Corcoran College of Art and Design

Spring Courses + Drawing and Painting

Browse all of our courses by Area of Study; Enrollment Option; Certificate Program; or Day of the Week. Simply click on the red link on the left to see a list of courses that meets the criteria you’ve selected.

Orchids in Watercolor

No sections available this semester

BG2411 (1.0 credits)
Watercolorist Jean Brinton Jaecks guides students in painting a variety of orchids from the extensive and exotic collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden.

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.

Color Theory

No sections available this semester

DR1260 (1.5 credits or audit)
Beginning with the basics of color theory, this course explores the more sophisticated study of restricted color combinations.

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.

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.

Pushing Personal Barriers

No sections available this semester

DR3210 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course will encourage the student's development of his/her personal style through problem solving and a series of challenges.

Printmaking Survey

No sections available this semester

PR1220 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course introduces lithography, etching, and relief techniques in printmaking.

Etching and Monotypes

No sections available this semester

PR1350 (1.5 credits or audit)
This course introduces the basic processes and principles of printmaking, focusing on the intaglio tradition and contemporary monotype methods.

Wood Block Print: Traditional and Contentemporary

No sections available this semester

PR2361 (3.0 credits or audit)
In this class, traditional methods of wood block printing will be taught as well as techniques that include reductive color printing. (CE students are welcome to enroll in this 3 credit undergraduate course.)