The focus of this foundation level drawing course is on perception, learning to
see subjects and objects in space and translating the surrounding reality with
line and shading. Exercises and assignments focus on volume, perspective,
proportion and composition as a way to translate what is seen onto the two-
dimensional surface. Students work with the model, still life and natural
surroundings. This course is designed to prepare students for future drawing
courses where they will begin to look at how form and content work together.
DRWG 310 Drawing Studio II
3 credits
TThis course utilizes visual tools gathered during Foundation Drawing and
other sources, developing compositional concepts and volume. A real
understanding of figure and ground is imparted. Drawing is taught as a
medium of enormous potential personal expression. Occasionally students
are asked to make artistic decision with materials other than drawing. All the
visual tools they possess can be mixed and reinvented to push their work to
a more individual and artistic level. The class works primarily from the
observation world, including still life, landscape and the model, which is used
extensively. Lectures utilizing great drawings from all periods are used as
well as group and individual critiques.
DRWG 370
Florence Sketchbook
3 credits
The primary objective of this course will be to encourage students to engage
with the city of Florence as a zone of discovery. Florence and its surroundings
will provide both the inspiration and the raw material for the creative
process, as students are encouraged to explore their environment with a
joyful but critical eye. Students will create and respond to the city through
textual, and visual sketchbooks using a variety of accessible materials and
methods, which may include drawing, mapping, montage, found objects, and
writing. At the end of the term each student will have a completed book.
DRWG 410 Drawing Studio III
3 credits
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This course focuses on expanding the notion of drawing through
confrontation with personal and new ideas, concepts, materials, and
techniques. Attention is paid to the relationship between the formal elements
of drawing and each student's expressive goals. Students propose and
develop their own individual projects. Classroom sessions are devoted to
drawing, visits to major Italian museums, monuments and galleries.
Critiques and discussions supplement the educational experience.