ARTS 101-01 Drawing I, Fall 2008, Semester hours: 3

9:00 - 11:50 Mon. & Wed., 222 Harris Hall. Office Hrs: 12-1 MW, 12 -2 Tues. & Thurs.

Instructor: Ms. Dort, Room 216E Harris Hall; 524-5856; sdort@vsu.edu  

 

I. DESCRIPTION: Introduction to the fundamentals of drawing expression. Pencil, charcoal, conte and wash media are explored. The course includes weekly critiques and discussions. 

 

II. REQUIRED TEXT: Drawing as Expression, Techniques and Concepts, 2nd edition, by Sandy Brooke. 2007

Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-194005-8 

III. OBJECTIVES
A. Knowledge:

            4. learn how to do research in the art section of the library and on the World Wide Web.

B. Skills:

            1. develop skills in technique, composition and the graphic representation of ideas.

            4. to use correct terminology when discussing class work, writing essays and research papers.

C.  Abilities:

            6. communicate orally and in writing, discussing your art, the art of other students and other artists.

 

IV. COURSE CONTENT

 

A. Assignments will be given from various texts in the bibliography.

B. A variety of drawing media will be introduced.

C. The elements and principles of design will be explored. Areas to be covered:

                        c. line width

                        d. lost and found line

 

D. Subject will include still life, landscape and cityscape, figure and portraiture and form will include realism, abstraction, nonrepresentational, collages, cubism.

 

E. Styles of expression will be explored and integrated

 

F. Freedom or expression and personal style will be encouraged.

 

G. Skills in communication of design will be developed. Students will critique their own work and other students’ work.

 

V. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

A. Attendance is mandatory.

·Each student may have up to two (2) unexcused absences during the semester.

· Each unexcused absence after that will result in a reduction of the final grade for the course of five (5) points.

· 3 lates will add up to one absence. 

· Leaving before being excused will be considered an unexcused absence.    

· Sleeping and any disruptive behavior in the class will likewise be considered an unexcused absence.

· Any absence will lower the quality of your portfolio. 

· To obtain an excused absence, the instructor must be notified in advance (or, in case of an emergency, as soon as possible) and written proof must be provided.

 

I UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE ATTENDANCE POLICY _________________

 

B. Students who are covered under the American Disability Act should privately inform the teacher of this fact so that appropriate instructional arrangements can be made. 

 

C. Students will be required to work on assignments during class time. The instructor will be available for assistance. Do not hesitate to ask the instructor questions or to ask for assistance. If class time is over and the assignment is not completed, the project needs to be completed outside of class time and be ready to turn it at the beginning of the next class period. Additional homework assignments will also be given periodically.

 

D. Students are required to be prepared for class by having materials ready at the beginning of class time and by presenting assignments that are due at the beginning of class time.

 

E. Use of cell phones and cell phone ringing is prohibited in the classroom.

 

F. Art majors are required to keep a SKETCHBOOK that is worked in daily. Non-art majors will get extra credit for a sketchbook completed using the following criteria.

1. Print your name clearly on the outside and in small letters in the bottom right hand corner of each page. Date all drawings.

2. Work in your sketchbook daily; date each drawing.

3. Use your sketchbook like a diary for remembering places you have been with sketches, cutting and pasting and writing.

4. Related artwork found in magazines, newspapers, flyers should be pasted in your sketchbook with your comments.

5. Review museum shows, art-related tv programs, notes on art books and magazines you have skimmed.

6. Copy master drawings and sign them “After _________” (the artist’s name).

7. Thumbnail sketches as preliminary drawings of class and homework assignments.

8. Use your sketchbook to explore media.

9. Practice sketching people as they move or sit around.

10. Drawings need not be “finished.” You need quantity in your sketchbook.

11. Make sure all loose work is pasted down so nothing will fall out of your book.

12. Carry your sketchbook with you at all times and to each drawing class. It will be graded periodically, sometimes unannounced ahead of time.

 

VI. GRADING

 

A.           An “A” student has regular on-time attendance, is fully prepared, consistently completes class assignments, and has a consistent exploratory, experimental, questioning attitude. An “A” student shows improvement in work over the semester, has a caring attitude and shares in class discussions. He/she has the ability to transfer learning from one area to another and explores beyond class assignments for further insight and class input.

 

B.           Regular on-time class attendance with necessary materials and work completed. Frequent exploratory, questioning attitude, manipulation of ideas and materials and going beyond class assignments. Frequent participation in class discussion.

C.           Reasonable class attendance with necessary materials, work usually completed. Basic understanding of ideas presented.

D.           Materials thrown together with little organization of thinking, rare transfer of learning, little flexibility. Rarely goes beyond class assignments in thinking and rarely participates in class discussion.

VII. SAFETY PROCEDURES:

B.         Use safety goggles when using saws or chemicals.

C.        Always use sprays, rubber cement, oil paint or chemicals in a ventilated area. Fixative must only be used out doors. 

D.        Use a face-mask when using sprays or chemicals. 

E.         Be aware of paints containing lead (i.e. flake white oil paint) and do not let it get on your skin or in your eyes or mouth. Recommendation: don't use lead based paint.                                              

F.         Dispose of chemicals, turpentine, kerosene and oil paints only in designated containers. Do not dump this material down the sink!

G.        Make sure the blade on exacto and mat knives are always retracted or protected when not in use, even if for a short time period. Use extreme caution and courtesy when handing an exacto or mat knife to another person.

H.        Use precaution when using all tools or handing tools to another person.

I.          Know where first aid kits and eye-washes are located.
J.         Report any accidents to the instructor.          

VIII.        BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Claudia Betti and Teel Sale, Drawing, A Contemporary Approach, Harcourt be Jovanovich College Publishers

 

Lu Bro, Drawing: A Studio Guide, W.W. Norton & Co.

 

Bernard Chaet, The Art of Drawing, Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

 

Bernard Chaet, An Artist’s Notebook: Techniques and Materials, Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

 

Joseph D’Amelio, Perspective Drawing Handbook, Van Nos Reinhold

 

Robert Regis Dvorak, Experiential Drawing, Crisp Publications.

 

Betty Edwards, Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain, Houghton Mifflin.

 

Nathan Goldstein, The Art of Responsive Drawing, Prentice Hall.

 

Robert Kaupelis, Experimental Drawing, Watson-Guptill Pub.

 

Ralph W. Mayer, The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques, Penguin.

 

Daniel Mendelowitz, A Guide to Drawing, Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

 

Kimon Nicolaides, Natural Way to Draw, Houghton Mifflin Co.

Roger Winter, On Drawing, Collegiate Press.

SUPPLIES for ARTS 102, Ms. Dort

 

Soft and medium charcoal pencils

 

Ebony pencil

 

ERASERS: kneaded, gum, ruby

 

Compressed charcoal

 

 

 

 

(Other useful materials: Conte pencils, set of oil pastels and set of colored pencils)

 

Elmer’s glue and Paper glue or glue sticks or spray adhesive (sprays can only be used outside)

 

Hand-held pencil sharpener

Exacto knife or pen knife and supply of blades