Drawing

INTRO TO DRAWING
This course, designed for students with little or no formal training in drawing, will focus on the traditional techniques of draftsmanship. The emphasis is on accurately translating what the eye perceives onto paper. Projects and themes include contour drawing, creating a dynamic composition, negative space, scaling & proportion, reductive drawing, six divisions of light, one- and two-point perspective, and how to draw from a photograph. Materials include graphite, charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, and ink.

ADVANCED DRAWING
Building on the technical toolkit of skills and materials from Introduction to Drawing, students are encouraged to consider drawing beyond a physical representation of the world. Each year, students work through benchmark projects including portraiture, figure drawing, landscape, still life, and one-two- and three-point perspectives of interiors and exteriors. It is highly recommended that students maintain a sketchbook and devote at least an hour of drawing outside of class to it each week. While working on these assignments, students will continue to improve their technique and begin to find their own voice. Students are continually encouraged to push their boundaries and try new materials and techniques. Students will begin to ask (and maybe even answer) questions like, “what makes a drawing good or bad?” “is a work still successful if it does not look like what I intended?” and “how does the form of my work relate to the ideas I am trying to communicate?” Materials include charcoal, colored pencils, Prismacolor markers, ink, graphite, and pastels. Prerequisite: Introduction to Drawing.