SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS for

VA 33: DRAWING I

I. Course Title: Drawing I

II. Catalog Description: 2005 – 2006

Introduction to fundamentals of drawing. Drawing of objects to develop student’s understanding of proportion, value, perspective, form and shape. Develops accurate observation, understanding and memory of key forms, properties of illumination, and effective use of drawing materials. (1 hr. lecture, 4 studio hrs each week.) No prerequisite.

III. Goals:

To introduce the fundamental concepts of drawing.

To enhance the students’ visual perception of the physical world.

To enable the student to translate the visual world into two-dimensions through the elements of drawing.

To develop the students’ hand eye coordination.

To acquaint the student with basic drawing methods and increase his or her sensitivity to drawing materials.

To familiarize the student with a basic vocabulary of visual art terms.

To engage the student in the creative process as a means of examining the world around them and facilitating personal discovery.

IV. Outcome Behaviors: Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

1) Render form, texture, space and light in line and value.

2) Measure and describe the accurate proportions of objects.

3) Create unified and balanced compositions.

4) Demonstrate effective and controlled use of a variety of black and white drawing media and materials.

6) Produce "blind" and "modified" contour drawings.

7) Rapidly capture the formal essence of a visual event through the use of gesture drawing.

8) Define space using linear and atmospheric perspective.

9) Demonstrate an understanding of all the stages of the creative process, from conception of the idea to final presentation.

10) Apply a basic vocabulary of art terms when discussing artwork.

11) Apply unique and creative solutions to a set of visual problems.

12) Constructively critique the work of others.

13) Push themselves, willingly taking the necessary risks, to reach his or her maximum level of achievement.

V Programs that Require this Course:

Visual Art / A.S. Degree, Computer Art / A.A.S. Degree, Graphic Design / A.A.S. Degree, Interior Design / A.A.S. Degree, Photographic Imagining / A.A.S. Degree

VI Major Topics Required with Approximate Times for Each Major Topic*:

(30 sessions per semester)

blind contour, semi-blind contour, sustained contour line drawing (4 sessions)

line quality (2 sessions)

positive / negative shape (2 sessions)

sighting techniques (2 sessions)

compositional studies, thumbnail sketches (1 sessions)

1 point perspective and 2 point perspective (4 sessions)

value drawing - reduction to show structure (2 sessions)

value drawing - modeled gradations to show volumetric forms (6 sessions)

local value contrasts (4 sessions)

atmospheric perspective (2 sessions)

simulated texture (drawing of objects with various textures) (2 sessions)

actual texture (surface of drawing created from the support and medium used) (2 sessions)

invented/symbolic texture (methods and materials used to create patterns and give drawing a unified and/ or contrasting textural “feel”, such as stippling, cross-hatching rubbing, in materials such as pen and ink, china marker, ink wash) (2 sessions)

VII. Special Instructions:

A. Prerequisites to this course:

None

B. Courses that require this course as a prerequisite:

VA34, VA35, VA55

C. External Jurisdiction

None

VIII. Supporting Information:

Museum and Gallery visits

Library Art Books

IX. Optional Topics:

X. Evaluation of Student Performance*:

Classroom drawing assignments

Homework drawing projects

Quizzes

Paper

Final portfolio of drawings

Attendance

Participation, effort, growth

* Any combination of the above. Left to the discretion of the instructor.