ARTS 103 Drawing I: Observation and Invention

Previously ARTT 109. This course focuses on the theories, practices, and techniques of drawing as a descriptive tool and mode of personal expression. Through observation, students will apply the traditional conventions of drawing, employing line and value, to develop form, render space, portray the effects of light, and exhibit accuracy in shape, proportion, and scale. Exploring the strategies and techniques used in drawing from observation and invention, students will develop a greater conceptual understanding of drawing as an expressive medium. Research tools such as thumbnail sketches, quick studies, and sketchbooks are used to develop ideas and enrich students’ understanding of drawing. Subjects may include still life, landscape, architecture, portraiture, and figures.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

4

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.
5. Produce original representational drawings from observation and invention, using common drawing media and tools.
6. Use shapes (planes) and lines to effectively represent solid masses occupying convincing spaces on a two-dimensional surface.
7. Observe and represent the scale and proportions of objects and spaces and understand the difference between scale and proportion.
8. Apply the rules of perspective in observational drawing and invented compositions.
9. Suggest form and space from observation and invention, using line quality, tonal modulation, and texture.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Process Book

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Produce original representational drawings from observation and invention, using common drawing media and tools.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project
6. Use shapes (planes) and lines to effectively represent solid masses occupying convincing spaces on a two-dimensional surface.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
7. Observe and represent the scale and proportions of objects and spaces and understand the difference between scale and proportion.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
8. Apply the rules of perspective in observational drawing and invented compositions.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric
9. Suggest form and space from observation and invention, using line quality, tonal modulation, and texture.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)