ART 101 Beginning Design (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Course Description
A studio laboratory course which presents the elements of design as sources for artistic invention. Lectures, demonstrations and studio work deal with line, edge, shape, area, texture and value as vital elements in creative design.
Course Content
A. Figure/ground unity by value
B. Value key and contrast
C. Continuous and discontinuous connections
D. Shaping negative space
E. Open and closed shapes
F. Active & quiet
G. Color spectrum
H. Color value and intensity
I. Warm and cool
J. Complementary color
Student Outcomes
1. Paint a composition using black and white while seeking to have both black and white shapes play the role of both the figure and ground.
2. Apply the concepts of continuous and discontinuous visual connections.
3. Utilize abstract, non-representational shapes to assist in seeing the building blocks of composition.
4. Utilize full value change to aid in identifying variety and to build a compositional hierarchy.
5. Identify the concepts of value keys and value contrasts.
6. Demonstrate the concepts of open and closed shapes using value and texture.
7. Analyze examples of composition content from various cultures.
8. Paint a monochromatic composition which replicates the shapes and values of the achromatic design.
9. Employ warm and cool color mixing and use in a composition.
10. Examine basic color theory including primary and secondary color schemes.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Lecture Contact Hours 35
Lab Contact Hours 30
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 65
Potential Methods
A. Studio projects
B. Peer critiques
C. Instructor critiques
D. Exhibition of work
E. Museum and gallery visits
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