ART I

Art I is an introductory course designed to be complete in itself or else to be a foundation for more intensive study. The main focus is drawing, using methods that access the creative R-mode of brain processing, and understanding the elements and principles of design. Students produce several drawings, a painting, a ceramic slab pot, a linoleum block print, a calligraphy quotation, and a cartoon character.

SYLLABUS

Quarter 1

Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards

Vase-Face drawings

Up-Side-Down drawings

Contour drawings of your hand

Pure contour

Modified contour

Negative Space Drawing

Use of a viewfinder

Draw a chair or plant by drawing negative space

Sighting to draw a corner of the room

Portraits

Profile of a friend

Full face self portrait

Quarter 2

Art In Focus book

Developing a Visual Vocabulary

Art Media and Processes

Art Criticism and Aesthetics

Art History

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Egyptian Art

Ancient Greek Art

Ancient Roman Art

Quarter 3

Using the Elements and Principles of Design

Line and Shape in Linoleum Block Printing

Color and Value by painting in one of four color harmonies

Form and Texture in Ceramic Slab Pot

Quarter 4

Calligraphy

Figure Drawing

Cartooning