绘画是色彩，表现力和延展性。它具有挑战性，发人深省和鼓舞人心。绘画讲述故事，表达意见，捕捉相似之处，记录事件并赋予构想远景。这种激情需要勤奋工作和精通人才。绘画是一种具有历史意义的媒介，它可以向我们展示我们曾经作为人的身份，并使我们能够设想自己可能成为谁。
Painting is color, expressive and malleable. It is challenging, thought-provoking, and inspiring. Painting tells stories, expresses opinions, captures a likeness, records events, and gives vision to ideas. It is a passion that takes hard work and talent to master. Painting is a historically significant medium that shows us who we once were as people, and enables us to envision who we might become.<br><br>Innate properties to painting continue to draw artists to take brush to canvas and immerse in the possibilities of color and pigments. There is a rich tradition in fine art painting that has withstood the ever-changing advancements in technology. At IUP, you will learn what it takes to be a successful painter within the competitive field of fine arts, which include traditional painting processes as well as newer, contemporary methods. You will learn fundamental techniques and basic properties of paint, then build on that foundation by developing a personal aesthetic and creating a cohesive body of work ready for professional exhibition. As a painter, you will learn to think critically and discuss your work in relationship to contemporary art and society. You will learn how to shape a personal studio practice and launch a professional career in art.