- Autumn 2018
Syllabus Description:
Welcome to Art 190C: Introduction to Drawing
Course Arrangement
Week 1
3/27 Introduction to course expectations, syllabus, class policies, and art supplies.
3/29 Drawing mechanics and observation methods: drawing grip, measurement, proportion.
Week 2
4/3 Positive and negative spaces (ink), line, contour
4/5 Composition study
Week 3
4/10 Perspective study: one-point perspective, vanishing point, eye level.
4/12 Perspective study: two-point perspective, atmosphere perspective (aerial perspective).
Week 4
4/17 Value study: hatching, 6 elements of value.
4/19 Value study: value scale
Week 5
4/24 Ellipses study (foreshortened circles)
4/26 Landscape drawing
Week 6
5/1 Value study: light and Volume study
5/3 Texture study: surface, sense of visual weight.
Week 7
5/8 Depth study: interior
5/10 Depth study: exterior (landscape)
Week 8
5/15 Human study: skull
5/17 Human study: planar head drawing
Week 9
5/22 Human study: figure drawing (proportion, gesture)
5/24 Human study: figure drawing (proportion, gesture)
Week 10
5/29 Final project drawing and critique
5/31 Final project drawing and critique
Final evaluation
6/5 10:30-12:20, Art 301