drawing studio I

The focus of this foundation level drawing course is on perception, learning to see subjects and objects in space and translating the surrounding reality with line and shading. Exercises and assignments focus on volume, perspective, proportion and composition as a way to translate what is seen onto the two- dimensional surface. Students work with the model, still life and natural surroundings. This course is designed to prepare students for future drawing courses where they will begin to look at how form and content work together.



DRWG 210(3 credits)
Fall, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite: None

drawing studio II

This course utilizes visual tools gathered during Foundation Drawing and other sources, developing compositional concepts and volume. A real understanding of figure and ground is imparted. Drawing is taught as a medium of enormous potential personal expression. Occasionally students are asked to make artistic decision with materials other than drawing. All the visual tools they possess can be mixed and reinvented to push their work to a more individual and artistic level. The class works primarily from the observation world, including still life, landscape and the model, which is used extensively. Lectures utilizing great drawings from all periods are used as well as group and individual critiques.





DRWG 310(3 credits)
Fall, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite: Drawing I

sketching florence

The primary objective of this course will be to encourage students to engage with the city of Florence as a zone of discovery. Florence and its surroundings will provide both the inspiration and the raw material for the creative process, as students are encouraged to explore their environment with a joyful but critical eye. Students will create and respond to the city through textual, and visual sketchbooks using a variety of accessible materials and methods, which may include drawing, mapping, montage, found objects, and writing. At the end of the term each student will have a completed book.


DRWG 210(3 credits)
Summer only
Prerequisite: None

drawing studio III

This course focuses on expanding the notion of drawing through confrontation with personal and new ideas, concepts, materials, and techniques. Attention is paid to the relationship between the formal elements of drawing and each student's expressive goals. Students propose and develop their own individual projects. Classroom sessions are devoted to drawing, visits to major Italian museums, monuments and galleries. Critiques and discussions supplement the educational experience.




DRWG 410(3 credits)
Fall, Spring, Summer
Prerequisite –Drawing I & II