Corcoran College of Art and Design

Fall 2012 Courses + Drawing

Figure Drawing Short Course

DR0835 (non-credit)
Students learn to capture the human form with quick gestures, develop a quality of line with contours, and become familiar with proportions by measuring and foreshortening.

Seven Sessions with Ink

No sections available this semester

DR0885 (non-credit)
Using both pen and brush, students will experience the properties and possibilities of ink.

Introduction to Drawing

No sections available this semester

DR1200 (1.5 credits or audit)
For students seeking to improve their drawing skills, this course emphasizes gesture, line, proportion, perspective, mass, volume, value, tone, and shading.

Academic Drawing: Still Life, Portrait and the Figure

No sections available this semester

DR1220 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students explore the traditional methods of studying drawing used by the European art academies, with a focus on the relationships between form and tonal values.

Two-Dimensional Design

DR1250 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students develop basic skills, working with a variety of materials and approaches to two-dimensional design.

Academic Figure Drawing

No sections available this semester

DR1310 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students explore traditional methods of figure drawing used by European art academies.

Introduction to Botanical Drawing

DR1400 (1.5 credits or audit)
Explores the close observation of form and the use of contemporary drawing sensibilities in the tradition of botanical illustration

Intermediate Drawing

No sections available this semester

DR2200 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students develop their drawing skills and explore a wider range of materials related to drawing through still life, landscape, and the model.

Intermediate Botanical Drawing

DR2400 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course is a continuation of DR1400 Introduction to Botanical Drawing.