Final grades will be based on weekly sketchbook submissions, class projects, class assignments, and online class participation which may include the following:

• Weekly Sketchbook Submissions
• Class Drawing Assignments
• Shade & Shadow Assignment
• Collage Assignment
• Midterm Project
• Perspective Assignment
• Final Project
• Class Participation

Required weekly reading assignments will be posted on Blackboard and will be assigned out of the required textbook listed below.  Other non-textbook readings may be assigned throughout the semester and will be posted as course links in Blackboard.  Students are expected to keep up with daily reading assignments as assigned.

TEXTBOOK:  Architectural Graphics, Sixth Edition by Francis D.K. Ching, ISBN: 978-1-119-03566-4

UNIT 1: Elements of Freehand Drawing

- Introduction to Visual Communication

- Line Weight, Tone, Shade & Shadows

UNIT 2: Introduction to Freehand Perspective

UNIT 3: Human Scale in Architectural Drawing

UNIT 4: Architectural Expression in Perspective Drawing

UNIT 5: Architectural Concepts & Ideation

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Use a range of freehand drawing media and skills related to visual communication.
2. Use drawing as the means of architectural problem solving.
3. Use graphic tools to record visual observations.-
4. Recognize the importance of line weight to the perception of drawings.
5. Draw freehand lines of various forms, shapes, textures, and qualities.