This introductory drawing course focuses on the traditions of "technical" drawing.   Space, form, value, proportion and composition are emphasized for the development of the beginning student’s ability to receive and record forms on a two-dimensional surface.   Students use a variety of drawing media as they work toward an understanding of the technical, expressive and conceptual possibilities of mark-making.

Top Image and Artist Information

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1: use drawing media with technical facility and demonstrate an awareness of each mediums properties.

2: demonstrate a beginning level ability to render observed objects and spaces accurately with a combination of line and value, open and closed form.

3: compose drawings with intent and expression.

4: use dispositions and work methods necessary for the creation of quality finished work.

The 2020 face-2-face class schedule / assignments were changed after spring recess due to the COVID-19 Virus Pandamic and Pierpont's move to a percentage of virtual classes. Subjects temporarily eliminated: Two & Three Point Perspective, Anatomy and Digital Drawing.

The virtual 2021, 22 and 23 drawing course schedule / assignments are below and are tentative based on unforseen challenges.  Required materials have been reduced to a minimum.

*   The syllabus is released in Blackboard on the first day of class. Assignments are released each week in the Blackboard assignments tab. Free Acrobat Reader

Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, erasers, markers, styluses, and metals. Digital drawing is the act of drawing on graphics software in a computer. Common methods of digital drawing include a stylus or finger on a touchscreen device, stylus- or finger-to-touchpad, or in some cases, a mouse. There are many digital art programs and devices... —

  Drawings at Google Arts & Culture  │  The Met  │  Drawings at WikiArt

Notable Artists & Draftsmen  │  Drawing became significant as an art form around the late 15th century (during the Renaissance) with artists and master engravers... —

St. Jerome in His Study  │  (top intro image) engraving detail, c.1514, by Albrecht Durer, Saint Jerome in His Study, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.  Saint Jerome, translator of the Bible, works peacefully at a slanted writing table, and his lion and dog slumber equally peacefully in the foreground.  The light of his halo and the sunlight pouring in through the windows are in perfect equilibrium, and recurrent horizontals in the composition add to the pervasive sense of repose and harmony.

ENLARGE  │  DETAILS  │  VIDEO  │  MORE ART  │  ARTIST BIO

Below, is a small sample of information links coordinated with video playlists.   Each link and video thumbnail takes you to the category on the Resource page.   Once there, activate the links.   Resources

Creative Commons Public Domain
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Metropolitan Museum Time-line of Art History

Google Arts & Culture

Khan Academy Art Analysis

Empire of the Eye: The Magic of Illusion
National Gallery of Art

ArtStor Image Consortium

Foundation for Critical Thinking

Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art:
The Analytic Tradition, An Anthology