Painting/Drawing

This is a course in the theory and practice of painting/drawing to the materials and techniques using a systematic variety of media and subject matter.  It will cover mastery of techniques, composition, and color as vehicles of visual expression.  The student will examine painting/drawing through visual elements of line, plane, tone, shape, form, volume, rendering, and perspective, proportion and composition. The course also includes an introduction to light and shadow.  Problem solving will be structured to guide the student; the instructor will assist in this experience through individual attention. Instruction leads to direct the student and encourage subjective self-expression. Another purpose of this course is to develop basic critical skills in visual art and to expand elements of visual thinking and visual vocabulary. 

Course Content:

• The principles of seeing and visualization.
• Principles of the picture plane.
• Picture space and basic geometric shapes (still life drawing).
• Principles of line and line quality, contour drawing and hand-eye coordination.
• Proportional analysis, spatial relationships, and overlapping planes (still life drawing).
• The principles of light and shadow (still life drawing).
• Developing value, texture and surface quality (still life drawing).
• Principles of one-point perspective
• Principles of two-point perspective
• Developing form and composition
• Drawing for communication
• Creating abstract and non-objective imagery
• Exploration of self-direction and subjective expression
• An introduction to the anatomy of vertebrates (still life drawing) 

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