Drawing
Course description and topics covered: Students are taught the use and care of pencil, charcoal, conte crayon, and ink. These media are used to create drawings that demonstrate an understanding of form and its rendering by means of varied line and modeling with cross-hatching and with shading. Attention is paid to the creation of works which demonstrate understanding of principles of composition and design. Subjects include still-lives, landscapes, animals, the human figure, and subjects form the imagination. Drawings progress from gesture drawings, to contour drawing, to quick sketches, to prolonged studies of up to two hours. Students are expected to keep a sketch book. |
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