Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Understand and demonstrate an advanced (secondary) level of ability to use formal aspects of drawing; line quality, composition, value, spatial illusion, accurate scale/proportion in drawing from direct observation of subject matter
• Identify the basic proportions of the human figure
• Demonstrate the ability to draw the foreshortened human figure
• Demonstrate the ability to render the structure and form of the human hand and foot
• Demonstrate the ability to render the human figure from direct observation with light and shade
• Demonstrate the ability to use the concept of gesture to animate drawings of the figure and/or other life forms
• Understand and demonstrate a facility with a limited variety of drawing media; charcoal, color pastel/prismacolor, tonal papers
• Understand and demonstrate a sensibility towards use of expression in drawing
• Understand and demonstrate ability towards critical thinking and objective critique regarding drawing