Within a problem-solving format, we will emphasize the discovery and use of design principles, encouraging you to make choices, to question the known and the unknown, and to discover personal conceptual methods of problem solving. Media such as pen and ink, graphite, colored pencil, and collage will be used to develop skills and knowledge that have a direct application to all disciplines. This is an excellent course for visual artists at all levels of experience. Whether you are drawing in the sand or in cyberspace, this course will improve your results. This introductory course will explore art that is in a special partnership with the written word illustration.
Illustration serves to clarify, explain, decorate, or enhance text.
Students will have the opportunity to work in a variety of traditional and non-traditional techniques. Class time will consist of presentation topics, slides and samples of artful illustration, critiques of assignments, and studio working time. The final project for students could be a mock-up of a children's book or another group of related illustrations of their own choosing. At the end of the semester, we will discuss practical tips for preparing and showing a portfolio. The purpose of this course is to create a marriage between words and pictures.