ART 213 — Intermediate Life Drawing
In this course students continue the process of learning to draw the human figure from observation of a live model. Students practice exploring the rhythm and design inherent in the human figure, seeing and understanding the space a form occupies, understanding the kinesthetics of anatomy, and learning the economy of good drawing technique. This course introduces the history and evolution of drawing as an art form and contemporary purposes in figure drawing are discussed in slide lectures and demonstrations. Students learn Modernist approaches to drawing the human figure, including Impressionism, Expressionism, Symbolism, Surrealism and Abstraction. These are introduced to students as they develop their individual approaches to creating narrative figure drawings.