Summer 2009 Art ClassesUnderstanding Art - ART101“I don’t know anything about art! Why is this artist good?” If these are your responses when faced with Pablo Picasso or Jackson Pollock, this course is your doorway into a new world of understanding visual art. Learn the language of art from an art professional! Discover how artists create works of art, and maybe even create a work of art yourself! Basic Design - ART115 and ART116Basic Design is a sequence of beginning level courses, offering an introduction to the fundamental principles of design practiced in the visual arts. Part lecture and part studio work. Design classes create strong foundation skills for those interested in pursuing other art classes such as drawing, painting, and glass. ART 115 (CRN 10045-Lecture, CRN 10048 – Lab) introduces the elements and principles that underpin good design. Three credits. ART 116 (CRN 10064 – Lecture, CRN 10065 – Lab) teaches the principles and practices involving the use of color in design. Three credits. Introduction to Drawing - ART131 A beginning class, which introduces foundation skills in traditional drawing. Course covers a variety of methods and approaches in techniques of observation, representation, perception, and hand-and-eye coordination. Pottery I - Handbuilding - ART154This beginning pottery class teaches fundamental techniques of working with clay, including handbuilding skills, and working with pinch, coil, slab, and press molding techniques. Making your own creative stamps, textures, and working with colored clays, along with instruction on decorating and glazing will be covered. Handbuilding continues to provide many with an exciting opportunity to "discover" their hidden creative talents. Three credits. Pottery II – Wheelthrowing - ART155Beginning Wheelthrowing is an introductory course on making forms on the potter's wheel. It includes shaping, trimming, glazing, and firing projects, and how to make pottery pieces that are attractive and are useful too. It is a great way to loosen up, develop strong basic skills on the potter's wheel, and make useful clay items in the process. Three credits. Mosaics - ART199JLearn about different techniques (direct and indirect), tools, and adhesives used in mosaic construction. Materials range from glazed and unglazed ceramic tiles, vitreous glass, found objects, and stained glass with emphasis placed on original designs and your own creativity. Three credits.(CRN 12764) Ceramic Surface Decoration - ART199H1Plan to join us this summer for an exciting new pottery class, one that teaches specialize skills in decorating ceramic surfaces. Receive instruction in slip trailing, combing, and marbling, custom stamps, faceting, incised and inlayed clay, and many other creative clay decorating skills. The processes covered will be valuable for students with the most basic clay experience, as well as to the more skilled clay artist. All of the techniques to be covered are appropriate for both handbuilding and wheelthrowing applications. Three credits. (CRN 14473) Lee Jacobson, instructor. $210 plus $37 fee. 6:00 – 9:50 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Prerequisites: ART 154 or ART 155 or ART 156. Introduction to Art History - ART205Kings and castles, Gothic cathedrals, and the beginnings of oil painting can all be yours in Art 205. This quarter we will be looking at Medieval and Early Renaissance art, from the Sutton Hoo treasure to the youth of Leonardo da Vinci. If you are interested in either the visual arts or history, this course will expand your horizons. Three credits. (CRN 10061) Deanne Beausoleil, instructor. 10:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays. $210 plus $24 fee. Figure Drawing 1, 2, and 3 - ART234,
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