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. Using common drawing media and tools, produce original representational drawings from observation and invention.
2. Use shapes (planes) and lines to effectively represent solid masses occupying convincing spaces on a two-dimensional surface.
3. Observe and represent the scale and proportions of objects and spaces and understand the difference between scale and proportion.
4. Apply the rules of perspective in observational drawing and invented compositions.
5. Using line quality, tonal modulation, and texture, suggest form and space from observation and invention.
6. Identify the critical theories, specialized vocabulary and concepts of the elements of art and the principles of design and apply them to issues of aesthetics and creativity in historic and contemporary drawing.
7. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into the analytical and problem-solving methodologies of the creative process from ideation to completion.
8. Engage in informed discourse about and critical assessment of drawing and drawn artwork arising from individual creative expression, personal significance, and the social and cultural context under which an artwork is created.
9. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of drawing artwork as an expression of the human condition.

Course Objectives

1. Using common drawing media and tools, produce original representational drawings from observation and invention.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

2. 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

3. 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

4. Apply the rules of perspective in observational drawing and invented compositions.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Using line quality, tonal modulation, and texture, suggest form and space from observation and invention.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. Identify the critical theories, specialized vocabulary and concepts of the elements of art and the principles of design and apply them to issues of aesthetics and creativity in historic and contemporary drawing.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP1
7. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into the analytical and problem-solving methodologies of the creative process from ideation to completion.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP2
8. Engage in informed discourse about and critical assessment of drawing and drawn artwork arising from individual creative expression, personal significance, and the social and cultural context under which an artwork is created.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP3
9. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of drawing artwork as an expression of the human condition.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Project and/or paper

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

   Creative Process

   • CP4