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ART 101 - Drawing Fundamentals
Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No
Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 22
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0
Course Description: A foundation studio course in which beginning students develop observational skills to create expressive drawings using line, shape, value, space and texture.
Prerequisite: None.
Strongly Recommended:
Special Requirements:
Distribution Requirements: Humanities Distribution Requirement
Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No
Student Learning Outcomes
- Correlate and develop observation and technical skills in drawing.
- Employ drawing techniques using a variety of media.
- Appreciate the diversity and creativity in the history of drawing.
- Critically analyze drawings using the vocabulary of the discipline.
Course Contents
- Using studio sessions and group exercises, students will develop observational and technical drawing skills.
- Using alternative studio exercises students will practice working with a variety of media, which may include (but not be limited to) pencil, charcoal, pastel, and ink.
- Using alternative teaching modes including lecture, video, guest lecture and gallery and/or museum visits, students will examine the variety of ways artists have used drawing as a medium of expression.
- Using notebooks, independent exercises and/or group exercises students will use critical thinking skills to develop imagery.
- Students will use critical thinking skills to evaluate and analyze their work using self assessments and open critique sessions.
Instructional Units: 5.5
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