James Butler

I loved taking landscape painting especially with the changing colors in the fall. We spent more time than I would have liked drawing at the beginning but it was a very useful base to have once we got to painting. A lot of class time was spent independently outdoors working on paintings which I really enjoyed except for when it was really cold or rainy and Jim did not make exceptions for days like this. This is an all weather painting class. Our discussions were interesting, but I would have preferred to talk more about color theory and hear about more female, underrepresented or just less famous artists. Jim talks about Picasso a lot and he sometimes discusses artists with slightly sexist undertones, but I didn't find that this negatively impacted my experience in the class too much.

I loved taking landscape painting especially with the changing colors in the fall. We spent more time than I would have liked drawing at the beginning but it was a very useful base to have once we got to painting. A lot of class time was spent independently outdoors working on paintings which I really enjoyed except for when it was r …Read more

A challenging elective but definitely rewarding! I recommend other art majors take the course. It's project-heavy with no exams. Also, you don't get grades throughout the semester so it's hard to gauge how you're doing in the class.