Painting/Drawing
![A student works on a painting in the grass.](/sites/art/files/styles/16_9_placeholder_/public/images/Painting_Drawing/2004537_MK_FigurePainting.0205.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=eD0iU_Cz)
Painting/Drawing at the University of Kansas
Painting students move through a curriculum that builds technical skill and knowledge. You will enjoy the substantial resources and opportunities offered by a large, comprehensive studio art program including individual senior studios, internships, scholarships, travel grants, visiting artists and study abroad trips. Large classrooms accommodate a variety of painting projects, including large-scale work. Faculty members are diverse, active practitioners who exhibit nationally and internationally while teaching structured courses that lead to a variety of special topics and independent study courses. Faculty members actively support student research and mentor students toward success.
Facilities
Three large group painting studios
- Easels
- Drawing benches
- Large drawing boards
- Tables
- Four model stands
- 8’ x 4’ and 8’ x 10’ movable partition walls
- Prop room and storage area
- Fume hood solvent disposal system
- Painting storage racks
- Portable lighting stands
- Taborets for paint mixing
Four large group drawing rooms
- Easels
- Drawing benches
- Large drawing boards
- Drawing tables
- Model stands
- 8’x4’ partition wall
- Two skeletons for anatomy drawing
- Prop room and storage area
Private and semi private studio spaces are available for advanced students.
![Two students stand at large pieces of brown paper. They are drawing around shadows cast from a light behind them.](/sites/art/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/Painting_Drawing/1903569_AW_Drawing%20Class-5.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=oQwAc8Ay)
Two students use shadows to work on a large scale drawing.
![A student paints at Potters Lake](/sites/art/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/Painting_Drawing/1702752_AW_Landscape%20Painting%20Class-41.jpg?h=4a67d1c7&itok=GQ0-AIMF)
A student paints at Potters Lake.
![A student stands and uses her finger to draw in blue](/sites/art/files/styles/1_1_placeholder_/public/images/Painting_Drawing/1903569_AW_Drawing%20Class-1.jpg?h=3f24d9a8&itok=m3wIRGp4)
A student works on a large scale drawing.
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