Art 130A Basic Drawing Course Information

Course Description

It is a course in the theory and practice of drawing using a variety of media and subject matter. The student will develop drawing skills through the use of line, plane, tone, shape, form, volume, chiaroscuro and perspective. Group and individual instruction related to progressive assignments will encourage subjective and analytical development.

Course outline

Syllabus

Art Materials

Art 130B Intermediate Drawing Art 130B and Art 130C meet at the same time

Continued development of drawing skills via projects of greater complexity. This also includes additional approaches to drawing, composition, and varied drawing materials. This course is a member of the drawing family of courses.

Prereq. Art130A

Art 130C Advanced Drawing

Building on the rigorous drawing studies of ART 130A and ART 130B, students will now focus on developing a self-directed creative process that is informed by research into the expressive, historical, personal, and contemporary aspects of media use and content development as applied in the creation of a series of related thematic drawings.

Prereq. Art130B