ARTS 040 - Visual Concepts and Processes: Drawing

Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU

Focused on drawing from observation to sharpen perceptual awareness, this course will initiate students in the practice and appreciation of graphic expression, with an emphasis on developing an understanding of both traditional and contemporary pictorial concerns. Diagrammatic line and principles of perspective will be presented as spatial and compositional concepts. Assignments will include: graphically locating objects on a ground plane; use of line, value, shape, texture as descriptive design vocabulary; the human figure as dynamic form; engaging representation and abstraction as responsive narrative.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: O. Shekari

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes