Students will gain a working knowledge of foundation skills and abilities in artistic visual expression. Students will be introduced to drawing media and concepts. Students learn to draw perceived objects and become able to discuss the drawings meaningfully. Students will experience object drawing, large scale drawing, media exploration, life drawing, and some portrait drawing.
Major emphasis is on human figure in well designed compositions.
3 credit hours. I Student will gain understanding of the possibilities as a visual creator and will create paintings in a variety of media and concepts. Students will experience working in watercolor, gouache, acrylic and oil on paper supports. Students will be required to produce a portfolio of paintings with evaluation based on technical growth and exploration of visual ideas. 3 credit hours.