Course Description
This course seeks to strengthen the ability to perceive the visual world and certain phenomena in it while also focusing on the inventive processes of drawing. It will focus on the development of drawing skills and the use of traditional drawing media such as charcoal, but primarily those in color: pastels, colored pencil, and inks and watercolor washes. Instruction in color theory and in matting and framing are included in this course. AAS: Humanities/fine arts elective.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate various traditional and non-traditional media and processes and achieve reasonable mastery of these drawing materials
- Manipulate the visual elements of line, value, form, space, texture, pattern, and color, as well as mass and weight, volume and shape, spatial relationships, and perspective and achieve deliberate visual results as desired
- Explain drawing not only as a form of recreation and personal enjoyment, but as an interactive force in communication and a language with which ideas of an individual nature are expressed
- Demonstrate an increased perception of his or her environment through drawing
- Learn basic theories and concepts that affect the physical, optical, and psychological aspects of the drawing phenomena, especially those producing color and the illusion of three dimensions
- Establish a problem-solving environment in which he or she can explore ideas, develop creative thinking skills, and define personal interests and goals
- Critically analyze and discuss the positive and negative aspects of drawings that are produced personally, by peers, and by respected contemporary and historical masters
Topical Outline
1. Color
a. Subjective color
b. Emotional color
c. Color theory
2. Media techniques
a. Charcoal
b. Colored pencil
c. Oil pastel
d. Pastel
e. Ink
3. Compositional arrangement