I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Drawing

2. Course Prefix & Number:
ARTS 1458

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This is an introductory course concerned with translation of three-dimensional form into two-dimensional visual expression. Students experience a variety of drawing media used in contemporary and historical art. The possibilities of line, shape, gesture, value, texture, space, proportion, perspective, and composition will be investigated through work-based assignments. A variety of subjects from still life, architectural forms, flora, and fauna are used as inspiration for the student’s drawings. This course will challenge students to generate ideas, experiment with meaning and metaphor, develop aesthetic sensitivity, and participate in critique and self-evaluation. This is a basic course designed to provide a drawing foundation for all art studio courses, and is recommended as an introduction to the art field and creative process for all students. MnTC Goal 6

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

Next Gen Reading

Score:

237

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Students must have the ability to physically manipulate basic art tools such as pencils, erasers, charcoal and/other tools.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

St. Cloud State University, Art 101 Foundation Drawing 1: Observation, 3 credits
North Hennepin Community College, Art 1401 Drawing 1, 3 credits
Minnesota State University, Mankato, ART 110 Drawing Foundations, 3 credits

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

 

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 6 – Humanities and Fine Arts

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Critique descriptive and interpretive qualities of compositions.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Create multiple layer drawing with each layer responding to the previous layer.
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Make artwork that reflects a conscious thought process.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Engage in the creative process (MnTC Goal 6);
• Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities (MnTC Goal 6);
• Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context (MnTC Goal 6);
• Translate the three dimensional world around them onto the two dimensional picture plane;
• Effectively integrate visual elements and principles in their drawings using a wide variety of media;
• Demonstrate understanding of the creative process which includes a personal vision as well as social and historical issues;
• Develop critical thinking by analyzing, discussing and critiquing historical and social contexts of art issues, visual structures and personal expression in their own art work and that of others;
• Acquire and appropriately use a broad art vocabulary in class discussion and critiques; and
• Acquire a good foundation of skills that will prepare them in becoming independent, creative, and skilled artists.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Media and materials for drawing
• Mark makers
• Mark removers
• Traditional drawing surfaces
• Experimental drawing surfaces
2. Types of drawing
• Subjective and objective
• Informational
• Schematic
3. Line variation and sensitivity explained
4. Working with value structure explained
5. Major approaches to art
• Representational
• Abstract
• Nonrepresentational
• Conceptual
6. Generating ideas
• Imaginative thinking, creativity, and brainstorming
• Meaning and metaphor
• Knowing your subject
7. The principles of composition
• How an art work is built
8. Sighting and relative measurements
• What is sighting
• Unit of measure and points of reference
• Transferring sighting observations
9. The illusion of space and depth on a two-dimensional surface
• Spatial depth
• Perspective
• Different kinds of space
10. Visual communication
• Descriptive and interpretive
• Form and content
• Art criticism

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Applying media and materials for drawing
2. Types of drawing subjects
• Still life
• Architecture and landscape
• Flora and fauna
3. Line variation and sensitivity
• Gesture
• Continuous line drawing
• Organizational line drawing
• Contour line drawing
4. Working with value structure
• Value changes
• Geometric and biomorphic shapes
• Light
5. Generating ideas
• Choosing a subject
• Sketchbook studies
• Research
6. The principles of composition
• Applying the principles in drawing
• Making a compositional layout
7. Sighting and relative measurements
• Using a sighting stick
• Identifying a unit of measure
8. The illusion of space and depth on a two-dimensional surface
• Overlap, diminishing size, and placement
• Linear perspective
• Atmospheric perspective
• Positive and negative space
9. Visual communication
• Using form and content
• Critique and self evaluation
• Applying aesthetic language