Course Description
This second fundamental drawing course continues to explore perception, the relationship between perception and conception, form as it pertains to representation and abstraction, and the organization of surface through line, shape, light, texture, and space, with special attention to the human figure.
Athena Title
DRAWING II
Prerequisite
ARST 1050
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
• Demonstrate increased visual sensitivity and creativity and the effective understanding of the elements and principles of design in representational, abstract, and expressive drawing. • Have developed a proficiency in notional drawing to conceptualize and solve problems. • Demonstrate proficiency using various drawing materials: graphite, conte crayon, variety of charcoal, pastels, pen and ink, erasers, and nontraditional media and surfaces/supports. • Demonstrate an increased awareness and understanding of the role of drawing in modern and contemporary art and society. • Have familiarity with the techniques and rationales for abstraction. • Demonstrate an increased art/design vocabulary and the ability to speak and write critically about their personal graphic works and that of others. • Demonstrate an increased level of craftsmanship and process rigor. • Have an awareness of the pivotal role perception plays in drawing and creativity. • Design and complete an extended series or project.
Topical Outline
Week 1 Introduction to Pictorial Space Light and line properties. Dynamic, visual relationships. Constructing positive & negative space Week 2 Shape, Mark making, and Interspace Thumbnail thinking. Linear and tonal armatures Emphasizing foreground, middle and background Week 3 Value Conceptualizations: Tone and Surface Objective drawing texture intensive Week 4 Tonal Conceptualizations: Developing viewpoint and point of views Subjective drawing Week 5 Perspective Revisited Week 6 Developing Mapping and Notational Drawing and Chance strategies Week 7 Developing Intuition and the Pictorial Week 8 Alternative Supports Week 9 Figure As Structure Week 10 Figure: Dynamic Form Week 11 Figure: Surface Week 12 Figure: Expression Week 13 Visual strategies and problem solving Week 14 Visual strategies and problem solving Week 15 Visual strategies and problem solving Final projects and in class exam
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