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ARTS-1316-001 Drawing I
A foundation studio course exploring drawing with emphasis on descriptive, expressive and conceptual approaches. Students will learn to see and interpret a variety of subjects while using diverse materials and techniques. Course work will facilitate a dialogue in which students will engage in critical analysis and begin to develop their understanding of drawing as a discipline.
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Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)
On Campus Course
Recommended: Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils and Rewards of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland ©2001 Image Continuum Press, 2nd ed. SBN: 9780961454739
Book available at the AC Washington St. Campus Bookstore
SUPPLIES
USB storage device
Portable arts and crafts box to hold
Portfolio for 18” X 24” paper size to hold paper tablets and drawings
Sketch book–journal, quality hard-cover both front and back, spiral binding, 8-1/2” X 11”
DRAWING paper (not sketching paper), 18” X 24”, two pads
Newsprint paper, 18” X 24”, one pad
Canson Mi-Teintes sheet paper, “steel grey” color, 19” x 25”, 2 sheets
Canson Mi-Teintes sheet paper, “tobacco” color, 19” x 25”, 2 sheets
Compressed charcoal drawing sticks, soft, extra wide preferred, two
Graphite pencils, round, Ebony extra-black, two
Graphite sticks, soft ebony extra-black, two
Black drawing sticks such as Conte Crayons, two
White drawing sticks such as Conte Crayons two
Portable pencil sharpener to sharpen pencils
Sharpie® brand black permanent marker pens, Fine and Ultrafine points, two each
Watercolor brush, medium #8 or #10, round (comes to a point)
India ink, black, one 1-oz. bottle
White Prismacolor brand Magic Rub® eraser, one
Prismacolor brand kneaded erasers, three
X-acto knife handle with #11 blades
Caran d’Ache drawing blending stump, extra-large size, two
“Artist tape”, one roll
Supplies available at AC Bookstore as a kit; or Michael’s, Hobby Lobby, Amarillo Hobby House, Hobby Time, and ABC Blueprint or online at DickBlick.com, FlaxArt.com, JerrysArtarama.com, Danielsmith.com, Artisan-SantaFe.com
Learning Outcomes (ACGM)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Describe visual subjects through the use of accurate and sensitive observation.
2. Generate drawings which demonstrate descriptive, expressive, and conceptual approaches.
3. Utilize varied materials and techniques with informed aesthetic and conceptual strategies.
4. Demonstrate an appropriate level of professional practice, including safety, craft and presentation
5. Analyze and critique drawings verbally and/or in writing.
6. Relate drawing to design, art history and contemporary artistic production.
Drawing assignments, critiques, tests, journal reviews, and a group assignment. No Final.
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If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Students are required attend class, be on time and not leave early, must give attention, follow directions, meet deadlines, show professionalism, discipline, courtesy, respect, participation, and cooperation.
Grading Schema:
A = 89.5% - 100%; B = 79.5% - 89%; C =69.5% - 79%; D = 59.5% -69%; F = 0% -59%
There will be drawing assignments, critiques, tests, journal reviews, and a group assignment.
No more than 2 class periods may be missed without approval from the instructor. After two “free” absences, the final class grade will be reduced 3 points for each unexcused absence, and you will be advised by the instructor concerning continuing or withdrawing from the course. With permission absences may be made up by attending other sections of Design 1, with note from the other instructor. Written official documentation will be required to prove any circumstances that may be considered excused absences.
Continuous Contour
Gesture Graphite
Gesture Charcoal
Gesture Ink
Abstract
Elementals
Specialty Show drawing
Reversed Charcoal
Cross Contour
Crosshatch
Perspective
Faces & hands
Caricatures and Cartoons
No final
Important Note: Drawings or sketchbook-journals not picked up at end of the semester become the property of Amarillo College.
All grades will be averaged together. Drawings will be graded on following instructions, the quality of the drawing technique, composition, and neatness. There will be grades for two reviews of the Drawing I Sketch Book. Instructions for the sketch book are posted for the course ion the content page n BlackBoard. All drawings in Drawing 1 will be monochromatic (black and white and gray media). Most class periods you will draw objects “live and in front of you” in the classroom or out on location. You normally will not draw from magazines, books and photographs, unless otherwise assigned. Your required drawings will be drawn on only one side of 18” x 24” drawing paper. You must print your name, assignment title, and date completed on the back of each drawing. Newsprint paper will be used to protect and prevent smearing. It will be cover-flapped by taping with at leaste two tabs of artist tape (no other kind of tape) at the top of the drawing. Do not tape on the sides or the bottom.
All drawings or sketchbook-journals not picked up by the end of the semester become the property of Amarillo College.
Office Hours: Students may confer with the instructor during posted office hours, during class, or by appointment. Professor Cost's schedule including office hours can be found on the content page in BlackBoard and posted on the instructor’s office door.
Instructor Contact: Professor James Steven Cost. Please address your instructor as Professor Cost.
AC Office – CUB 05, office phone (806) 345-5546, AC email: jscost@actx.edu. You can reach Professor Cost by email through BlackBoard. His personal website is www.stevencost.com, personal email: steve@stevencost.com, personal cel phone (806) 206-0099. Postal mail address: James S. Cost, Professor of Art, P. O. Box 447, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX 79178
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