ART 115 Drawing I (3 credit hours)
Fall 99 30478 ART 115 Sec 03
Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00-11:50 in Knutti Room 11
Professor Brady Robinson e-mail: er39@georgetown.edu
Course Description: An introductory course for the development of basic drawing skills and practice in the use of various drawing materials. Observation, memory training, and composition are stressed to give the student a wide experience and solid base in the art of drawing.

Course Goals and Objectives: The goal of this class is for students to develop their perceptual skills and facility in drawing. The student is expected to make an investigation into the expressive means of drawing using line, value, texture, form and space. Student’s drawings are expected to develop a high standard of composition as the semester progresses in a range of media and materials. Most importantly, the student will learn to employ drawing as a tool in their individual art making decisions.

Course policies:
Attendance Policy: 3 unexcused absences are allowed. Beyond 3 unexcused absences constitutes an entire letter grade lower for the final semester. Additional unexcused absences result in an automatic F for the final semester grade. Missed slide lectures and demos given in class can not be made up. Lateness will not be tolerated.
Field Trips: Students are required to make at least one visit to Baltimore or Washington, D.C. during the semester to view and draw historical and contemporary works of art. These visits are to occur individually by the student. Transportation may be arranged via Gateway Bus Service. This bus service provides round-trip transportation to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. year round. There will be one field trip to DC during class this semester which is part of class, in addition to this requirement. The New York field trip is mandatory. Assignments will be given for all field trips. Students are to record these field trips in their sketchbooks.
Participation: Participation accounts for 25% of final semester grade. It is expected that each student actively participate in as many departmental lecture series, field trips, artist visits, and required field trips.
As well, it is mandatory that students actively participate in all studio critiques and act responsibly. Your performance will be evaluated. You will need to participate and work hard to succeed in this class and in life as a visual artist. Develop good working habits early.
Sketchbook: In addition to weekly assignments, it is required that the student record daily thoughts about their drawing process and record visual information in their sketchbooks. The student is also responsible to respond to in-class drawing assignments and chart their progess. The sketchbook will reflect the student’s working habits and commitment. Sketchbooks will be collected and graded at the beginning of each class.

Percentage Breakdown of Final Semester Grade:
All Drawing Assignments (in and out of class) = 50%
Sketchbook and Participation = 50%
100% Final Semester Grade
Grading Criteria:
There must be a symbiotic relationship between form and content in the work. The student must make decisions on the appropriate use of drawing devices such as line, value, texture, form and space. The level of compositional device used to render the drawing will also be considered. Finally, all drawings must be finished and have a complete sense of resolution in concept and execution. As the semester progresses, the student must show improvement. The student is expected to develop an outstanding work ethic, and display a commitment to learning how to draw. They must act responsily during critique time, and actively participate in all field trips. The sketchbooks will reveal the working habits and daily effort to improvement, and self-criticism.
Methonds of Instruction: The method of instruction for this class will be in the form of slide lectures, weekly guided classroom assignments, individual studio work outside of class, daily sketchbook pages, individual student/instructor critiques, and group critiques, field trips and visiting artists. All drawing assignmnets, as well as supplemental sketchbook assignments will be given weekly.
Course Calander/ Fall 99 ART 115 Sec 03 Drawing I
Professor Brady Robinson

Week 1 (Tues. August 24 and Thur. August 26)
Tues. Introductions. Syllabus Handout and Explanations of Course Policies
Thur. Work Day: Character of Line Drawings and Blind Mark Making

Week 2 (Tues. August 31 and Thur. September 2)
Department of Art -Faculty Exhibition Opening Reception, Mon. August. 30 @ 6 pm
Tues. Introduction to Gesture Drawing. Mass and Line Gesture
Thur. Introduction to Contour Drawing. Blind Contour & Continous Contour


Week 3 (Tues. September 7 and Thur. September 9)
Tues. Contour Drawings. Group Critique. Assgn.: Work in Sketchbook
Thur. Discussion of The Shape of Space. Negative Space Ink Washes.

Week 4 (Tues. September 14 and Thur. September 16)
Tues. Shape as Plane and Volume. Work Day. Group Critique of Homework
Thur. Creating Volume and Mass, Dimension and Depth. Creating illusions of depth & volume.


Week 5 (Tues. September 21 and Thur. September 23)
Tues. Value drawings. Creating Value Scales. Group Critique.
Thur. Value Reduciton Drawings. Assgn: Work in Sketchbooks

Week 6 (Tues. September 28 and Thur. September 30)
Blue Elephant Gallery Opening Reception, Mon. Sept. 27, @ 6 pm
Tues. Tonal Drawings. Assignments for NYC given in class.
Thur, No Class. NY Field Trip.

Week 7 (Tues. October 5 and Thur. October 7)
Tues. Building Structure
Thur. Texture.

Week 8 (Tues. October 12 and Thur. October 14)
Tues. Individual Mid-Term Portfolio Reviews
Thurs. Individual Mid-Term Portfolio Reviews

Week 9 (Tues. October 19 and Thur. October 21)
Tues. Compositonal Devices
Thur. Perspective and Spatial Illustion

Week 10 (Tues. October 26 and Thur. October 28)
Body/Politics/Memory Exhibition Opening Recepiton, Mon. October 25 @ 6pm)
Tues. Interior Drawings.
Thur. Archt. Drawing

Week 11 (Tues. November 2 and Thur. November 4)
Tues. Field Trip. DC.
Thur. Archt. Drawing. Group Critique

Week 12 (Tues. November 9 and Thur. November 11)
Tues. Archt. Drawing Conti.
Thur. Forms from Nature Drawings.

Week 13 (Tues. November 16 and Thur. November 18)
Tues. Old Master Drawings
Thur. Old Master Drawings

Week 14 (Tues. November 23 and Thur. November 25)
Tues No Class. Thanksgiving Break
Thur. No Class. Thanksgiving Break

Week 15 (Tues. November 30 and Thur. November December 2)
Tues. Work Day. Taking slides demo.
Thur. Work Day. Taking slides demo.

Week 16 (Tues. December 7 and Thur. December 9)
Tues. Final Presentations. Group Critique
Thur. Final Presentations. Group Critique.

Week 17 Final Exam Week, Dec. 14-18th
Final Individal Critiques with Instructor, Wednesday, December15th, 12-2pm