Maricopa Community Colleges  ADA106   19944-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/22/94
ADA106 19944-99999 L+L 3 Credit(s) 4 Period(s)
Life Drawing Methods
With live model, practice drawing techniques in advertising art using all media. Training for illustrators, designers, fashion artists and students of advertising design. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ADA106   19944-99999 Life Drawing Methods
1. Draw the proportions of the human body and their relationship to each other. (I)
2. Draw the main muscle groups which make up the human body and the forms they create. (II)
3. Demonstrate hand-eye coordination through contour drawings. (III, IV)
4. Draw light, shadow, and perspective (foreshortening) as they relate to the human figure. (V)
5. Use various tools and grounds in life drawing. (VI)
6. Complete a study of the human form from live models. (VII)
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ADA106   19944-99999 Life Drawing Methods
    I. Common proportions of the human body
        A. The head and face
        B. The torso and limbs
      II. Skeletal and muscle structure
          A. The skeleton of bones
          B. The skeletal covering of muscles
          C. Rotation of skeletal forms
          D. Rotation of muscle forms
        III. Hand/eye coordination
            A. Contour drawings
            B. Blind drawings
          IV. Quick sketch ability
              A. Gesture drawings - 10 - 30 seconds
              B. Developing longer, more expressive line quality
            V. Light, shadow, perspectives
                A. Simple shapes and shading
                B. Human shapes
                C. Material shapes and draping
                D. Negative shapes
                E. Foreshortening
              VI. Drawing tools and grounds
                  A. Graphite pencil
                  B. Charcoal pencil
                  C. Colored chalks and pastels
                  D. Inks and quill pens
                  E. Papers, wet and dry
                  F. Boards and canvas
                VII. Composition of a final study
                    A. Size
                    B. Cropping and emphasis
                    C. Color
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