Welcome to Figure Drawing 2007

Figure Drawing – Mrs. Forrest

Class Objectives: 

• Students will learn about the proper proportions of the face and body.
• Students will learn about a variety of media including, pencil, paint, crayon, ink, collage and printing and apply them with controlled application to develop finished compositions.
• Students will use problem solving to seek and explore ideas that will be guided by personal, historical, contemporary, cultural, environmental or economic issues to guide their visual discipline.
• The elements of art (shape, line, form, value, color, texture, space) and principles of design (balance, rhythm/repetition, emphasis, unity, movement, contrast) will be studied and applied to compositions.
• Students will apply techniques, principles and concepts to communicate ideas with the intent to demonstrate finished work for an audience (art shows).
• Students will study, observe, reflect upon and analyze visual arts and find the connections with other disciplines and society.

 Unit One

 Prepare backgrounds for sketchbook and learn about a variety of media and learn about the face proportions.

 Study figurative relief prints and learn about drawing onto lino soft cut materials with a cutting tool for print production.

 Unit Two

 Gesture drawing and contour drawing practices will lead into a variety of finished drawings.

Unit Three

 The figure will be represented traditionally with a full range of values.  Students will work for accuracy in the figure and compositional setting.

 Unit Four

 Contemporary and historical issues will be represented through a drawing that builds drawing skills with a personal message.

 The Final Exam 

 Select One:  Mixed Media Emotive Figure Drawing or Narrative Figure Drawing

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