H82.1010 Studio 4 Credits
Offered in Spring for Photography and Imaging Freshman only.
This foundation course is an introduction to visual thinking and expression. The properties of line, form, perspective, texture, value and color, pattern, and sequencing will be explored through exercises in basic drawing, collage, painting, and book making. Compositional strategies, the use of text with images, and basic book design will also be addressed throughout the semester. Class time will be divided among slide lectures, looking at historical and contemporary art and group critiques of weekly assignments and in class exercises. Although there will be little if any photographic work done in this course, the relationship to photographic vision and the creative possibilities of photography will be an integral part of class discussions.
