DRAWING 121, 122                                   Instructor:  Theresa Knight McFadden

MW 9-11:50  CM 361                                   Office:  CM118    Phone:  (703) 323-3496                                                                                                                                                                                          

4 credits                                                          Office hours: 3-5:30 TuTh   and by app’t.

Spring 2008                                                    Email:  tmcfadden@nvcc.edu 

 NVCC Annandale                                         Webpage: www.nvcc.edu/home/tmcfadden                               

“…drawing depends on seeing.  Seeing depends on knowing.  Knowing comes from

a constant effort to encompass reality with all of your senses, all that is you.”  Kimon Nicolaides

 

SUGGESTED TEXTS:  The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides

                                        The Art of Responsive Drawing by Nathan Goldstein

                                        Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain by Betty Edwards

DRAWING 122 ADD:   Anatomy by Foster and Gray’s Anatomy

                                                         

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  To learn to see as an artist sees and to respond to what you see by draw-

descriptively and expressively, using a variety of drawing tools. 

Drawings in class will be based on the still life, nature, interior and exterior spaces and the human figure.  We will work in both black and white and color media.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1.  REGULAR ATTENDANCE.   You must be present to learn!  I will take roll for each      

     class.  Three  absences will be allowed.   More than three absences will affect your 

     grade  (as well as your ability to draw).  3 Tardies will count as 1 absence. .

2.  A  PORTFOLIO of class work will be due at the mid-term and at the end of the semester.  Only              

work done in class will be accepted.

3.  SKETCH DRAWING of 48- 3”x3” drawings on 18” x 24” paper-1/2 due at mid term and 1/2 at  

     final.                                 

4.  Some HOME ASSIGNMENTS, a CLASS FIELD TRIP to a museum in D.C. and a PAPER        

about the trip.

HOW GRADES ARE COMPUTED:                                            IMPORTANT DATES:

Mid-term portfolio:  40%                                                                Jan. 21,  Mar. 10 & 12

Final Portfolio:  40%                                                                       Mar. 19  Mid-term crit

Sketchdrawing, Homework and Participation:  20%                      May 7 Final crit

                                                                                                         Mar. 31 last day to withdraw

                                                                                           or change to audit w/out grade penalty

 

Students are expected to follow Information Technology Student Patrol Ethics Agreement as posted in computer areas and academic integrity standards as set down in Student Handbook.

 

In case of emergency please follow Emergency/Evacuation Procedure as discussed on the first day of class.

 

NVCC is a place for learning and growing.  You should feel safe and comfortable on this campus.  In order to meet this objective you should:  a) let your instructor, his/her supervisor,

Dean of Students or Provost know if any unsafe, unwelcome or uncomfortable situation arises that interferes with the learning process; b) inform the instructor within the first two weeks of classes if you have special needs or a disability that may affect your performance in this course.