Course Syllabus
Course: ART 1110
Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Visual Art
Title: Drawing I
Semester Approved: Spring 2023
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2027
End Semester: Fall 2028
Catalog Description: This foundation studio course is an introduction to the expressive means of drawing. The focus of this course is the development of observational drawing skills, employing a wide range of mediums. This course will address the fundamental techniques consistent in historic and current artistic practices. Required of all art majors. A lab fee is required.
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 3; Lecture: 3; Lab: 3
Prerequisites: N/A
Corequisites: N/A
Justification: This foundation art course should be completed during the first year of art study for students pursuing a degree in the visual arts. It is pertinent that art majors master the skills taught in this course to be able to succeed. It is a prerequisite for many visual art courses.; It is required at most academic institutions.; This course articulates with a common number and title in the USHE system.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding, proficiency, and fluency in the following Snow College Visual Arts Student Learning Outcome: Material Proficiency Students will be introduced to a variety of drawing materials and techniques, through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and critiques. Each student will gain proficiency by completing weekly in-class and out-of-class assignments. Each student will be required to maintain a portfolio documenting their development and progress. This portfolio will be reviewed at multiple points in the semester to provide feedback for improvement.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding, proficiency, and fluency in the following Snow College Visual Arts Student Learning Outcome: Conceptual Principles Students will be instructed to the formal approaches of drawing, through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and critiques. Evidence of proficiency will culminate in their written assessment and production of their final project. This knowledge will enhance their formal and conceptual sensibilities. The final proposal and project will be reviewed at multiple points in the semester to provide feedback for improvement.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding, proficiency, and fluency in the following Snow College Visual Arts Student Learning Outcome: Historical Context Students will engage in a dialog examining the historic practice and contemporary response to drawing, through: lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and critiques. Evidence of proficiency will culminate in their written assessment and production of their final project. This knowledge will enhance their creative sensibilities. The final proposal and project will be reviewed at multiple points in the semester to provide feedback for improvement.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding, proficiency, and fluency in the following Snow College Visual Arts Student Learning Outcome: Critical Analysis Students will learn the process of critical analysis (both orally and in written form) as it applies to drawing, through: lectures, discussions, group critiques, and private interviews. To verbally assess & express your efforts is an integral part of the creative process. Evidence of proficiency will culminate in their written assessment and production of their final project, which will be reviewed at multiple points in the semester to provide feedback for improvement.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding, proficiency, and fluency in the following Snow College Visual Arts Student Learning Outcome: Creative Process Students will be instructed to the technical approaches of drawing, through lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and critiques. Evidence of proficiency will culminate in their production of their final projects. A working knowledge of the creative process will enhance their formal and conceptual sensibilities.
Content:
Students will be introduced to the process of drawing through a variety of inclusive and diverse means, which include lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and art critiques. These teaching methods are tailored to accommodate unique learning styles that will culminate with the completion of a variety of creative projects. In this course students will explore the formal elements and principles of design. The relationships between positive and negative shapes using empirical information. An investigation of the Italian Renaissance and the invention of Linear Perspective. Conduct a critical study of light logic and its application of communicating form and shadow. Students will also be introduced to the critical analysis process and develop a means to discuss and write about art.
Key Performance Indicators:
Weekly Assignments/projects 40 to 50%
Portfolio Reviews 10 to 20%
Attendance/participation 20 to 30%
Final projects/written assessment 20 to 30%
Representative Text and/or Supplies:
No text is required for this course.
Materials and supplies to be determined at the discretion of the instructor.
Pedagogy Statement:
This course is tailored to accommodate unique learning styles. Students will be introduced to the material through a variety of inclusive and diverse means, which include: discussions, critiques, and demonstrations. The lecture/lab structure promotes the implementation of high impact practices, hands on training, and personal instruction and feedback.
Maximum Class Size: 20
Optimum Class Size: 16
