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ARTS 1001 MODÈLE VIVANT I                                                                                                        Prerequisite: None                                                                                                                                            The purpose of this course is to resolve the fears often associated with dimension and perspective drawing and to furnish students a working knowledge of the subject. Students will learn the basics of line drawing, the use of hand skill, hints on drawing circles, cylinders, and objects of different textures in perspective. Use of pencil, ball point pen, and different media will be explored.                                              2 UNITS: 11 LECTURE HOURS / 22 LAB HOURS 

ARTS 1002 MODÈLE VIVANT II                                                                                                           Prerequisite: ARTS 1001                                                                                                                     Introduction to drawing from the live model. We will be working from the draped and nude model as well as advanced still life.  Emphasis will be on understanding the elements of the human figure and how to render a three dimensional figure on a two dimensional surface.  The class will focus on the human head in all its variations, proportions of the human figure, gesture, rhythm, and anatomy. Training includes attention to the psychology of movement; dynamic wrinkles and drapery; and solutions for drawing the clothed figure. 2 UNITS: 11 LECTURE HOURS / 22 LAB HOURS

ARTS 1010 COLOR LABORATORY                                                                                                        Prerequisite: None                                                                                                                                         Basic understanding of color theory, color combinations, and the use of color in art and life. Projects include development of color wheels with creative shapes in mind, analysis of color schemes, and special use of intensity, value, and hue, focusing on color theory as developed in the Western oil painting tradition (from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the present).                                                                      2 UNITS: 11 LECTURE HOURS / 22 LAB HOURS