In the winter semester of the academic year 2020/21 classes will be conducted according to the rules set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Ordinance No. 37/2020 of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw of September 30, 2020 and the detailed organization determined by the Dean of the Faculty of Painting.

At the moment, classes are conducted in direct contact with the instructor in a stationary form in studio 67 in the building of the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts and, due to epidemiological risks, in a remote form using distance learning methods and techniques (Google Meet, WhatsApp).

Teaching methods:

- workshop exercises (involving practical development and improvement of painting skills through the use of various techniques and tools),

- studio exercises in the studio (based on the observation of nature using a model),

- creative exercises within painting (using student's own artistic concepts),

- individual projects (realized independently by the student after consultation with teachers, finished with a public show),

- conversation (dialogue and didactic discussion during individual and team meetings with students during the implementation of individual exercises and tasks).

- successful completion of the first-year painting course review,

- presentation of painting studio work and completed art projects.

The curriculum of the Painting Studio II for 2nd - 5th year students is based on two stages.

The first relates to the basic issues of painting technique. It serves the continuation of the development of artistic culture through the experience of different painting techniques, means of artistic expression and elements of painting structure. These issues are brought closer through painting exercises based on the ability to observe nature in its broadest sense, and then its creative interpretation. This process takes place through such themes as character study, portrait, still life and landscape.

The second stage is based on individual work with the student depending on the degree of talent, workshop proficiency, as well as creative abilities. Further advanced artistic development of the student is realized through compositions and thematic tasks dealing with more complex issues, going beyond the framework of classical painting techniques. A large role is played here by the student's independence in determining the field of his artistic interests. Individual student projects are based on dialogue between the student and lecturer and serve to shape the creative personality, preparing for independent artistic work. To enrich the didactic process, besides the realization of the basic tasks resulting from the curriculum within the studio, the direct contact of the student with the phenomena and problems occurring not only in art but also in the world outside art is necessary.

- presentation of paintings and completed artistic projects during semester reviews,

- active student participation in the teaching process - 30%

- reliability, creativity and involvement in the obligatory painting exercises and individual tasks - 40%

- artistic and technical level of the works - 30%

- grading scale according to the scoring scale obligatory at the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

- conscious use of the painting technique,

- independence and creativity in realizing own artistic concepts,

- to define one's own recognizable language of artistic expression,

- the ability to verbally reflect on one's own work and its self-evaluation.