St. Gregory's University

Fall Semester, 2000

        AR 1323-1 Advanced Drawing

Instructor: Stephen Mauldin

E-mail: slmauldin@sgc.edu

 

Course Description: (from SGU Fall 2000 Class Schedule)  Designed for students with basic drawing skills in order to develop their technique more fully.  Prerequisite: Art 1113 or permission of the instructor.

 

Mission Statement: This course contributes to the university’s goal of inculcating in students an appreciation for the arts and inspiring a lifelong quest for learning and personal development.  It encourages creativity and will provide the student an ongoing avenue for productive leisure and reflection.  Advanced Drawing will fulfill the fine art requirement in all the university’s degree programs.

 

Instructor’s Statement: I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree, with honors, from Oklahoma City University (with a major in Art) and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Idaho (with a concentration in painting and printmaking).  I have also been an actively producing painter for twenty-six years and my work has been shown in museums and galleries from coast to coast.  My office is located inside room FA 215 and my office hours are:

·        9:30-10:30 a.m. and 1:00-2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

I also have a studio in the metal building east of the convent behind the cafeteria and can often be found there if I’m not in my office.

 

Course Objectives: Advanced Drawing will expand student’s drawing skills with exposure to new mediums, expanded opportunities for creative expression, and increased time for more carefully refined work.  By the end of the semester the student will be able to:

·        Use more drawing mediums with confidence and skill;

·        Utilize the two-dimensional space of the picture plane more effectively and creatively;

·        Think and conceptualize more creatively;

·        Create more interesting and sophisticated drawings;

·        Express more effectively their unique view of our world.

 

Textbook: Smagula, Howard J. Creative Drawing. Madison, Wisconsin: Brown and Benchmark, 1993.  ISBN 0-697-14954-4.

 

Supplies: Supply packets can be purchased at the university bookstore.

 

 

 

Course Requirements:

·        Attend class and do all in-class work

·        Draw regularly in your sketchbook

·        Do assigned out of class drawings

·        Assemble a final portfolio for assessment

 

Instructor Policies:  Class attendance is mandatory.  After three absences, the student may be dropped from the course.  If possible, notify instructor in advance of circumstances that will require your absence and accommodations may be called for.  Work turned in late will lose one letter grade for each class period overdue.  In-class drawings cannot be made up.

                                                                                                                              

Grading Criteria:

 

·        Class attendance and participation

30% of final grade

·        Sketchbook

20% of final grade

·        Out-of-class assignments

20% of final grade

·        Final portfolio

30% of final grade

 

 

Grading Scale:

·        A = Assimilating concepts & principles exceptionally well; utilizing them with creativity, imagination, and personal style.  

·        B = Assimilating concepts and principles well; utilizing them with creativity and imagination.

·        C = Assimilating concepts and principles; utilizing them with limited creativity and imagination.

·        D = Limited assimilation of concepts and principles.

·        F = Unable to grasp concepts and principles

 

Course Outline:

 

 Week

                          Topic

   Reading

    1

Composition: Format/Picture Plane/Placement

pp. 149-155

    2

Composition: Figure/Ground/Balance/Rhythm

pp. 156-165

    3

Visual thinking/Seeing

pp. 192-199

    4

Visual thinking/Seeing

 

    5

Scratchboard (Value)

pp. 106-119

    6

Scratchboard (Value)

pp. 120-129

    7

Conte crayon (Texture)

pp. 131-139

    8

Conte crayon (Texture)

pp. 140-147

    9

Prismacolor pencils (Color)

pp. 200-207

   10

Prismacolor pencils (Color)

pp. 207-215

   11

Prismacolor pencils (Themes)

pp. 216-226

   12

Prismacolor pencils (Themes)

pp. 226-233

   13

Pastels (Themes)

pp. 234-239

   14

Pastels (Image & Idea)

pp. 240-247

   15

Pastels (Image & Idea)

pp. 248-257

   16

Pastels

 

 

 

Note: This course is more individualized and flexible than Beginning Drawing, so the instructor reserves the right to deviate from this course outline.  Students will choose their own subject matter more frequently and will be encouraged to flex their creative muscles more.  Students will also be encouraged to more fully develop a personal drawing style.