A spoken course introduction outlining an introductory drawing class focused on observational and perceptual skills. The instructor presents course goals: learning line, volume, value, perspective, invention, and composition through hand drawing and historical strategies, using sighting/measuring techniques and online communal critique to develop artistic vision and expressive practice.
Are you seeing this? Are you seeing the world through the eyes of an artist? With a slight change in perspective and some time behind the drawing board, you will this course will introduce the fundamentals of drawing through specific concepts and techniques that will change the way you present the world and help you become immersed in artistic visual experience. Whether you want to make drawings to visualize an idea, hone your perceptual skills or focus on self expression, a foundation in drawing will unlock your vision. Observation will be the starting point to progress through the topics of line, volume, value, perspective, invention and composition. The drawing strategies of the Renaissance to contemporary period will inform our ways of seeing. We will use perceptual drawing approaches such as sighting and measuring to structure and nurture the creative process and commune online to share our investigations. Even in today's fast paced world, drawing by hand on paper is the most accessible, immediate and diverse method of artistic expression. We will be learning to slow down and practice articulated looking while the world whizzes by. If you have ever wanted to spend more time drawing, now is the time.
