions.

### ART 28 — Advanced Figure Drawing and Composition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Advanced drawing from the live model: Emphasis on developing an individual style.

### ART 29 — Special Projects: Figure Drawing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continued study and development of special projects in figure drawing from the live model.

### ART 35 — Beginning Portraiture

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Drawing portraits from the live model: Emphasis on anatomy, proportion, and achieving a likeness.

### ART 36 — Continuing Portraiture

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Drawing portraits form the live model: Emphasis on composition, position, clothing, and color.

### ART 39 — Special Projects: Portraiture

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Development of an individual style and portfolio of consistent works suitable for an exhibition.

### ART 50 — Beginning Painting

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Advisory:** ART 020.
- **C-ID:** ARTS 210
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Emphasis on the basic techniques of oil or acrylic painting: Preparation and use of canvas and supports, color mixing, composition in a variety of styles, development of imaginative and objective images.

### ART 52 — Intermediate Painting

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Intermediate-level development of skills, composition and techniques, application of color theory, concepts, style, and creative expression in acrylic, oil, and mixed media; development of personal approach to content and materials in relation to historical and contemporary approaches to painting.

### ART 60 — Beginning Painting: Watercolor

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Fundamentals of washes, brushwork, color, and special effects: Transparent, wet-into-wet and opaque techniques as applied to various subject matter.

### ART 61 — Continuing Painting: Watercolor

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continued development of skills, techniques, and content in watercolor painting: Creative experimentation and individual expression in watercolor painting processes.

### ART 62 — Intermediate Painting: Watercolor

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Intermediate level development of skills, techniques, and content in watercolor painting: Creativity, composition, and individual expression through watercolor techniques emphasized; concentrated work in specific areas.

### ART 63 — Advanced Painting: Watercolor

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Advanced watercolor painting skills, techniques, and content: Individual goals designed by student with instructor with concentration on a series of paintings for possible exhibition or portfolio presentation.

### ART 80 — Beginning Ceramics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Introduction to ceramics: Materials, techniques, design principles, creative development; historical, contemporary modes of expression across cultures.

### ART 81 — Continuing Ceramics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continuation of ART 80: Emphasis on design problems and skill development in forming, glazing, and firing processes.

### ART 82 — Intermediate Ceramics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continuation of ART 81: Emphasis on surface design, firing, and further skill development in forming processes.

### ART 83 — Advanced Ceramics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continuation of ART 82: Emphasis on individual expression; experimentation in glazes, clay bodies, and kiln firing.

### ART 84 — Special Projects: Ceramics

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Exploration and experimentation in special areas of ceramics: Studio projects involving development of personal style in a specific technique.

### ART 88 — Special Projects: Ceramic Sculpture

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Advisory:** ART 187.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Independent exploration and experimentation in the special area of ceramic sculpture.

### ART 137 — Beginning Figure Drawing and Composition

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Advisory:** ART 020.
- **C-ID:** ARTS 200 Figure Drawing
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Introduction to drawing the human figure from observation using a wide variety of drawing media and techniques: Human anatomy, historical and contemporary roles of figure drawing in the visual arts with descriptive and interpretive approaches to drawing the figure.

### ART 166 — Beginning Botanical Drawing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Exploration through drawing of basic plant structures: Recording details of various plant forms; emphasis on rendering form and texture with graphite pencils, graphite powder, white drawing pencils and ink pens.

### ART 167 — Continuing Botanical Drawing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continuation of ART 166: Recording details of various plant forms; emphasis on rendering form, color, and texture with graphite, ink pen and colored pencils.

### ART 168 — Advanced Botanical Drawing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continuation of ART 167: Recording details of various plant forms in graphite, colored pencils and other materials; emphasis on developing a personal style, working from traditional and contemporary examples as well as personal preference in subject and techniques.

### ART 169 — Special Projects: Botanical Drawing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** ART 168.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Exploration through drawing of basic plant structures: Recording details of various plant forms; emphasis on rendering form, color, and texture with graphite, ink pen, colored pencils, and watercolor.

### ART 187 — Beginning Ceramic Sculpture

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Exploration of sculptural form through the use of ceramic media. Theory and application of form and design; exploration of surface decoration, kilns and firing.

### ART 188 — Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** ART 187.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Continuing work in the area of ceramic sculpture.

### ART 189 — Advanced Ceramic Sculpture

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 2 hours lecture, 4 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Advanced work in sculptural form with ceramic media. Theory and application of three-dimensional design: concepts, processes, and principles, problems in construction, surface treatments, special techniques and materials, including glazes and firing.

### ART 202 — Fundamentals of Drawing

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/art.md)

Introduction to drawing: Study of shape, form, and space in black and white.

### ART 208 — Foundations of Ceramics

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Introduction to Ceramics: Wheel throwing and hand-building instruction, glazing and firing techniques.