After reviewing shading techniques, completing value exercises, and reviewing how-to-draw  body proportions, students will problem solve and engage in the creative process via sketchbook drawing. They will transform the written word to imagery from a poem originating in the Romantic era. 

In this project students examine industrial era, modern, and postmodern architecture and analyze why these structures could be deemed as “heroic”. The students then choose an example of their “heroic” architecture and carve the image into lino block (for eventual press-printing on Washi/Japanese rice paper). In the final step, students re-print the carved lino block on a piece of nutex paper, and create a mixed-media Pop Art style battle between hero and villain. One caveat: the hero and villain must somehow be representative of the city of the architecture’s origin.

Throughout the course, students will study art pieces and periods, answering questions along the way. They will learn about famous painters of the time, and get to represent the artists styles in symbols that they create. These notes will lead up to the students' major projects, giving them the knowledge needed to complete the project. Any media can be used for the notes, as students can design them however they would like.