Syllabi for Barrett
Valencia Art 1300C Drawing I
Instructor: Marcus Barrett
CRN 18163 Email: mbarrett16@mail.valenciacollege.edu
(IMPORTANT) No-Show Period: To avoid being withdrawn from the class, you must turn in the 1st weeks assignment.
Course Description
Introduction to basic skills, concepts, methods, and tools used in visual art. Emphasis will be on increasing powers of visual observation and drawing from life.
Course Objectives
This course is an introduction to drawing. Accurate observation and recording of visual perceptions will be the initial focus. As students progress they will develop a vocabulary both visual and verbal with which to address the image making process. Emphasis will be placed on expanding students’ powers of perception and prompting original yet relevant solutions to drawing problems presented in this class.
Using primarily traditional subject matter such as still life, landscapes, and figurative work, students will explore a range of drawing materials and techniques. Mediums will include charcoal, pencil, ink and watercolor for wash drawings. In addition to “studio” time in the classroom, there will be slide presentations, formal and impromptu critiques.
Class Projects, critiques and Due Dates
We will complete many diverse drawings and exercises during this semester. Most drawings will take approximately one week to complete and will culminate with a mandatory group critique. This is a group discussion that helps students develop a vocabulary for discussing and evaluating the art they have produced, judging its success in terms of the project’s goals. For the critique, projects must be in a state of completion unless otherwise noted by the instructor. The critique will provide you with valuable feedback that may give you reason to change or modify your project.
Late homework and projects will receive a lower letter grade for each class meeting past the due date. For example, a project submitted two class periods past the due date will receive two grades lower, and A becomes a C.
Textbook
The textbook “Drawing Essentials”, ISBN 9780190209520, A Guide to Drawing from Observation, by Deborah Rockman
Grading
A – Excellent B – Very Good C – Fair D – Poor F – Failure
Projects (40%) weekly in-class drawing assignments
• Line Drawings
• Experimental Mark-making and space
• Gesture and space
• Proportion and perceptual drawing strategies
• Cross-contour, mixed media
• Descriptive and Expressive Line
• Positive/Negative Space
• Value, Light series
• Linear Perspective • Landscape series • Figure Study
Homework (35%) Sketchbook, HW drawing assignments, Lectures
• Ten Homework drawing assignments
• Complete projects begun in class
• Maintain sketchbook of relevant studies
• Artist research and reference
Effort/Preparedness (10%)
• Studio habits – Care and clean up of studio space
• General preparedness – Supplies for class activities
• Development of hands-on, technical skill, aesthetic vocabulary
• Participation in and preparedness for class discussions, critiques and group exercises
• Attendance/Punctuality
Final Project (15%)
• Artist and reference research
• Preliminary Sketches
• Final Drawing • Critique Participation
Grading Components
Final grades will be based on Project Grades (40%), Homework grades (35%), Effort/Professionalism (10%)and Final Project (15%).
Projects and homework are graded according to the following standards:
• Demonstration of an understanding of the concept(s) set forth
• Resolved work/Timelines of project
• Originality: apparent research and novelty of solution with regard to requirements
• Ambition: amount of time and energy devoted to drawing.
• Craftsmanship: technical prowess with materials, presentation quality
• Attendance/Punctuality/Improvement
Academic Honesty
In class assignments, students must submit work that fairly and accurately reflects their level of accomplishment. Any work that is not a product of the student’s own efforts is considered dishonest.
Cell Phones, Technology Etiquette
If you must carry one to class, please have turned off. Besides being an obvious classroom disruption, the act of periodically checking one’s phone or email for messages is in conflict with the studio process. If you must address a text, do so during the break time.
Open Studio Policy
Room 5-224 is a large studio space open to students before, during and after class. Please note that each professor may or may not permit students to use this space during class meetings. When using the studio space during class time, work quietly and don’t disrupt the class.
Course fee
Upon registering for the course, you were assessed a fee which pays for supplies that the class will use in bulk or as a group.
| Students with DisabilitiesStudents with disabilities who qualify for academic accommodations must provide a notification from The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) and discuss specific needs with the instructor, preferably during the first two weeks of class. The Office for Students with Disabilities determines accommodations based on appropriate documentation of disabilities. |
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