Drawing Course Outline:
This class builds on skills of observation to develop drawing strategies that are conducive to accurately interpreting what is being observed into a 2D drawing. Weekly warmups are assigned to practice and develop skills. Studio based project are sequential and build upon skills as students develop and refine their technical ability.
Week 1
Warmups: Habits of Drawing Project 1 Planning:
Drawing Tip 1: Relax Line Variation
Drawing Tip 2: See Shapes Value/depth through line
Drawing Tip 3: Describe Shapes Project Options:
Drawing Tip 4: Shadow and Reflection Zentangle
Drawing Tip 5: Connect the Dots Pattern Portrait
Drawing Tip 6: Visual Measuring Texture landscape/collage
Week 2
Warmups: Habits of Drawing Project 1
Drawing Tip 7: Draw Blind Studio Work Time
Drawing Tip 8: Gesture Draw
Week 3
Warmups: Habits of Drawing Project 1 DUE
Drawing Tip 9: Use Refining Lines P1 Process Blog
Drawing Tip 10: Observe Value
Project 2 Planning
Color and Optical Blending Techniques
Practice Color Techniques
Oil Pastel vs. Chalk
Color Pencil
Week 4
Warm ups:
Getting to Know the Drawing Tools Project 2
Draw Forms Studio Work Time
Practice Gradation
Observe shadow and light (light source)
Week 5
Warmups:
Rendering Value From Observation Project 2 DUE
Draw crumpled paper: Graphite P2 Process Blog
Draw Draped Cloth: Charcoal
Glass/Metal: Erased composition
Week 6
Warmups: Project 3
Plans
Set up a still life, Project Options: Charcoal or graphite
practice compositional arrangement. Still life
Practice designing a cubistic composition. Fractured plane
Practice observational drawing Nonsensical Scenes
Weeks 7-9
Warmups Project 3 Due Week 9
P 3 Process Blog
Draw from imagination,
articulate artistic voice through composition,
technique and subject.