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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
ART 7A | Title:
DRAWING & COMP 1 |
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Full Title:
Drawing and Composition 1 |
Last Reviewed:11/23/2020 |
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 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 70.00 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00 | |
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:
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A basic course in drawing and composition to develop a student's ability to perceive and define shape, mass, contour, volume, space, and light, using a variety of graphic media and subject matter.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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A basic course in drawing and composition to develop a student's ability to perceive and define shape, mass, contour, volume, space, and light, using a variety of graphic media and subject matter.
(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
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CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| C1 | Arts | Fall 1990 | |
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IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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C-ID: |
CID Descriptor: ARTS 110 | Fundamentals of Drawing | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ART7A |
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:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Synthesize pictorial elements such as shape, form, value, line and texture in drawing.
2. Combine risk-taking and experimentation with disciplined work habits as an aspect of the creative process.
3. Develop an understanding of perspective and apply to drawing skills.
4. Experiment with and distinguish between black and white drawing media: ink, pencil, charcoal, conte crayon and various drawing surfaces.
5. Define basic drawing and design terminology.
6. Analyze and identify master techniques in drawing.
7. Develop drawings from general to specific.
8. Appraise relationships of positive and negative space in a composition.
9. Evaluate their work and the work of others in verbal critiques.
10. Analyze the proportions of a single object and analyze proportional relationships between objects.
Topics and Scope
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I. Drawing Materials
A. Pencils
B. Conte crayon
C. Vine and compressed charcoal
D. Ink
II. Composition
A. Filling the compositional space
1. Positive and negative space
2. Overlapping shape
B. Point of view, perspective
1. One and two point perspective
2. Symmetry/Asymmetry
III. Proportion
A. Proportion of a single object
B. Proportional relationships between objects
1. Sight measuring
2. Plumb lines
3. Use of axis lines
IV. Value
A. Planar value
B. Value scale
C. Light logic
V. Drawing Applications and Elements of Drawing
A. Gesture
B. Contour
C. Shape
D. Mass
E. Plane
F. Volume
G. Value
VI. Critiquing One's Work and the Work of Others
A. Analysis of formal elements in drawing
B. Role of content and expression in drawing
C. Context of drawing: historical and contemporary application of drawing
VII. Health and Safety
A. Correct use of spray fixative
B. Correct use of powdered charcoal
C. Safe studio maintenance and clean-up procedure
Assignments:
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Assignments may include any or all of the following:
1. Master copy drawings
2. Reading from books on reserve in the library
3. Personal responses to reading assignments
4. Defining drawing terms using appropriate vocabulary
5. Critiquing the aesthetic and conceptual success of one's own and other students' work
6. Viewing works of art in local and Bay Area exhibitions
7. Draw cylindrical, spherical objects from various viewpoints
8. Set up still life objects using organic and mechanical shape
9. Look for stimulus in subject matter on campus, in landscape and building forms
10. Analyze tonal and textural relations and other compositional elements
11. Search for and emphasize the planar aspects of objects and architectural elements in the environment
12. Practice one and two-point perspective both by diagram and by viewing the interior and exterior scene (hallways, buildings on campus)
13. 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.
14. Portfolio of completed work demonstrating required skills.
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. |
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Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 40 - 60% |
Homework problems, personal responses | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 20 - 30% |
Class performances | |
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 work, and art gallery assignments will be completed from handouts developed by individual instructors. | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Drawing Essentials (1st), Rockman. Oxford University Press: 2009.
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