Course builds on basic drawing and composition skills gained in Drawing I, but with an emphasis on drawing as the foundation for graphic design, painting, and sculpture, including figure drawing from life models and practice in illustrating ideas and abstract concepts. Opportunity for drawing students to fully develop personal interests in terms of specific drawing mediums and subject matter. Beginning course in use of painting mediums, with an emphasis on the use of acrylics and watercolors to develop basic composition skills using line, form and color. Individual instruction and critiques. An introduction to the methods and techniques of producing ceramic objects, covering the various forming, finishing, and firing techniques.
Emphasis is given to handbuilding methods, such as pinch, coil, slab and sculptural construction.
Students experience their own creative expression in the mysterious transformation of a natural material, clay. An introductory course that provides a foundation in design for understanding and speaking the visual language. This course explores the various design criteria required in the production of computer generated images. Explorations of various programs and practical experience developing a personal design sense will be covered. This course will explore the challenging medium of printmaking or the making of multiple images.