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FAD Drawing Techniques Course Overview

This course is an introduction to basic drawing and painting techniques. It covers the properties and qualities of common drawing and painting media such as graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, and brush. The course teaches students the principles of naturalistic drawing, such as rendering light, shade, perspective and proportions on basic solids. Students will complete plates practicing different lines, textures, tonal transitions, shapes, still life, animals, skulls, and a self-portrait over the 18-week period.
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FAD Drawing Techniques Course Overview

This course is an introduction to basic drawing and painting techniques. It covers the properties and qualities of common drawing and painting media such as graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, and brush. The course teaches students the principles of naturalistic drawing, such as rendering light, shade, perspective and proportions on basic solids. Students will complete plates practicing different lines, textures, tonal transitions, shapes, still life, animals, skulls, and a self-portrait over the 18-week period.
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FAD 1102 TECHNIQUES 1

THIS COURSE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO


B A S I C T E C H N I Q U E S O F D R AW I N G A N D
PA I N T I N G . I T C O V E R S D I S T I N C T
P R O P E RT I E S A N D U N I Q U E Q U A L I T I E S O F
C O M M O N M E D I A O F D R AW I N G A N D
PA I N T I N G S U C H A S G R A P H I T E , C H A R C O A L ,
PEN AND INK WITH BRUSH . THE COURSE
ALSO ACQUAINTS STUDENTS IN THE
P R I N C I P L E S O F N AT U R A L I S T I C D R AW I N G ,
SUCH AS PROPER RENDITION OF LIGHT AND
SHADE ON BASIC SOLIDS, PERSPECTIVE
A N D P R O P O RT I O N S .
Media in Drawing

 Pencil/  Crayons
Graphite  Chalk
 Charcoal  Silverpoint
 Ink  Brush
Drawing
 The process of moving a pointed instrument over
a smooth surface to leave a mark;
 Such mark is called a line, which is the most
important element of art in drawing.
 It is portraying an object, scene or form of
decorative or symbolic meaning through lines,
shapes, values and textures in a monochromatic
shade.
Purposes for Drawing

 To develop perception (the act of looking at


something carefully and thinking deeply about
what is seen);
 To record ideas and impressions;
 To help plan projects ( rough sketches or studies);
 To outline, delineate, represent a form or shape
 To make finished artworks.
Earliest known drawings: Chauvet cave drawings
Earliest known cartoon-drawings by Walt Disney
1928: oldest known Mickey Mouse drawing
Sleeping Girl, 1660 Untitled, 1960
Rembrandt van Rijn Cy Twombly
Graphite drawing: Bill Richards
Chalk drawing:
Pierre Paul
Prud’hon
Charcoal drawings
Silverpoint drawings
Pen and ink drawing:
Rembrandt van Rijn
Brush: Chinese
calligraphy
WEEK 1-3

PLATE 1A- KINDS OF LINES


PLATE 1B – LINE TEXTURES
PLATE 1C- TRANSISTION OF TONAL VALUE
WEEK 4-6

PLATE 2 –BASIC GEOMETRIC SHAPES


(CHOOSE ANY COMBINATION)
WEEK 7-9

PLATE 3 – STILL LIFE IN CHARCOAL PENCIL


(FOLLOW FROM ANY OF THE SAMPLES)
WEEK 10-12

PLATE 4 –ANIMALS (MAMMALS)


(FOLLOW FROM ANY OF THE SAMPLES)
WEEK 13-15

PLATE 5A&B – HUMAN SKULL IN CHARCOAL PENCIL


(FOLLOW THE SAMPLES.)
WEEK 16-18

PLATE 6 – SELF PORTRAIT


IN PEN AND INK

EXPRESS YOUR PASSION!

(USE THE SAMPLES AS


REFERENCE.)

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