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ARTB 1203 – 001
Drawing I
Summer Session I 5/26/09 – 6/29/09
MTWR 1:00 – 4:50 PM, Rowe 170
Heather D. Freeman hdfreema@uncc.edu
Office Rowe 253 704-687-0184
Office Hours by Appointment
http://www.EpicAnt.com/teacher.html
Grading Breakdown
Mid-term portfolio 30%
Final portfolio
30%
Sketchbook
20%
Blog
10%
Quizzes
10%
Total
100%
Assignment Breakdown
Aesthetics
40 points
Project Goals Met
20 points
Technique
20 points
Effort and Creativity
20 points
Total
100 points
Cy Twombly – Wilder Shores of Love (1985)
Course Description
Course Polices
No cell phones, texting devices,
headphones or food in the classroom.
No talking during drawing exercises.
Absences and Tardiness
Two absences drop your grade a full letter.
Each additional absence drops it another
letter. Four absences is an automatic
failure. Two tardy marks equal an absence.
Late Work
Late work will not be accepted and is an
automatic F. It is better to hand in
incomplete work than no work at all.
Extra Credit
There is no extra credit.
Drawing I is a problem-solving course that presents the fundamental elements and
principles of design as a foundation for all the visual arts. It is a first-semester
Foundations course required of all Visual Arts majors. The course broadens the
beginning student’s understanding of composition in terms of concept, methods
and materials and includes development and improvement of technical and media
skills. This is a three-credit studio course, which meets sixteen hours per week for
five weeks.
Extended Course Description:
In this course, you will learn how to see. Specific topics covered in this course will
be seeing with specificity (blind contour, careful observation), line and texture
(mark-making, line character), seeing shapes (foreshortening, figure/ground
relationships), seeing light, value and volume, considering the picture plane
(organization, shape, structure/gestalt, cropping, scale), proportion, creating spatial
illusion, creating illusion of time and motion, drawing as expression and
communication, and using imagination.
The course is predicated on the fact that the character and effect of any twodimensional work is created by an interdependent relationship between the visual
elements and the choice of materials, tools, and techniques. A variety of dry and
wet media are explored to develop technical skills and to discover the specific
expressive potential inherent in various media and media techniques.
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Critique
Course Objectives
Critique is when all complete student work
is discussed by the class and the professor.
It is your only chance to give and receive
feedback on your work, so you need to be
present and prepared. Even if you have
your own work handed in, if you miss the
critique of your peers, your own work will
be downgraded a full letter grade for
missing this critical class.
• Learn to solve visual problems in inventive and creative ways
Grading
• Compose with a progressively more comprehensive knowledge of the elements
and principles of design, building upon early understanding and discoveries
• Begin to understand the relationship between form and content
• Explore materials and develops technical skills important to upper level courses
• Participate in group critiques that (a) further explore and probe the limits and
ranges of problem solving, and (b) challenge and advance skills of verbal
articulation and critical analysis
• Explore the impact of presentation on the way a work is perceived
“A” work is superior, meaning a student
who does above and beyond what is asked.
Course Requirements
“B” is very fine, completing work that is
above average but not pushing it fully to
A quality work.
 Submit a mid-term and final portfolio of work
“C” is satisfactory, average work. The
student has completed everything that was
asked, but has done nothing more than
that.
“D” is less than satisfactory; the student
has not followed directions or fully
completed the project.
“F” is inadequate, unacceptable work.
Missing Projects
No student will pass this course if any
assignment is missing.
Leonardo Di Vinci, “Study of Embryos” ~1520
 Complete all in and out of class assignments
 Keep a sketchbook which will be collected and graded
 Complete a minimum of six thumbnail sketches per assignment in sketchbook,
along with other assignments given
 Complete a blog containing images of major assignments and in-class exercises
and specified homeworks.
 Complete written quizzes
 Thoughtful class participation
Reworking a Project
All projects may be resubmitted for a new grade the following Monday only. The
first and second grade will be averaged together. Work not handed in at the
beginning of class on Monday for grade reconsideration will not be accepted.
