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| Gutwirth/ext. #4434 leave messages by e-mail not by phone |
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| or by appointment |
| e-mail: sarah.gutwirth@murraystate.edu |
| 3 Credit Hours ART 201 |
| Life Drawing |
| Syllabus |
| Catalogue Description: |
| Figure Drawing in varied media (prerequisite: Art 101 Drawing or consent of instructor required) six hours per week. |
| Purpose/Course Objective: |
| Figure Drawing is a course which teaches basic anatomy of the human figure as well as drawing technique. We will cover use of different drawing media, skills of rendering correct proportion and foreshortening, composition and visual elements, and will execute both gesture drawings and long poses. We will conduct class critiques. |
| Grading procedures: |
| Drawings will be collected and graded before mid-term and at the end of the term. Progress will be noted in final portfolio. Two quizzes will count 20% and portfolio will be weighed at 80%. Homework will count for 30% of portfolio grade |
| Class Attendance Policy: |
| You have three free absences only. After these you will be penalized three points out of 100 for each additional day you miss. Lateness will be noted and will also count against your grade. Once the model session has begun, you will have to wait until the first break to enter the classroom. |
| Media |
| We will use a range of different drawing media including some of the following: charcoal, conte crayon, graphite pencil and turpentine, colored pencil and ink and brush. |
| Foundation Show: |
| You will be required to mat two drawings to enter into the Foundation Show at the end of the semester. If you have Cathy cut your mats it will cost about $15.00 per mat or $30.00 total. |
| Materials | |
| REQUIRED | Optional |
| one box # 16 square vine charcoal | white conte crayon |
| large rough newsprint pad 18 X 24 | sanguine conte |
| spray fixative | colored pencils |
| kneaded eraser | hog bristle brush |
| charcoal or other good paper @25 sheets | rags |
| ink and brush | pastels |
| container for water | |
| pink pearl eraser | |
| graphite pencils, #4,#6 |
| COURSE SCHEDULE |
| January 16 Introductory Class: |
| syllabus |
| homework: Skeleton Drawing without reference due Jan. 18 |
| Jan 18 Week One: |
| Correct skeleton drawings |
| charcoal |
| Jan. 23-25 Week Two: Movement and Gesture |
| Gesture Drawing |
| charcoal |
| Jan 30-Feb 1 Week Three: Body Measuring |
| Proportion Exercises |
| homework: draw your face frontally measuring all features due Feb. 1 |
| charcoal/ pencil |
| Feb. 6-8 Week Four: Posture and Structure |
| model and skeleton |
| homework: find an Old Master figure drawing with hatching to copy EXACTLY due Feb. 8 |
| Feb. 13-15 Week Five: Axial Skeleton:Skull to Spine |
| Drawing Torso: modelling/hatching/ surface anatomy/conte and charcoal |
| no homework, study for quiz |
| ******Quiz on Anatomy of skeleton Feb. 15******* |
| Feb. 20-22 Week Six: Thorax and Ribs/ Breathing |
| homework: draw the ribcage from front, side and back due Feb. 22 |
| Feb. 27-Mar.1 Week Seven: Muscles/Surface Form |
| Mar. 6-8 Week Eight: Shoulder Girdle |
| homework: draw bone of shoulder girdle due Mar. 8 |
| Mar 13-15 Week Nine: : Pelvis |
| homework: draw pelvis front and back without a reference due Mar. 15 |
| *********************SPRING BREAK************************************ |
| Mar. 27-29 Week Ten: Touch |
| Blind Contour |
| Pencil |
| no homework study for quiz |
| ******Quiz on Basic Muscular Anatomy March 29******* |
| April 3-5 Week Eleven Forearm, Wrist and Hand |
| colored pencil |
| homework: draw forearm, wrist and hand due April 5 |
| April 10-12 Week Twelve: Femur, Knee, Tibia and Fibula |
| colored pencil/graphite and turpentine |
| April 17-19 Week Thirteen: Feet |
| colored pencil/graphite and turpentine |
| homework: draw left and right feet due April 19 |
| May 24-26 Week Fourteen: Portrait |
| homework: Self-Portrait due May 26 |