AT 139 - Drawing for Personal Interest

Description
This course is offered to students who are interested in learning to draw. Students are introduced to basic drawing techniques, applied to still life and portrait studies, using black and white media. Emphasis is placed on skill building and artistic growth. AT 139 does not apply towards a drawing requirement. Students needing a drawing requirement should take AT 140 .

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 6

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

Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-04-10 11:32:03
Course Review & Revision Year: 2024-2025

Course Type:
Elective- Offering designed to expand learning opportunities for degree seeking students. May or may not be required for 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. Produce drawings that demonstrate a thoughtful level of presentation.

2. Correctly follow the drawing process through the sequential steps of thumbnail sketches to the final product.

3. Identify solutions through the understanding of basic design principles, concepts, and media.

4. Objectively critique one’s own artwork as well as those of others.

5. Explore traditional technical and conceptual approaches to drawing.

6. Demonstrate self-discipline to manage work load and time restrictions imposed by the course to enhance both career development and life-long learning.

7. Create a written summary of the main ideas extracted from information gathered.

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

9. Adapt to change by developing new ideas or finding improved ways of doing things.

Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes

Course Outline:
I. Composition - design elements, negative space/shape

II. Gesture - line, mass, combination

III. Measurement and Proportion - sighting techniques, angles, axis and symmetry, transparent construction

IV. Contour Line - line quality and line Weight

V. Linear Perspective - 1 pt. perspective, 2 pt. perspective, ellipses and cylinders

VI. Planar Analysis - shape and plane, structural line

VII. Value - six categories of light, value scales, local value, additive technique (render, parallel line, cross-hatch), additive and subtractive technique

VIII. Portraiture - measurement and proportion of the human head

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 10-25%

Facilitated discussion (studio lab time, group and individual critiques demonstration, book examples): 60-80%

Mediated discussion (slides, video): 10-25%

Group work (critiques): 5-20%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

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

General Room Request: 463 Main

Maximum Course Enrollment: 20
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
None
Course Fees: $20.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 104409
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