This course provides students with the skills necessary to analyze works of art and articulate complex ideas. The primary emphasis is on Subject Matter, Form and Content followed by a review of Principles –Harmony, Variety, Balance, Movement, Proportion, Dominance, and Economy. Following that, we look at the raw materials that are organized by the principles – the Elements of Line, Shape, Value, Texture, and Color. The students are assisted in understanding how the Elements and Principles work together to form a work of art.

Drawing

This course focuses on an investigation of the visual language in drawing. The students are introduced to a detailed examination of the basic formal and procedural means employed in expressive drawing Creating an awareness of a final product as a result of the organization of visual elements: Line, Form, Value, Space, Shape, Pattern, and Texture.

Sculpture

This course introduces ideas and materials that facilitate response to three-dimensional forms. The primary emphasis is on Subject, Form and Content. The three-dimensional form is composed of visual elements such as Shape, Value, Space, Texture, Line, Color and Time. Students will learn the four primary technical methods for creating three-dimensional forms: Subtraction, Manipulation, Addition, and Substitution.

Painting

This course is an introduction to the material and subject possibilities of painting. The emphasis is on Construction, Composition, Paint handling, and color. Students begin and sustain the process of self-examination by dealing with diversified subjects. Individual and group criticisms as well as cultural and historical perspectives are brought to their attention.