Drawing Courses

Drawing is the first required course in our major, with most other classes following from it. In our upper level classes, many instructors require that students maintain a sketchbook or journal in which they continue to draw. Drawing is often taught as a perceptual practice in the initial phases and moves toward the incorporation of more conceptual aspects as the semester progresses.

Courses

121 Drawing
Drawing is designed to introduce the beginning student to a variety of drawing media, subject matter, and concepts. This course begins with a strong foundation of drawing techniques through an exploration of the drawing materials. Grounded in observational drawing, the course also introduces students to conceptual exploration through a series of experimental assignments. As drawing is essential to all art disciplines it is a prerequisite to many of our other studio courses.

222, 223 Advanced Drawing: Figure
The human form is studied graphically in a variety of situations. Students taking the course for one half unit will do fewer projects than those taking it for one unit. Offered in the fall semester. Prerequisite: Art 121

224, 225 Advanced Drawing: Workshop
This course builds on the content of ART 121 Drawing by asking the student to produce a number of drawings focusing on both the formal and conceptual ideas found in traditional, recent, and current art. Students will broaden their technical skills by working with a range of techniques and media, including various colored media. In order to develop their individual styles and create their own ideas, students will have some control over the content of the course by selecting a specific number of projects from a larger group to which they will be introduced. Students taking the course for one half unit will do fewer projects than those taking it for one unit. Offered in the spring semester. Prerequisite: Art 121