FD 1370 - Life Drawing I
Credits: 3
Course Type: Studio
This freshman-level course introduces students to drawing the human figure. Emphasis on proportions, skeletal structure, foreshortening, value, and color leads to comprehension of the human form. This will be developed through gesture sketches and extended poses. Upon successful completion of this course, students’ observational drawing skills of the human figure will improve.
Prerequisites: FD 1235 - Observational Drawing
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate skills to effectively draw the human figure at an introductory level.
- Apply drawing skills with an emphasis on proportions, skeletal structure, foreshortening, value, and color.
- Understand structure through skeletal anatomy and figure studies.
FD 1370 Course Learning Outcome Rubric
Required Course Materials:
Required Materials:
- Sketchbook 8 x 10
- 18” x 24” newsprint pad
- 18” x 24” drawing paper pad, 70 lbs. paperweight
- White vinyl eraser
- Kneaded eraser
- Gum eraser
- pencil eraser
- Emory board
- 24” metal ruler with cork backing
- Painter’s tape or artist tape, 1” - 1.5” thick
- Pencil sharpener
- Blending stumps in different sizes
- Drawing board 20” x 26” with bull clips (online only, campus optional)
- Workable fixative
- Portfolio case to carry 18” x 24” drawings
- 2H Graphite Pencil
- HB Graphite Pencil
- 4B Graphite Pencil
- 6B Graphite Pencil
- 8B Graphite Pencil or 9B graphite pencil
- Vine Charcoal pack, soft
- Vine Charcoal pack, medium
- Vine Charcoal pack, hard
- Compressed Charcoal stick
- Charcoal Pencil, dark
- Charcoal Pencil, medium
- Charcoal Pencil, light
- Prismacolor NuPastel set of 24
- Conte’ stick pack of 2, white
- Conte’ stick pack of 2, sanguine
- Conte’ stick pack of 2, black
- Conte’ stick pack of 2, medium gray
** Plan for approximately $150 for supplies.
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Additional Required Materials:
Canson Mi-Teintes paper sheet, 19” x 25”, black
Canson Mi-Teintes paper sheet, 19” x 25”, cool color
Canson Mi-Teintes paper sheet, 19” x 25”, warm color
** Plan for approximately $150 for supplies.
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