Syllabus Sections
Publish Date
01/14/2011 15:14:57
Life Drawing I
ARTS-2323
Spring 2011
01/18/2011 - 05/15/2011
Course Information
Section 003
Lecture
TTh 12:00 - 14:40
NRG4 4266
Douglas Jaques
Office Hours
No office hours have been entered for this term
Course Requirements
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Discussion of syllabus. Drawing from model |
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Draw – front, back, side views of model. Draw corresponding views of skeleton
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Draw three views of the head and corresponding views from the skull.
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Test on muscles of the torso. Gesture drawing with pencil, conte, and charcoal. Master drawings.
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Begin shading exercises using conte crayon and charcoal. Master drawings.
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Continue volumetric drawing using mass lines to give the illusion of form through linear shading, cross-hatching and cross contour lines. Pencil, pen, charcoal, and conte. Master drawings. Drawings due for grading.
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Gesture drawing. Exploring pen and wash techniques on watercolor paper. Master drawings
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Explore chiaroscuro with charcoal or conte on grey charcoal paper heightened with white conte. Long pose.
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Test on muscles of the arm. Gesture drawing. Studies of the hand. Studies of the foot.
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Gesture drawing using continuous tone and drawing using a shading stump and powdered charcoal. Drawings due for grading.
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Gesture drawings. Long pose using powdered graphite and pencil on good quality drawing paper.
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Detailed drawing of the head in charcoal on grey paper heightened with white conte.
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Test on muscles of the leg. Contour drawings. Value drawings. Combined contour and value drawings
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Long pose using choice of materials
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Long pose using choice of materials. Drawings due for grading.
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Student’s choice of poses and materials. Compute and discuss grades
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Readings
Required Text
The Human Figure by David K. Rubens
Suggested Reading
Constructive Anatomy by George Bridgman
Bridgman’s Life Drawing, by George Bridgman
Figure Drawing by Nathan Goldstein
The Human Figure, by David K. Rubens is available in the ACC bookstore on the ground floor of building 4000.
The Library is on the second floor of building 1000 at NRG. It has a fairly good collection of art and anatomy books.
I would recommend visiting the downtown branch of the Austin Public Library, or the UT Fine Art Library, for a really in depth collection of art books.
Materials
1. Tackle box
2. Charcoal – (hard, soft, medium)
3. Charcoal paper – white and gray
4. Drawing board
5. Graphite pencils – 3B, 4B, 5B,6B, powdered graphite
6. Kneaded eraser (large)
7. Chamois (optional)
8. Single edged razor blade (optional)
9. Hand pencil sharpener
10. Conte crayons – black and white, brown optional
11. One pad 18” x 24” Strathmore drawing paper, white
12. An assortment of markers, fine to medium point, permanent and water soluble
13. Spray fixative
14. Watercolor brush, Chinese bamboo
15. Water container
16. Water soluble drawing ink
17. Drawing pen (optional)
18. Sharpened stick
19. Clamps for holding paper
20. Masking tape (optional)
21. Portfolio, cardboard
Course Subjects
Detailed study of the human form. Emphasis on rendering, mood, expression, and skeletal and muscular structure.
Instructional Methodology
Teaching will be done by the following methods:
1. Demonstration – The instructor will demonstrate concepts and technique by drawing in front of the class.
2. Hands on teaching – The instructor will make the rounds, working with each student, giving constructive criticism, and doing individual demonstrations.
3. Discussion – The instructor will illustrate the technical and expressive aspects of life drawing by showing examples of his own work, and the work of other artists. Students will be encouraged to participate in group discussions and critiques as time allows.
4. Individual Discussion – The instructor will guide students individually by giving technical advice and suggested reading and research, which would benefit individual students.
5. To alternate a gestalt, gestural approach to life drawing with a methodical approach, this is to insure that the student will draw with energy and accuracy
7. Course Rationale
The purpose of Life Drawing I is to provide each student with specific drawing media experiences and to build basic perceptual skills in terms of drawing from the human figure. The student will review basic knowledge of the elements of art: line, value, shape/volume, texture and color to lead to their deliberate manipulation for different types of spatial illusion, compositions, and expressive meaning.
Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives
Common Course Objectives
* Students will demonstrate knowledge of the bone structure of the human skeleton and the body’s muscle structure by drawing and by quizzes on the nomenclature of anatomy.
* Students will be able to draw the human figure accurately displaying normative proportional relationships of the body’s parts to the whole.
* Students will depict the figure in a variety of poses using foreshortening (linear perspective).
* Students will draw the figure so that the illusion of volume is achieved through a variety of shading techniques, such as, graduated continuous tones, cross contour lines, and cross-hatching.
* Students will convey gesture, the illusion of expressive movement, when drawing the figure spontaneously in very brief periods of time.
* Students will simplify, exaggerate, or distort visual elements and normative proportions to interpret expressive qualities of the figure.
* Students will evoke mood through the expressive use of drawing materials.
* Students will present their completed work in a professional manner.
Objectives/Outcomes established by the instructor
Students will alternate gesture drawings with long methodical studies. The aim is to enable the student to draw spontaneously, energetically and accurately.