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MATERIALS
Attendance
Recommended Text (not required!)
Betti, Claudi & Teel Sale, Drawing: A
Contemporary Approach, 5th Edition
Certain absences are excusable (family crisis, death in the family, etc.) but you
must provide me some verifiable evidence of the event. Even an excused absence,
however, may effect your final evaluation if it results in missed deadlines and
understanding of course concepts. It is your responsibility to check with a
classmate about notes taken during a missed class. See me immediately for
assignments missed. You will be expected to complete missed work as soon as
possible. If you miss three or more classes for personal reasons, you are strongly
encouraged to withdraw from the class.
Supplies Resources:
UNCC Bookstore
Cheap Joe’s, 4420 Monroe Road,
Charlotte, 704-333-2527
Binders, Cottswald Shopping Center, 284
S. Sharon Amity Rd., Charlotte, 704-3344611
*Bring to the Second Day of Class:
*Sketchbook (11" x 14")
*Newsprint Pad 18" x24" 50 sheets
*Drawing Pad 18" x 24" (white paper)
50 sheets
* Bristol Pad, 14" x 17", 15 sheet pad
*Graphite Pencil HB, (H = hard), 2B, 4B,
6B (B = soft)
*Graphite stick, 2B
* Pencil sharpener
*2 Packets of Vine Charcoal, vine, soft,
not hard
*Compressed black chalk, soft, 2 pieces
*Conte Crayons/pencils, 1 black, 1 white,
1 sienna brown, dark brow (split 2 pack)
* chamois cloth
*Higgins Black India Ink , waterproof
*Japanese Brush, medium
*Variety of water media brushes, medium
round sable # 5, 8 and/or 10
*Drafting tape
Two metal clips to hold paper to board
Rubber Cement
*Kneaded Eraser
*Mars white plastic eraser
Pencil sized white eraser with holder
* Sharpie fine point marker, medium
point too
Drawing board
Plastic Palette with Cover
Ruler
X-Acto Knife and blades
Tackle box for supplies
Workable fix
* Mi-Tieintes for final projects, 2 white, 2
cream, 2 black, 2 tan, 2 gray, Other
paper as needed
Portfolio used to submit work at mid-term
and end of semester. May upgrade to better
quality portfolio for additional cost.
Work Time
Most assignment deadlines will include in-class work time. This time is
specifically set aside to work on the assignment for this class. Come prepared to
work. You will be required to dedicate a variable amount of time outside of class
(mostly on weekends) to homework and major project assignments.
Sketchbook
This is a place for your preliminary sketches, notes, etc. You should have AT
LEAST six thumbnails for each assignment (three thumbnails per page). The
sketchbook will be collected midterm and at the end of the term. Your sketchbook
work is very important and accounts for 10% of your final grade!
Field Trip
We will go to see local art, either at the McColl Center, The Light Factory or The
Mint Museum once during the semester. Exhibitions on campus will be seen as
they occur. It is important for you to begin to see as much art as you can, if you are
sincere in your interest in art.
Academic Integrity
Without maintenance of high standards of honesty, members of the instructional
faculty are defrauded, students are unfairly treated, and society itself is poorly
served. Maintaining the academic standards of honesty and integrity is the
responsibility of the entire academic community. All work in this class must be
original. Violation of this is considered plagiarism and the university code of
student academic integrity will be enforced (please visit
http://www.legal.uncc.edu/policies/ps-105.html for the entire code). Students have
the responsibility to be familiar with and observe the requirements of The
UNCC Code of Student Academic Integrity. This code forbids cheating,
fabrication or falsification of information, multiple submission of academic
or artistic work, abuse of facilities and equipment, and complicity in
academic dishonesty. The normal penalty is zero credit on the work involving
dishonesty and further substantial reduction of the course grade.
Diversity Code
UNC Charlotte strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all
individuals is respected and maintained. Therefore, we celebrate diversity that
includes, but is not limited to ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender,
language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.
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