ARTS 123 - Drawing II

3 Credit: (1 lecture, 3 lab, 0 clinical) 4 Contact Hours: [ARTS 122 ]

This class continues the drawing techniques begun in ARTS 122. Contour, gesture, shading, proportion, and composition will be further explored using more complex subjects including still life, the human figure, landscape, and architecture. Technical issues as well as creative aspects, such as mood, emotion, and qualities of illumination will be reinforced and enriched. All students’ work will be displayed and critiqued.
OFFERED: spring semesters

Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Render the human face and figure in naturalistic and expressive drawings in a variety of materials and techniques.

Goal 2: Draw landscape and architectural subjects with accurate perspective techniques.

Goal 3: Accurately reproduce a photographic subject in a drawing medium.

Goal 4: Write about and discuss their own drawings and the works of others.

Goal 5: Understand historic and cultural fundamentals of drawing.

Goal 6: Mat and display finished art works in a professional manner.