Corcoran College of Art and Design

Spring Courses + Printmaking

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.

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.

Surface Design for Textiles

No sections available this semester

PR1270 (1.5 credits or audit)
Explore the properties, processes, and techniques of working with dyes, paints, and chemicals on fabric.

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.

Between Paint and Print

No sections available this semester

PR2280 (1.5 credits or audit)
Students explore how to integrate screen-printed imagery, textures, and ideas into paintings.