ART 305 Figural Form-making and Hand Drawn Technique5 credits
This advanced drawing course focuses on the human form as a basis for learning about composition, anatomy (including skeletal and muscular structure), and movement. Students will exit the course with the ability to draw the human form accurately in proportions, gesture, balance, structure, foreshortening, and surface anatomy. Students will conduct a thorough research project and present/teach the material to the class.
This course meets the Humanities general education distribution requirement.
Prerequisites: Admission to the BAS Design program or BAS Applied Art - Illustration program or BAS Game Design and Development program and at least 90 credits of 100/200 level coursework completed
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Identify bone structures and surface muscle in the human form
- Use important anatomical reference points to establish proportion
- Execute gesture drawings
- Render complex three-dimensional form on the two-dimensional surface
- Sketch schematic and planar-analysis drawings
- Apply form and cast shadows with differentiation of soft/hard edges
- Draw the human form through a range of motion
- Emphasize iteration through developmental sketchbook drawings
- Express abstract concepts through the human figure
- Research a topic related to anatomy or figure drawing and present/teach the material to the class
College-Wide Learning Outcomes
This course teaches to the college-wide learning outcome of Communication, the ability to engage effectively in verbal, non-verbal, written, and/or symbolic expression.
Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20
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