Syllabus: Drawing Workshop: Figure Drawing + Anatomy SSyll CE 1606 N Fall 2016 Continuing [Pick the Education date][type the sender company name] Course Information: Location: TBA Dates: THU 6-9PM, SEP 29 DEC 8 Note: No class session on Nov 24 for holiday. Instructor Information: Name: David Berger Email: centerline1@outlook.com Email Policy: Students may email me to notify me of an impending absence, to follow up after an absence or to ask questions about needed materials and any questions about assignments. I will respond within 48 hours or less. Instructor Bio David Berger is a painter and draftsman whose work includes, portraits, figures, nudes, animals and landscapes. He exhibits his work throughout the tri-state area and has taught at the Manayunk Art Center, the Art Institute of Philadelphia, The Continuing Studies Programs at both the Academy of Fine Arts and The University of the Arts, UArts Pre-college Saturday School, the former Foundation Department of the University of the Arts, Fleisher Art Memorial and Burlington County College. Course Description: This course enables you to explore the human form as an art practice in relationship to the study of human anatomy. Consider the structure, form and movement of the human body. You will have access to models as well as skeletons, casts and diagrams used to teach anatomy. This course emphasizes a processed-based approach focusing on the analysis of form, construction and perspective. Pre-requisites: no n e Course Objectives/Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, students will: * learn to measure and proportion the human figure * learn to capture gesture and movement of the human figure * learn structural concepts about the figure such as cylinder, block construction and planar analysis * learn to describe the figure through the use of light and shadow * use a variety of materials such as pencil, marker, conte crayon and the use of toned paper
Course Materials Supplies 18x24 in. white drawing paper pad, 70lb., 50 sheet HB, B,2B pencils Kneaded eraser Hard eraser, pink, soap, art gum eraser Black marker Black, sanguine and white conte crayons 3 sheets of 19x25 in. Canson paper, 1 dark color, 50% gray and 1 flesh toned paper Vine charcoal Compressed charcoal C OURSE ACTI V ITIE S Presentations Critiques C OURSE POLIC IES Attendance + Participation All students are expected to attend classes regularly and promptly, and for the duration of the scheduled instructional time. Individual instructors will decide the optimum time for taking attendance and may penalize for habitual lateness of absence. Repeated absences may result in a grade of "F" for the course. Students who withdraw from a course must do so in writing. Nonattendance does not constitute an official withdrawal. UNI VERSITY POLIC IES Academic Honesty/ Integrity Policy Violations of academic integrity are considered to be acts of academic dishonesty and include (but are not limited to) cheating, plagiarizing, fabrication, denying others access to information or material, and facilitating academic dishonesty, and are subject to disciplinary action. To review the Academic Honesty/ Integrity Policy in its entirety, please visit: http://cs.uarts.edu/ce/policies#academichonesty/integritypolicy 2
Student Code of Conduct It is the policy of the Division of Continuing Studies to provide a safe and healthy environment for learning, personal growth and enjoyment. The well-being of this community depends upon the good judgment and considerate behavior of its members. Student status at The University of the Arts is not an unconditional right, but a privilege subject to certain rules and expectations articulated in the Student Code of Conduct. To review the Student Code of Conduct in its entirety, please visit: http://cs.uarts.edu/uploads/media_items/student-code-of-conduct.original.pdf G RADI NG: Your pass/fail grade will be based on the following: Component Points Participation (incl Responses) 50% Final Portfolio 50% Total 100% SCHE DULE: SESSION + DATE TOPIC COURSEWORK DUE 1 9/29 Introduction Class Introductions of materials list Gesture drawing, 5 steps to begin a figure drawing Gesture drawing and 20 minute poses, female model 2 of previous week s instruction 10/6 Presentation/Inclass work 20 minute poses, cylinder constructions, male model 3
3 10/13 Skeletal anatomy Gesture drawings, 2 drawings from the skeleton and 2 drawings from the model adding to the skeletal drawings, female models 4 10/20 Gesture drawings, block construction drawings, Female model 5 10/27 Gesture, Movement and balance Gesture drawings, 20 minute poses, progression drawings, contra posto pose 6 11/3 Introduction to light Gesture drawings using conte crayon, chiaro scuro drawings using black marker 4
7 11/10 Gesture drawing, Charcoal drawing extended pose (1pose for the class). 8 11/17 Gesture drawings, extended pose, drawing using white conte crayon on very dark 19x25 in. Canson paper 9 12/1 Gesture drawings, class long pose, drawing using Black and white conte crayons on 50% gray canson paper 10 12/8 ASSIG NMENTS/ PROJEC T S: 5