ARTS 104
Drawing I Fall 2024 (also offered Spring 2025)
Division I

This inclusive drawing course welcomes students who are completely new to the study of art as well as those with prior experience. Using the tools of perceptual drawing as a shared language, students will embark on drawing inquiries and projects that bridge representational and abstract approaches to image making. Drawing from nature, communally built, immersive sculptural installations, architecture, light phenomena and the human body, students will actively seek new ways to engage with the visual representation of form and space, and the construction of meaning through images. The course will emphasize the craft of drawing through explorations of classic graphic media–charcoal, chalk, crayon, pencil–as well as experimental materials including foraged botanical inks, unusual drawing surfaces and collage. In addition to demonstrations and studio exercises the course includes weekly drawing assignments, group critiques, midterm and end of semester projects, and a final portfolio review. Skill-oriented formal learning will be supported by occasional readings, critical discussion and direct engagement with artworks from the drawing collections of WCMA and the Clark.