Drawing
Line: contour, cross-contour, hatching & crosshatching, line weight and quality
Shading, Tone & Value
Pattern - Shape, Line, Colors
Observational & Abstract drawing
Painting
acrylic and tempera painting
oil painting: underpainting & grisaille, rub-out, layering, oil and wax mediums, glazing
watercolor: wet, dry, & resist techniques
Theory and Technique
Perspective
Human Anatomy/Proportions
Color Theory
3-Dimensional Art
Sculpture - clay, plaster, papier-mâché, origami, cardboard
Mixed Media Assemblage - found object, wood, metal, paper, foam, etc.
Earthworks & Installation Art
Pictorial Space & Perspective
different cultural approaches to depicting space and organizing the picture plane
how visual composition can be built and manipulated to convey meaning, atmosphere, and narrative
the development of linear perspective in the Renaissance, to its dissolution in the Modern era
The Human Body
from scientific/anatomical studies, to psychoanalytical, phenomenological, queer and feminist theories
Nature & the Landscape
how artists have interpreted the landscape and the natural world; what this tells us about humans and how they view themselves and their position and relationship with the earth.
Abstract and Non-Objective Art
how artists have attempted to depict the invisible, to represent the un-representable, and to separate art from a duty to mimic or recreate the world as it appears to the human eye
Mixed Media
how artists have used found and ready-made images and materials, photo-montage, assemblage, and other non-art materials in creating original artworks.
vocabulary of art
elements and principles of art and design
cultural & historical interpretations of art and symbolism