12/26/2024 2:51:23 PM	ART 3 Course Outline as of Fall 2009	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 3	Title:  INTRO TO ART & DESIGN
Full Title:  Introduction to Art & Design
Last Reviewed:2/28/2022

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	4.00		4 min.	Lab Scheduled	70.00
		Contact DHR	.25			Contact DHR	4.38
		Contact Total	6.25			Contact Total	109.38
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 179.38

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

An introductory studio course in the fundamentals of art and design using shape, value, texture, line, pattern, color and space through exercises in drawing, painting, and collage.  The course is required for the Fine Arts Certificate and is accepted for transfer at both the UC and CSU systems.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

An introductory studio course in the fundamentals of art and design using shape, value, texture, line, pattern, color and space through exercises in drawing, painting, and collage.  Course is required for the Fine Arts Certificate.  

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C1	Arts		Fall 1990
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3A	Arts		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: ARTS 100	2-D Foundations	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ART3

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1.  Identify visual elements such as line, shape, value, texture, color, volume and space.

2.  Identify visual composition and explain the  organization of  the visual elements such as symmetrical balance (bilateral, radial, repeat pattern), approximate symmetry and asymmetrical balance.

3.  Develop perception and awareness of design concepts and the dynamics

of contrast such as positive/negative shape, unity/variety, harmony/

tension, simple/complex, static/active, structured/unstructured, organic/

geometric, similar/dissimilar.

4.  Develop perception and awareness of visual relationships such as hue,

value, saturation, proportion, scale, weight, surface.

5.  Develop hand skills necessary for basic mastery of various artists'

tools and media, dry and fluid, cut and assembled.

6.  Develop and exercise ability to perform basic measuring, scaling, and

positioning necessary to organize the two-dimensional picture plane.

7.  Make critical aesthetic judgments through class critiques.

8.  Cultivate an understanding of the creative process which includes

both the development of disciplined work habits and the practice of hand

skills, as well as risk-taking and experimentation, and the exploitation

of various aspects of the dynamic process involved.

10. Examine and analyze examples of fine art and applied design,

historical and contemporary, within a global context.

11. Define health and safety issues that could arise from the use of

artist's materials.  Train students to use spray fixatives, pigments,

adhesives and other art materials safely.

12. Describe the values, themes, methods, and history of the discipline and

identify realistic career objectives related to a course of study in the

major.

13. Perform research specific to the discipline and use appropriate citation

style, if different than MLA.

Topics and Scope

The primary intent of Art 3 is visual literacy and performance using a

wide range of specific media in a studio setting.  This includes:

1.  The ability to recognize the basic elements of visual art and design

(figure/ground, shape, line, color, value, texture, pattern, volume and

space.

2.  The ability to make aesthetic decisions and judgments about these

elements in development of visual composition.

3.  The ability to perform specific techniques to demonstrate these

elements (use pencil gradients to create tonal values within clear

structures, use paint and brush to lay down even areas of flat color, for

modeling effects, and to develop painterly surfaces; use pen and ink to

create stipple marks or hatching to correspond to specific value ranges;

mix pigments to produce a color wheel, value scale and tints, shades and

tones; use brush and ink to make expressive marks and ink washes as well

as drawings derived from still life set ups, landscapes and/or portraits;

use cut and pasted papers to create collages.)

4.  The ability to recognize relational aspects of composition:  figure

vs. ground, positive vs. negative, the two-dimensional illusion, the

interplay of visual weights and forces.

5.  The ability to intelligently use and care for the tools of Art 3

(pencils, brushes, pens and nibs, x-acto knife, scissors, inks, paints,

glues and adhesives, contÅ crayons, charcoal, various art papers).

The scope and sequence of the course will be presented as follows:

1.  Through lectures concerning the concepts, elements and historical

precedents of art and design.

2.  Through lecture/demonstrations of the proper use of materials and

techniques.

3.  Through student practice and demonstration of compositional,

expressive and technical concepts.

4.  Through evaluative one-on-one discussions with individual students.

5.  Through group critique discussions and presentations of in-class

and homework visual compositions.

Specific areas of study within Art 3 include:

1.  Composition: Understand the nature of two-dimensional composition

and the concept of visual balance.  Analyze various types of symmetry

(bilateral, radial, field) and asymmetry to develop studies explaining

these concepts.

2.  Shape: Recognize the essential relationship between positive and

negative shapes. Explore the dynamic interchange between positive and

negative shapes within a composition and reverse their roles.  Classify

shapes into categories such as organic, geometric.

3.  Value: Employ tonal contrasts and gradients to develop volume, depth,

drama and movement.

