Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2026Year School/Graduate School School of Education
Lecture Code CC440301 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 絵画表現基礎演習
Subject Name
(Katakana)
カイガヒョウゲンキソエンシュウ
Subject Name in
English
Fundamentals in Pictorial Expression
Instructor HORIKAWA SUNAO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ホリカワ スナオ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Weds5-8:EDU E206
Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
Exercises, student presentations, workshop 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 24 : Social Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 08 : Curriculum and Instruction Sciences
Eligible Students Mainly students of plastic arts courses
Keywords Painting, Painting Expression Technique, Self Expression, Artwork Critique Session 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
As a specialized subject in the program of education in the fine arts, the student will acquire basic expressive techniques of painting. 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
To understand the characteristics of water-based and oil-based paints. To understand the characteristics of production tools. To acquire knowledge and skills that will be useful in teaching painting expression in the future in educational settings. 
Class Schedule Lesson 1: Guidance; course overview.
Lesson 2: Painting fundamentals (how to capture form; how to observe) (1)
Lesson 3: Painting fundamentals (drawing/painting techniques) (2)
Lesson 4: Painting with transparent watercolor (handling and experimenting with drawing/painting materials) (1)
Lesson 5: Painting with transparent watercolor (exploring the appeal/expressiveness of form) (2)
Lesson 6: Painting with transparent watercolor (sketching) (3)
Lesson 7: Painting with transparent watercolor (preliminary drawing/underdrawing) (4)
Lesson 8: Painting with transparent watercolor (light washes) (5)
Lesson 9: Painting with transparent watercolor (painting: overall) (6)
Lesson 10: Painting with transparent watercolor (painting: overall) (7)
Lesson 11: Painting with transparent watercolor (painting: details) (8)
Lesson 12: Painting with transparent watercolor (painting: details) (8)
Lesson 13: Painting with transparent watercolor (overall adjustments/refinement) (10)
Lesson 14: Painting with transparent watercolor (overall adjustments/refinement) (10)
Lesson 15: Painting with transparent watercolor (submission of finished work; presentations)

No examinations (but students will be required to submit artworks).
Students are required to submit a report on their artwork after each class. 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Students will need to bring a water colors for the 1st - 7th sessions.
Handouts will be distributed as needed.
Several books on artwork will be introduced in class. 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts
(More Details) PowerPoint
 
Learning techniques to be incorporated PBL (Problem-based Learning)/ TBL (Team-based Learning), Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
If you are not able to finish your artwork within the class time, you will be required to do so outside of the class time. 
Requirements Specialized subject(painting)
A materials fee (about 1,500 yen) will be collected.
Students must bring their own artwork materials and tools(transparent watercolor). 
Grading Method Submit an artwork report after each class.
Submission of completed works in the15th classes 
Practical Experience Experienced  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it A faculty member who has experience in creating and exhibiting artworks will lecture on pictorial expression, drawing on that experience. 
Message I hope that students will have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills that will be useful in teaching painting expression in the future in educational settings. Also, I hope that students will have the opportunity to develop their own unique production methods. 
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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