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ART 203 Intermediate Drawing

5 credits


This course builds on existing skills and terminology learned in Intro to Drawing. Advanced approaches to composition, color media, subject matter and drawing genres will be examined in both representational and non-representational projects and exercises.

This course meets the Humanities  general education distribution requirement.

Prerequisites: ART 121  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Produce drawings that demonstrate a solid understanding of value and color in drawing through use of both black-and-white and color drawing media
  • Produce drawings that utilize the two-dimensional space of the picture plane effectively and creatively by use of proportion, scale, perspective and compositional structure
  • Draw confidently from life, from 2D images, from memory, or imagination
  • Record ideas in a sketchbook to explore subject matter and new techniques
  • Apply representational and non-representational drawing approaches to projects and exercises
  • Describe the significance of drawing as a medium of creative expression and visual communication
  • Demonstrate creativity and problem solving abilities through individual projects

General Education Distribution Area Outcomes
Students who successfully complete courses in the Humanities distribution area will be able to:

  • Discuss and explain methods of creative expression, social interaction, and aesthetic considerations employed by individuals and societies
  • Employ methods of intellectual and creative inquiry central to the selected Humanities course of study, using the vocabulary, concepts, historical perspectives and materials common to the chosen area
  • Dependent on the Humanities area selected, interpret specific artifacts from art, film, history, language, literature, philosophy, religious thought, or narrative form and develop one’s own viewpoint or artifact using the techniques common to that area

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20