4. Color: Understand the basic properties of color: hue, value, and

saturation.  Mix colored pigments to accurately diagram the 12 hue color

wheel, 7 step value scale, and other studies explaining tint, shade and

tone. Study harmonic color relationships such a monochromatic, triadic,

analogous, complementary, Analyze concepts of warm and cool, and spatial

cues like advancing/receding and aerial perspective.  Explore emotional,

expressive and symbolic aspects of color.

5. Pattern: Understand the nature of repeat pattern design.  Develop an

allover pattern by repeating a bsic unit.  Discover variations produced

from the same or slightly altered starting unit.  Understand the impor-

tance of placement, reflection, orientation, and their impact on the

finished design.

6.  Texture: Use textural contrasts to describe surfaces and to enrich

or give visual weight to visual compositions. Understand the difference

between actual and implied texture.  Find textures in nature and the

man-made world, and manufacture textures to use in visual compositions.

7.  Line: Explore various aspects of line through descriptive contour,

the expressive gesture, and controlled mark-making. Analyze the role of

tool, media, surface and attitude in the quality of line.

8.  Abstraction: Explore pure, formal aspects of design.  Introduce the

concept of abstraction through various means: extreme simplification of

the elements such as form or value, expressive, spontaneous, or impro-

vised use of materials, 20th century precedents in the visual arts.

9.  Content: Recognize other-than aesthetic aspects of visual art such

as metaphor, symbol, narrative, etc.

10. Process: Balance the deliberate and planned with the accidental and

spontaneous.

Orientation to the values, themes, methods, and history of the discipline

and identification of realistic career objectives related to a course of

study in the major.

Introduction to discipline-specific research tools, including seminal

books, important periodicals, major indexing sources, professional or

trade organizations, standard reference tools, discipline specific tools,

and major web sites.  

Assignments:

May include the following:

1.  Value contrast compositions exploring the extremes of light and dark,

positive and negative.

2.  Gradient compositions exploring even sequencing of values from light

to dark.

3.  Texture compositions using found and manufactured textures as the

key element.

4.  Pattern exercises exploring programmed and variable repeats.

5.  Color problems dealing with mixing and painting skills: optical

color mixing; spatial characteristics, transparency; relativity and

interaction; emotive, evocative qualities; sensory, associative, symbolic

aspects; contrasts (hue, temperature, value, complementary, analogous,

triads, etc. ); tints, shades, tones.

6.  Line study exercises which explore descriptive contour drawing,

expressive gesture, and formal arrangements.

7.  Exercises emphasizing direction and movement as dynamic/physical

design concepts.

8.  Compositions relating the above design elements to the visual

environment through drawing, painting and collage.

9.  Compositions investigating various spatial effects such as size and

value contrasts, placement within the picture field, orthagonals, aerial

perspective and other devices.

10. Drawings of natural and man-made objects to study shape, texture,

light and shadow, singly and in combination.

11. Tone and color used to create allusions to effects of luminosity,

dusk, night, mist, the seasons.

12. Expand upon art reproductions to explore formal and stylistic

characteristics of the work.

13. Use theme of an imagined space, such as a garden, as a means to

employ symbol, abstraction and personal expression.

14. A design problem to be achieved in drawing and/or painting dealing

with specific criteria such as a clock face, stamp, label or poster.

15. A project based upon a well known artist's work or the concepts

underlying one of the important art movements or styles such as

Pointillism, Cubism, De Stijl, Dada.

16. A project related to the geometric abstraction and patterns found

in world textiles such as American quilts, Native American weavings,

African, Guatamalan and Indian fabric and printed cloth.

17. A study exploring bilateral symmetry to create an anthropomorphic

image (mask).

18. A sketchbook for specific homework assignments and self directed

studies related to class work.

19. An exploration of planar dynamics in a low-relief format,

investigating spatial relations, composition, light and shadow and color

and textural contrasts.

20. An introduction to three-dimensional considerations through the use

of simple materials such as cardboard, wood, wire, etc.

21. Independent study will be required of all students. A series of assignments/critiques in the Art Gallery or on the Art Gallery website will be completed in order to enhance existing course content. A minimum of 4.25 hours of gallery study will be required per semester.  

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 40 - 60%
Homework problems
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 30%
Class performances, Portfolio
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 30%
A portfolio of completed class and outside assignments. Other factors: attendance, attentiveness, attitude, effort, class participation, growth.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Design Principles and Problems, Zelanski and Fisher, Hartcourt Brace

College Publishers, 2nd edition, 1996

Art Speak, A Guide to contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords,

Atkins, Abbeville Press, 1st edition, 1990  

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