Projects include work in perspective, still life, figure drawing, and portraiture. A concentration on the human form. The course includes techniques and exercises designed to impart and improve drawing skills. An approach to watercolor using transparent and opaque techniques. Basics such as stretching paper and laying a graded wash are explored.
Subjects range from studio still life to location landscapes.
Topics in art which are not carried in the catalogue on a regular basis. The course may be repeated for credit if the topic varies. An overview of the origins of art and its evolution from cave paintings in France and Spain to the stained glass windows and sculptures of the great cathedrals of Europe. Art of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans as well as that of the medieval Vikings and Christians is studied to enhance understanding of the ideas and images that form part of the artistic heritage of western civilization. From Michelangelo to Monet, the course emphasizes how great artists of Europe and America produced distinctively personal expressions of themselves and their age.