2020-2021 Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

ART 110 - Drawing I

ART 1111
Description: Perspective and visual perception studied as related to developing artistic visual growth in perceiving our environment. Emphasis on analysis of objects and their compositional placement within pictorial construction. Application of design principles.

Credits: 3
Lecture: 1
Lab: 5

Course Content:
  1. Drawing skills

a. Perspective
b. Foreshortening
c. Plastic space/modeling
d. Figure-ground
e. Chiaroscuro

  1. Visual literacy and aesthetic

a. Visual memory
b. Analysis and study of forms
c. Visual vocabulary

  1. Formal elements and principles of design 
  2. Historical and contemporary art examples
  3. Critique

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Apply various perspective techniques.
  2. Identify and use foreshortening..
  3. Produce plastic space and modeling.
  4. Use chiaroscuro technique.
  5. Identify, memorize and transfer visual information to the page.
  6. Analyze forms.
  7. Develop a visual vocabulary
  8. Identify, analyze and utilize the formal elements and principles of design.
  9. Recognize historical or contemporary examples of the fine arts or crafts.
  10. Use media specific terminology to critique and evaluate works of art.
     

Required Assessment:
  1. Critique and evaluation of art and artifacts.