AT 231 - Life Drawing II

Description
This course is a continuation of AT 230 plus study of the muscular system using black and white, and color media.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 6

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Visual Arts
Discipline: AT

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20220216T16:21:10
Course Review & Revision Year: 2026-2027

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Studio - 1:1-2

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Employ traditional and contemporary drawing techniques using black and white and color media with skill and sensitivity.

2. Demonstrate the practice of basic design principles, concepts, media, and formats in order to develop solutions to aesthetic and design problems utilizing the human form as subject matter.

3. Demonstrate skill with human skeletal and muscular anatomy, human proportions, and human movement applied to drawings.

4. Objectively critique verbally and in writing ones own artwork as well as those of others.

5. Participate effectively in classroom critiques and discussions.

6. Develop self-discipline to manage workload through the coordination of various steps of the drawing process and be able to move back-and-forth between drawings in various stages of completion.

7. Cultivate an appreciation for aesthetics and diversity.

8. Develop an attitude of curiosity and habits of inquiry that foster lifelong learning.

9. Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems or issues.

10. Complete work accurately, with attention to detail.

Approved for Online Delivery?: No

Course Outline:
I. Gesture line, mass, combination

II. Measurement and Proportion sighting techniques - angles, axis and symmetry

III. The human skeleton

IV. The human muscular system

V. Movement

VI. Value

VII. Space - Compositional use

VIII. Scale

IX. Color - Figurative and compositional

X. Portraiture - Measurement and Proportions of the Human Head

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 10-25%

Studio-Lab: 60-80%

Demonstration/Mediated instruction: 5-25%

Discussion/Critique: 5-15%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: AT 230 (D- or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: NA
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Studio Hours Per Week: 6
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), 18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Instructor must have an MFA in drawing/painting and college level teaching experience.

General Room Request: Room with sinks, Track lights for still lives, drying racks, easels.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 18
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Pre-Art, A.A. (General Transfer)
Course Fees: $20.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 100238
Course CIP Code: 50.0799

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA