Course Content


I.               Composition and Design
A.    The Elements of Design (line, shape, form, texture, space, color, value)
B.    The Principles of Design (balance, movement, contrast, unity, emphasis)
1.    Application:  Texture Collage based on a performing or written work
2.    Application:  Written Analysis and Critique
C.   Quiz

II.              The Element of LINE
A.    Drawing Vocabulary 
B.    Right and Left Brain
1.    Application:  Blind Contour (faces, upside-down portrait, hands, shoes)
2.    Application:  Modified Contour (hands, shoes, objects, still life)
C.  Quiz

III.            The Elements of VALUE and TEXTURE
A.    Drawing: Vocabulary, Methods and Tools
1.    Practice:  Value Scale
2.    Application:  Graphite still-life drawing
3.    Application:  Graphite Surrealist drawing (Dali, Magritte, Kahlo)
B.    Pen & Ink: Vocabulary, Methods and Tools
1.    Practice:  Value Scale
2.    Application:  Pen & Ink animal drawing
C.   Subtractive Methods, Media and Tools
1.    Application:  Charcoal cloth study
2.    Application:  Scratchboard of student chosen subject
D.  Quiz

IV.           The Elements of COLOR and SHAPE
A.    Acrylic Painting: Vocabulary, Methods and Tools
1.    Practice:  Color Wheel
2.    Application:  Abstract painting (Mondrian, Picasso)
B.    Watercolor: Vocabulary, Methods and Tools
1.    Practice:  Color Mixing and Techniques
2.    Application:  Realistic landscape
C.  Quiz

V.             The Elements of FORM and TEXTURE
A.  Ceramics: Vocabulary, Methods and Tools
                                1.  Application:  Pinched lidded piece
                                2.  Application:  Slab tile, pinch/slab flower pot, slab footed pot,
                                3.  Application:  Mug in student’s choice of method
                 B.  Quiz

VI.           The Elements of FORM, SPACE, COLOR, and TEXTURE
A.    Sculpture: Vocabulary, Media, Methods and Tools
1.    Application:  Assemblage Sculpture (Marisol)
2.    Application:  Figurative Wire Sculpture
3.    Application:  Kinetic Sculpture (Calder)
     B.  Quiz 

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I have been teaching at South Hunterdon since 1993.