ARTS2212 Drawing 2

Credit Hours: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: ARTS2211 Drawing 1

Course Description

This course has been designed to advance the practice of Drawing through the process of studying inanimate subjects, such as environment and various objects. It is a perceptual drawing course that expounds upon and requires a proficiency in the skills introduced in ARTS2211. The goal of the course is to further your perceptual drawing skills related to representing three-dimensional forms and apply them to the study of inanimate objects.

Goals and Objectives

The goals of this course are as follows:

Gain an understanding of basic visual shapes and forms through observation and drawing

Begin to conceptualize the subject based on its visual principles.

Implement and advance drawings skills learned in ARTS2211.

Consider the subject compositionally.

Students who complete this course will be able to:

• Complete a manner of drawing where structural knowledge and perceptual knowledge are in full support of one another, resulting in a technically sound, confident, well-understood drawings.

Materials Needed

• 1 pad of 18”x24” Rough Newsprint Paper

• Sketchbook size no smaller than 9” x 12” Recommended 11” x 14” (Strathmore, Canson, etc.)

• Erasers (1 kneaded, 1 gum)

• Charcoal Pencils (medium, soft, extra soft)

• Hand-held metal pencil sharpener

• Compressed charcoal blocks

• Vine Charcoal (Soft, Medium, Hard)

• 2 large binder clips

• Masonite Drawing board approximately 24” x 26”

• E-Xacto Knife for Sharpening

• Coarse-grit sandpaper for fine sharpening

• Tackle box / Art box to hold drawing supplies

• 1 roll of masking tape (preferably painter’s tape)

• 1 can of workable Fixative spray