Technology Studio provides the skill base and prerequisite necessary for upper-level courses utilizing technology. This hands-on lab also familiarizes students with the particulars of the college1s educational support services, policies, and computing facilities. Students work in class from live models on a series of figure studies that stress form, structure, and gesture relationships. This course complements the figure analysis of Life Drawing I and the more conceptual concerns of Three-Dimensional Design. These practical skills are applicable to students in all concentrations.
Emphasis is on the immediacy and flexibility of the media.
Work begins with black and white tonal drawings and proceeds to study in color, aerial perspective, and structure, using pastels. Working from still-life and personal objects, each student in this introductory course will discover his or her individual needs and work in an appropriate direction to develop a facility in objective drawing. An introduction to computer animation through exploration of contemporary and traditional animation techniques. In this course for the beginning painter, students will develop a basic understanding of form and space in color, working from still-life and the figure. Composition and color relationships are explored.