Chabot College/Las Positas College
September 1994
Course Outline for Art 2B
DRAWING AND COMPOSITION
Catalog Description:
2B - Drawing and Composition
3 units
Development of knowledge and skills introduced in Art 2A, emphasizing media and composition and
introducing the use of color. Prerequisite: Art 2A completed with a grade of "C" or better. 2 hours
lecture, 4 hours studio.
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should:
1. have continued to develop the skill of hand and eye coordination in drawing and have increased
understanding of a variety of modes of visual representation and organization;
2. become familiar with color theory and with the pictorial uses of color in drawing;
3. develop advanced knowledge of and skills in graphite, charcoal ink and become familiar with color
drawing media.
Course Content:
1. Advanced free-hand linear perspective and light logic
a. Panoramic and multiple point perspective
b. Perspective in interior and exterior views
c. Introduction to 3 point perspective
d. Cast shadow projection principles
e. Surface characteristics and light reflection
2. Organic form
a. "Skeletal" structure ordering organic form
b. "Planar" structure ordering organic form
c. Gesture and contour ordering organic form
3. Introduction to color theory and mixing
a. Hue (including hue circle) value, intensity
b. Primary hues and complementary effects
c. Tints, tones, shades
e. Color schemes
4. Composition in values only and in color
a. Distinction between and relating of two-dimensional and illusionistic three-dimensional compositions
b. Composition based upon shape relations, linear relations and value relations such as value
planes and on color relations such as temperature and advancing/receding colors.
5. Expression. Development of an awareness of personal responses to value only and color media,
to form and to subject matter. Use of this awareness to make personal statements in drawing.
6. Study of both still life and landscape.
Chabot College
Course Outline for Art 2B, Page 2
September 1994
7. Materials. Development of varieties of techniques in graphite, charcoal ink and colored media
such as pastel, colored pencil, marker pen or designer's colors.
Methods of Presentation:
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Lectures/demonstrations
Reproductions of Masters' drawings and the work of contemporary artists
Self-criticism
Individual and group critiques
Field trips for landscape drawing
Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
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Observation
Tests
Evidence reflecting art productivity
Final exam
Textbook(s) (Typical):
None
Special Student Materials:
Required list of drawing supplies to complete all of the assigned studies.
NS:kh Art 2B
Revised: 9/30/94
kk 7/16/01
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