With an emphasis on observational drawing, various materials, methods and subjects will be explored as a means of cultivating visual acuity. The course will touch on drawing exercises that support all visual art and design disciplines. Skills and exercises include: perspective, figuration, still life and landscape. Historical and contemporary examples will be included in discussions of drawing as cultural expression. In some cases, figure drawing exercises will include the opportunity for students to draw from nude models (of varied gender expressions) in a studio setting. Satisfies Fine and Performing Arts GenEd requirement; satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value.
Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of color theory and 2D design. With an emphasis on the use of color, texture, and light, students will mobilize all the formal elements of art and design to address a range of visual design problems, including visual hierarchy, balance and proportion, color harmony and disharmony, rhythm, and pattern making.
Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. Students will develop descriptive graphic skills and ideation processes in analog and digital formats in new areas of research that can express future concepts in a creative way. They will be introduced to a variety of sketching methods that include mapping techniques, systems drawing, perspective and iterative development of visual concepts. Subjects explored range from symbols and logos to visual organizational systems.
Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. This studio course is a comprehensive introduction to color theories, practices, and vocabulary, providing a knowledge base and a variety of experiences in color mixing applicable to design, art and fashion. Content includes study of the methodologies of prominent color theorists, and the components of color in 2-dimensional and three-dimensional exercises in digital and material media. Students will apply and understand color harmony and disharmony systems, apply contemporary color specification systems, and comprehend color chemistry and the psychology of impact of color.
Prerequisite(s): VIST102, ARFD 103, or ARFD106. Restriction(s): Department of Art and Design Majors and Minors only. Students learn and apply digital and aesthetic skills to create works with time as an essential element. The course investigates concepts of change, sequencing, transformation, duration and narrative. Study of audio, video, animation and performance art provide a contemporary context for analysis of the various ways that time-based media communicate. Projects may include applications to installation/performance art, motion graphics, stop motion animation and digital media, such as video, social and presentation. At the end of the course the students will partake in a portfolio review of the work created through the foundation courses. Successful completion of the portfolio review will enable students to move into the studio sequence of their major.