Chabot College
October 1993
Replaced Fall 2010
Course Outline for Art 3A
Figure and Composition I
Catalog Description:
3A - Figure and Composition I
3 units
Skill development drawing the figure with charcoal, conte, pencil, and ink with emphasis
on composition. 2 hours lecture, 4 studio hours.
[Typical contact hours: lecture 35, studio 70]
Expected Outcome for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should:
1.
2.
develop adeptness in eye and hand coordination in order to experience how to
design figures in composition;
have developed an ability to see and draw three-dimensional form, the versatile of
which is the human form;
Course Content:
1.
Contour and gesture: pencil-charcoal
2.
Understanding the source of movement: pencil-charcoal
3.
Weight and modeled drawing: charcoal block
4.
Memory drawing: charcoal-pencil
5.
Modeled drawing: ink
6.
Modeled drawing: ink wash or black watercolor
7.
The head-contour: pencil, ink
8.
Isolated studies of the form: charcoal
9.
Modeled drawing – back to the model: ink
10.
Proportion: ink, charcoal, pencil
11.
Drapery study: charcoal, watercolor, oil
12.
Sustained study – one pose: charcoal
Methods of Presentation:
1.
Studio presentation of lecture
2.
Observation and drawing of the model—timed periods, particular media, and
limited modes of expression.
Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1.
Observation
2.
Empirical tests
3.
Critical analysis of assigned work
4.
Final exam
Typical Textbook(s):
Special Student Materials:
As required: paper, paints, watercolor, oil, tempera, conte, charcoal, ink brushes, pens.
JK:kh Art3A Revised: 10/14/93