Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced Drawing Syllabus

 

Course Syllabus: 

Course Syllabus

 

Santa Ana College Fall 2018

8/27 – 12/16

 

Art 130 Introduction to Drawing (3 units)

Art 239 Intermediate Drawing (3units)

ART 233 Advanced Drawing (3 units)

Ed Foster, Office Hours (9:30 – 10:00)

 

“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.”     -Salvador Dali

 

 

Course Objective:

This course focuses on the study of and means to render convincing representations of still-life and other objects on a two dimensional surface. This is achieved through the study of line, form, structure, value, perspective and composition.

 

Techniques, methods and materials will be explored to enhance and improve drawing skills and the power of observation while focusing on creative and artistic results.

 

 

 

Requirements:

·      Avoid tardiness, both at the beginning of class and returning from breaks.

• Be prepared to start on time with all necessary materials.
• Minimize interaction while critiques are going on between student and instructor.
• No personal headphones are allowed while class is in session.
• No phone usage (including texting) is allowed while class is in session.
• Utilize class time with maximum silence and serious effort.
• Complete all class and homework assignments on time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Topics:

• The Contour and Edges (how they describe form)
• Line Quality and Variation
• Negative and Positive Space
• Principles of Composition: Theory vs. Application
• Making and Using Viewfinders
• The Block-In Method
• The General to Specific Approach
• Sighting and its Applications
• Comparative Measurement (Scaling)
• Setting up an effective Still-Life
• Structural Drawing
• Chiaroscuro “the study of light and shade”
• Understanding Value Structure
• Reductive Method and Application
• Understanding and Applying Perspective
• Understanding Materials and there Use
• Visual and Critical Thinking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluations and Grading

Group and individual critiques will be given throughout the semester. The final grade will be determined by the student’s ability to fulfill the course requirements as described. Attendance is important.

 

Attendance 33.3%

• Tardiness
• Absenteeism
• Returning from breaks

 

Absenteeism’s

0-1 = A

2 = B

3 = C

4 = D

5 = Failed course

 

Homework 33.3%

• On-time
• Complete
• Serious Effort

 

**Homework assignments will be explained and due dates given throughout the semester. All assignments are subject to change,

If you need additional time to complete a test or assignment or if you require special accommodations, you must notify the instructor in a timely manner. Otherwise, you will be expected to adhere to the information included on this course syllabus.

 

Class-work 33.3%

• Serious Effort
• Prepared with Materials
• Applying what is taught
• Minimal Disruption
• Participation

 

 

 

 

Materials Needed

• Drawing Board (masonite) approx. 20x26
• Strathmore drawing pad 400 series (white) 24 sheets 18x24
• Strathmore white plastic erasure
• Assorted pencils (graphite) 2h, 2b, 4b, 6b, 8b
• Two Kneaded erasures
• Sketchbook toned paper (any size)
• Sand Paper pad
• Xacto knife #11
• Artists or painters tape
• Assorted stumps (optional)
• Steel ruler 18”*
• Canson “Mi Tientes” Toned Paper (multiple sheets)
• Primsacolor Pencils, White, Tuscan Red and Indigo Blue
• Black and White Pencils (Cretacolor)
• Brown and Sanguine (red) Derwendt pencils
• Winsor Newton vine charcoal soft (12 pack)
• 2 charcoal pencils medium and hard (Generals)

 

*NOTE

If you decide to drop this class, it is your responsibility to notify admissions and fill-out a withdrawal form. Failure to do so may result in an assigned letter grade of “F”.

 

 

Add and Drop dates

 

Last Day to Add (add code required) 09 September 2018

Last Drop Date with 'W' 18 November 2018

Last Drop Date without 'W' 09 September 2018

Last Date to get Refund 09 September 2018

 

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY

 

Students at Santa Ana College are expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. To falsify the results of one’s research, to steal the words or ideas of another, or to cheat on an examination, corrupts the essential process by which knowledge is advanced.

Academic dishonesty is seen as an intentional act of fraud, in which a student seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization, or uses unauthorized materials or fabricated information in any academic exercise.

As institutions, we also consider academic dishonesty to include forgery of academic documents, intentionally impeding or damaging the academic work of others, assisting other students in acts of dishonesty or coercing students into acts of dishonesty.

 

 

COURSE CONTENT
(Include major topics of the course, time required, and what the student is expected to learn.)

ALL ACTIVITIES REQUIRE CRITICAL THINKING.  PROJECTS, READING AND WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS REQUIRE APPLICATION OF THEORIES AND CONCEPTS PRESENTED IN CLASS; INCLUDING ANALYSIS, DESCRIPTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS.

1.  Contour drawing: Pure/Blind and Modified.    2 lec 4 lab
Develop eye-hand coordination.  Form. volume, proportion.  Introduction to the organic line found in nature. 
Engaging the right brain.  Introduction to Graphite. 

2.  Negative space.    2 lec 4 lab
Defining positive shape by negative space.  Composition Concepts.  Figure-ground relationships. Graphite and/or ink.

 

 

3. Perspective, one and two point.    4 lec 8 lab
   Mechanical drawing of three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so that the objects seem to recede into deep space. 
   Drawing of architectural forms. Concept of picture plane, proportion, positive and negative space, and figure-ground relationships.
   Graphite.
   
   4.  Tonal drawing on light ground.    6 lec 12 lab
   Geometric forms: cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders.
   Tone and value studies using concepts of highlight, light, shadow, core of shadow, reflected light, reflected shadow, and cast shadow.
   Introduction to charcoal or nupastel.
   
   
4. Tonal drawing on middle, dark value grounds.    3 lec 6 lab
   Folds: geometric and organic forms found in paper bags and drapery.
   Contour drawing, gesture drawing and value studies.
   Concept of the picture plane.  Overlapping, positive and negative space, tone, value, composition concepts, proportion, scale, texture. Hatching/cross-hatching, and continuous tone.
   Introduction to the history of drawing.
   Introduction to conte crayon.
   
   6.  Light and refraction: Found in water filled glasses and highly reflective objects.    3 lec 6 lab
   Concepts of highlight, light, shadow, core of shadow, reflected light, reflected shadow, and cast shadow.  Oblique distortion, positive and negative space.  Realism, abstraction.
   Introduction to chalks and/or pastels.  Emphasis on individual technique and craftmanship.
   
   7.  Texture, rhythm, and pattern.    4 lec 8 lab
   Landscape, figures, other organic forms
   Texture, rhythm, pattern, positive and negative space, repetition, movement.
   Hatching/cross-hatching.
   
   
   

 

 

8. Photo realism.    3 lec 6 lab
   Use of a grid to enlarge or reduce an image.  Precise reproduction of this image.
   Converting an existing image into a value study. 
   Introduction to  contemporary issues in drawing.  Introduction to color.
   
   9.  Creative concepts.    5 lec 10 lab
   Development of the content portion of a drawing.  Introduction to contemporary artists whose primary expression is drawing.  Continued exploration of composition.
   Final project.

 

 

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