ART - Art

Examines the basic elements of design, visual perception, and artistic form and composition as they relate to two-dimensional media.

Introduces the cultural significance of the visual arts, including media, processes, techniques, traditions, and terminology.

Provides the knowledge base to understand the visual arts, especially as related to Western culture. This course surveys the visual arts from the Ancient through the Medieval periods.

Provides the knowledge base to understand the visual arts, especially as related to Western culture. This course surveys the visual arts from the Renaissance to 1900.

Introduces the concepts necessary to understand modern visual art, with an emphasis on world art of the 20th century. This course surveys world art of the 20th century, including Modernism to Post-Modernism.

Investigates the various approaches and media that students need to develop drawing skills and visual perception.

Explores expressive drawing techniques with an emphasis on formal composition, color media and content or thematic development.

Introduces the basic techniques of drawing the human figure.

Emphasizes nature, particularly landscape. Drawing outside or in view of landscape using graphite, ink, Prismacolor, pastel, and washes. Students concentrate on various approaches, viewpoints, and styles and acquire expertise and interpretation in a variety of media.

Explores basic techniques, materials, and concepts used in opaque painting processes in oil or acrylic painting to depict form and space on a two-dimensional surface.

This course further explores techniques, materials, and concepts used in opaque painting processes in oil or acrylic painting, with emphasis on composition and content development.

Focuses on painting the human figure, and includes a brief survey of figure painting, and instruction in the fundamental methods of composition and expressions.

Provides on introduction to the basic techniques and unique aspects of materials involved in the use of either transparent or opaque water media or both. Color theory is included.

Continues the study of watercolor techniques, emphasizing original compositions and experimentation with materials. Color theory is included.

Presents the fundamentals of Fine Art digital photography, including camera equipment and software used for image capture, management and manipulation. Topics include camera settings and exposure control, composition, working with light and time, and creative image manipulation.

Offers a continued study of expressive drawing techniques and development of individual style, with an emphasis on composition and technique variation.

Explores advanced drawing problems with an emphasis on conceptual development and portfolio and/or exhibition quality presentation.

Provides continued exploration of techniques, materials, and concepts used in opaque painting processes in oil or acrylic painting, with emphasis on composition and content development.

Explores advanced techniques, materials, and concepts used in opaque painting processes, with emphasis on the development of themes and a cohesive body of work.

Provides on introduction to the basic techniques and unique aspects of materials involved in the use of either transparent or opaque water media or both. Color theory is included.

Concentrates on the advanced study of techniques, individual style or expression, and consistency of compositional problem solving in watercolor.