Drawing and Painting 1

Syllabus

 How does art impact the world and how does the world impact art? 

This course works with improving students’ awareness of their world, observation skills, rendering skills and visual and expressive problem solving. We begin working with line, add value and explore with color in order to learn how to communicate through art. The class will introduce students to a variety of media and techniques such as pencil, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic paints and ink. Students will see a variety of historical and contemporary artwork and interpret their perceptions.

Topics:

         Contour Drawing

            Forms in Value

            Portraits

            Gestures/Figure proportion

            Texture in Pen

            Chalk Pastel

Grading

   70% =project

            30% =journals, writing responses, reflections, criticism