This course is designed to explore the basic elements of art, line, tone, texture and space. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in observation and working with different drawing materials. Exercises include compositional studies, gestures, contour, still life and portraits. The study of anatomy covers the branch of biology that deals with form structure of the human body.
Students start by drawing bone structure, muscles, and skin tissue.
They also acquaint themselves with the correct and accepted terminology. Through knowledge of the human form, the student becomes aware of good drawing habits and increases his or her ability to execute professional layouts and renderings that include figures. Through technical and practical exercises they becomefamiliar with color charts and color wheel blending grids, monotone exercises and analysis of chroma execution. Exercises include value scales, mixing, neutralizing, and color rendering with watercolor, acrylics, gouache, color pencil and marker. The correlation of color in daily life and its application within an interior environment, packaging, and expressing a feeling or mood is also studied.