ART 112 - Figure Drawing

5 Credits

All skill levels are welcome in this figure drawing class! Students will work from the posed model and learn to draw the human form through active observation and drawing practice. Lessons focus on learning to apply the fundamental principles of proportion, anatomy, form, and composition when drawing the figure. Weekly class study from the posed model will range from short gesture poses to longer pose drawings in which students will practice using line, value, relationships of figure to environment, and the fundamentals of composition.

FeesArt Fee

Quarters Typically Offered

Designed to Serve All students.
Active Date 20260408T14:57:28

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area II
Performance

Course Outline

Capturing the human figure in gesture drawing.
Studying proportions, foreshortening, and seeing relationships of parts to the whole when drawing the figure.
Depiction of the human form through the use of value in drawing.
Anatomy as it pertains to drawing the human figure
Relationship of figure to environment in drawing
Weekly homework assignments as related to concepts presented in class.

Student Learning Outcomes
Create basic renderings from the posed figure.

Identify basic human anatomy as it applies to drawing the figure.

Demonstrate basic anatomical forms when drawing the human figure.

Create drawings that combine the human figure in an environment and demonstrate the fundamental principles of proportion, anatomy, form, and composition.