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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Art (ART)
111 Drawing I
Drawing I is an introduction to drawing, training students in the rigorous foundation skills of the medium. The focus of the course is on the development of drawing from observation with direct hands-on instruction intended to bring students from a basic understanding of technique and application to a more advanced proficiency in drawing. The class will explore different methods of drawing and seeing, with assignments that highlight different perceptual skills. Course objectives are to train the student to shift into new ways of thinking about and looking at a subject, which will enable closer, more intensified observation to take place. Students will develop the ability to interpret three-dimensional visual information and translate it to a two dimensional surface. The course will provide practical exploration of visual fundamentals, such as: line, shape, value, volume, texture, space, light and composition. In addition to a basic understanding of spatial illusion through the use of atmospheric and linear perspective, we will explore a variety of techniques and styles that will touch on the expression of emotion and conceptual content. (3 credits)
112 Drawing II
Drawing II is a more advanced drawing course that begins to incorporate conceptual ideas about Art into Drawing. The class stresses the development of rigorous technical drawing skills, but also begins to expand the definition of the medium of drawing and encourages expressivity. One distinct difference from Drawing I is that there will be no assigned homework but rather a weekly expectation that each student be working on their own to create something to bring to each class to be discussed. This work will be done outside of class and is based on each individual’s interests and explorations of the medium of drawing. Each student will work in their own way, with materials that are most appropriate for what it is that they are doing. Each week the class will conduct group critiques, similar to our homework and project critiques in Drawing I, but there will be a greater diversity in what people will do, the definition of drawing will be expanded to include anything someone deems to be
"drawing". There are no limits. This means that the class will have to be mentally ready to engage in a sophisticated and intelligent conversation about a variety of works, this will take a further development of a vocabulary germane to Art and the philosophy and theory pertaining to Art. This approach to the class will also require a deepened understanding of current contemporary art practices, it will necessitate more exposure to Art theory, Art history and current contemporary art. Drawing II will include more reading and research about artists both living and historical, this is meant to inspire students in the making of their own work and develop a more informed way of talking about one’s own work and also the work of
others.
Prerequisite: ART 111 or instructor approval. (3 credits)
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