Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Co-requisite
Art 810N
Art Drawing for the Older Adult Student
Number of Weeks
Lecture Hours
Lab Hours
Hours By
Arrangement
Activity Hours
Units
Challenge Policy
18
1
2
0
Advisory
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Working from live models, still life and outdoor settings, the student will study techniques in perspective, light, shading and color.
Special attention will be paid to design and composition in which objects and the human form exist, not by themselves, but in a real or
imagined environment. Students will work with various materials including pencils, charcoal and oil pastels.
May be repeated nine times.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate technical skills in the use of line, shape, shading to create three-dimensional images on a two
dimensional surface
2. Show sensitivity to the drawing as a whole as opposed to attempts to reproduce one single object.
3. Demonstrate an awareness of the possibilities offered by the use of different media: pencils, charcoal, oil
pastels.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
25
%
Contour line drawing with graphite pencils
25
%
Charcoal and chalk drawing
25
%
Pen, ink and watercolor drawing
25
%
Oil pastel drawing
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture
Lab
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Constructive Anatomy
George B Bridgman
Dover Publications, Inc.
First edition 1973
Course Expectations
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Hours per week
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
100
%
Evaluation will be done through critiques involving all students in the class with emphasis being placed on
each individual’s own progress.
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, CR/NC, or SC)
Letter Grade
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
Credit / No Credit
70% and above = Credit
Below 70% = No Credit
Prepared by:
Jiajun Lu
Date: Semester/Year
Spring 2007
Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Credit
Below 70% = No Credit