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GRA 133 - Drawing 1 for Graphic Design Majors
This course for Graphic Design Majors is intended for the student who wishes to pursue advanced study or a career in the visual arts. Lines planes, and volumes are explored as elements of form. Analytical line and tone are the languages used in this pursuit. A variety of media will be used with an emphasis on pencil and charcoal.
This class is designed to develop perceptual, technical, and creative skills through problem solving. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Use line to describe geometric form with accuracy of measure - size, scale, proportion, and location.
- Use variation in line weight to indicate closeness and distance.
- Use the vocabulary of the emerging quality of line to suggest spatial relations to the picture plane.
- Use axes, placement lines, and tracking lines to compose with accuracy.
- Understand the rudiments of composing.
- Employ the conventions of perspective.
- Use the grayscale to depict relative value within a composition.
- Analyze problems and deliver thoughtful and appropriate solutions.
- Critique and be articulate about one’s own work and the work of classmates.
PREREQUISITES: None. May be taken twice for credit.
6 hours each week 3 credits