DA1000 THINKING & COMMUNICATING VISUALLY I

The subject will be conducted in a studio-classroom. Teaching methods will consist of a short lecture/presentations and demonstrations presented each class, followed by drawing and art-making exercises that reflect the concepts introduced in the lecture. Throughout each class there will be individual and/or group critiques. Some of the classwork will require the students to work outside at special architectural spaces, landscapes and field trip sites. Course content includes: 1. Introduction to materials: Charcoal; Graphite; Chinese Ink ; Charcoal paper. 2. Introduction to the Elements of Art: Line; Tone; Shape; Texture; Form. 3. Introduction to 1 and 2 point perspective. 4. Introduction to the sketch as a developmental process. 5. Translating ideas to pictures. 6. Introduction to Figure Drawing: Line of Action; Gesture drawing; Angles and Proportions; Anatomical Drawing. 7. Introduction to Volume: Sculpting the figure in space. 8. Introduction to the properties of Light: Still life drawing with tone; Night drawing; Drawing the figure in space with tone. 9. Elements of Composition & Design with perceptual painting: Activating the picture plane; Balancing the picture plane; Textures and patterns; Balance, contrast, emphasis, Rhythm. 10. Figure in Space. 11. Ideas translated to concepts of drawing.