Nov 26, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
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ART 1200 - Description + Drawing


This course introduces drawing and other descriptive processes as an expansive practice and a means for developing perceptual and conceptual thinking skills. Various methods of image making, three-dimensional modeling, and data mapping are used as tools for observation and expression. Through broad, hands-on exposure to materials and methods, students develop expressive, communicative and analytical capabilities.

Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 4.0 studio
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to evaluate ways contemporary and historical artists use description and representation as a tool for communicating.
  • Students will be able to demonstrate control over a variety of mark-making methods and modes of description, both two- and three-dimensional.
  • Students will be able to analyze, critique, and assess the formal qualities and concepts of artwork.
  • Students will be able to perceive, depict, and convey ideas through both observational and expressive means.
  • Students will be able to examine and analyze intellectually diverse perceptual points of view.



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