Pre-requisites:

This course will emphasize the development of students' visual vocabulary and more personal approaches to media, techniques, and thematic content. This course will be offered as a fall and spring course. Prerequisites: Studio art previously with Mrs. Matherly, or permission of instructor.

At the end of the course, the student will:

1. Appraise intellectual and visual unity.

2. Define and articulate the vocabulary of terms used in drawing.

3. Combine effective composition with emphasis on focused development of a personal style.

4. Identify and illustrate issues that contribute to community, local, or regional involvement, and / or contribute to a diverse, sustainable, global community.

5. Employ both traditional and experimental techniques and materials used in drawing.

All assignments will be graded with a provided rubric. Each weeks students will have a new assignment that will be turned in on that following Friday.

Your final grade is composed of an aggregated score in four areas that are weighted on the following percentages:

Portfolios: 50% Journal and Homework Drawings 10% Critiques and self-evaluations: 20% Quizzes and written reports: 20%

The standards and rubrics for each component of the final grade will be handed out prior to submission of the final portfolio.