DESIL 250

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Intermediate Life Drawing

Design College of Fine Arts and Communications

Course Description

Drawing the classic figure from gesture to finished rendering, emphasizing structure, anatomy, form, and medium.

When Taught

Fall and Winter

Min

3

Fixed/Max

3

Fixed

6

Fixed

0

Other Prerequisites

Illustration BFA majors only.

Title

Skeletal and Muscular Landmarks

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to draw the skeletal structure and identify major muscle landmarks from reference and memory as well as have a deeper understanding of anatomy.

Title

Tools and Procedures

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to implement knowledge of tools and procedures used in successful life drawing, including proportion, gesture, balance, foreshortened perspective, composition, drapery, and a high degree of 3-dimensional structure through light and shadow (folds).

Title

Media Specialization

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to proficiently implement into their drawings at least one of the illustration mediums emphasized (nupastel, charcoal, conte crayon, graphite).