DRAWING 1

Course#: 112181/212181

Credit: .50

Length: Semester

Fee: $11

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Students develop their ability to draw what they see, improve their hand – mind connection, and engage in creative thinking. Students will learn practical drawing strategies that will improve their skills while using a variety of media. Coursework will focus on still life, nature, human form, and architectural structures. The history of drawing will be viewed from a variety of resource materials. Students will document ideas, process, problems, and solution in a sketchbook.

Upon completion of the Drawing 1 semester course you may take any of the other art courses.

Still Life Composition

Visual Journal Bootcamp Work: Basic Forms, Contour Hands, Cross-Contours, Sphere & Value Scale

Drawing Strategies: Being Observant. Sighting & Sizing. Restate vs. Erase. Drawing from Shoulder vs. Wrist. Seeing basic shapes. Largest Shapes First. Drawing what you cannot see. Using cross-contour lines. Establishing light source & identifying the parts of light. Using a cropping angle.

Handouts: Basic Shapes, Drawing Pencils, Parts of Light, Cross-Contours

Visual Journal Homework: Ribbons

Slideshows: M.C. Escher

Ink Doodle Box or Scratchboard Animal

Visual Journal Work: Collaborative Creature Drawing, Memory Doodles, Blind Contours, Line Weight Leaves, Ink Scales (line shading techniques)

Visual Journal Homework: Ink Post-it Art

Creative Thinking Strategies: Change View, SCAMPER, Idea Generator, Art Circles, Pick-a-word, Mind Map/Web, Incorporate a Random Personal Interest, Collaborate w/ a Partner

Slideshows: Surrealism (Dali & Magritte), "If" by Sarah Perry, Creative Thinking Strategies, Albrect Durer, Rob Gonsalves

Color Bottles or Mind's Eye

Visual Journal Work: Layering Color Pencils

Bottle Drawing (elliptical perspective)

Color Value Scale

Visual Journal Homework: Image Completion

Handouts: Elliptical Perspective, Layering Color, Foreshortening

Slides: DRAlter Your Photo, Mantegna's Dead Christ, Collection of da Vinci's Sketches

Prezi's & Videos: Composition - Taking Good Photos, Defining art, What is art?

Linear Perspective Hallway or City View

Visual Journal Work: 1pt Linear Perspective Letters & Shapes

Interior Space Drawings

Handouts: Linear Perspective Vocabulary, Step-by-Step Creating a Bird's Eye City

Charcoal/Pastel Portrait

Visual Journal Work: Drawing Features w/ Portrait Video

Notes on Proportions of Human Face

Feature Studies

Abstract Color Emotions

Handouts: Portrait Features Examples, Tips, & Proportion Guidelines, Color Wheel & Schemes

Slideshows: Color Schemes/Temperature, Abstract Art, The Effect of Color

Exam: Post-Drawing

A pre-drawing of a challenging still life object is completed at the beginning of the course to establish a baseline of student drawing skill. The pre-drawing is a non-graded record of student skill.

The exam at the end of the course will consist of completing another post-drawing of the same object.

Pre and post drawings will be assessed for growth and improvement throughout the semester.

Course Goals

Develop your ability to see (observation skills).

Learn strategies to improve drawing skills & mind/hand connection.

Become a more creative thinker & problem solver.

Look at the world around you from a new perspective.

Use a variety of drawing mediums (graphite, ink, colored pencil, pastel, charcoal, scratchboard).

Review and apply the elements and principles of art through a variety drawing projects.

Elements of art: Line, Shape, Form, Value, Color, Texture

Principles of art: Balance, Contrast, Movement, Harmony, Emphasis, Unity

The Importance of Visual Journal Practice Work

Practice work is non-graded work that prepares students for success on graded projects.

Practice work exercises allow students to experiment with learning new concepts, vocabulary, skills, & techniques.

Practice work allows students to make mistakes and learn from these mistakes without the fear of their grade being impacted.

Art is a skill. Much like with everything else; the more you practice, the better you get.

Practice work will build confidence, ability, and repetition to improve student performance.

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