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Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Presents drawing practices as they relate to practical, conceptual, aesthetic and historical issues in contemporary art. Additional assignments will be required for students taking the course at this level. Students with credit for FPA 362 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course concentrates on drawing as a practice fundamental and essential to all forms of visual expression. Alternating between conventional studio techniques and more experimental methods, students will encounter drawing as a process of total observation involving their eyes, theirs ears and physical gestures and actions to response to materials and environment. Assigned studio work and projects will vary in duration and complexity and scale with drawings ranging from sketchbook studies to life-size figures. There will be a block of studio time devoted to concentrated study from the model developing an appreciation for the traditional and useful skills associated with drawing from life and understanding how those skills apply to an expanded understanding of visual communication. The classes are mainly structured to studio work with specific instruction and lectures usually given at the start of class so punctual attendance is absolutely essential to success.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Each student is expected to keep planning sketches and field sketches to be edited and assembled into a folio along with in-class studies for submission near the end of term.  Most homework assignments will be extensions of projects established in class but bear in mind that more ambitious projects will require considerable attention outside of class time.  Critiques, group discussions and presentations will round out the program.  A final grade is based on observable progress and class participation, completed assignments and a final folio submission.

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