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Head Drawing

Learn basic drawing principles for fine artists and illustrators. You’ll draw the human head to learn composition, perspective, proportion, focal point, value pattern, and the use of light and shadow.

Quick Studies

Develop your intuitive skills for paint handling by producing painted quick studies. These on-the-fly studies in acrylics or oils will give you color, composition, paint handling, and quick indication-of-subject abilities, capturing the essence of the subject. (This course is cross-listed with FA 322.)

Wildlife Painting 1

Take a walk on the wild side. This course is open to Illustrators, Painters, and Animators. Visit zoos, ranches, farm, or wildlife sanctuaries to observe, sketch, photograph, and develop color studies on animals. Using the medium of your choice, you’ll create strong compositional paintings of animals and the real or… Read More

Landscape Painting

Refine your approach and response to natural and man-made environments. You’ll paint landscapes from locations and photographic references in studio. (This course is cross-listed with FA 605.)

Color Theory

Get an education in color. You’ll enhance your capacity to make informed color choices in your artwork by studying scientific research (theory) and through a series of hands-on projects (practice) designed to help you personalize color.

Clothed Figure Painting 1

Learn to understand the body under clothing. You’ll revisit proportion, gesture, light, shadow, value, and color relationships to structure, mass, and form. Plus, learn various properties of clothing, drapery, and the relation of the figure to its environment. Read More

Introduction to Anatomy

Humans have 206 bones and 650 muscles. You’ll learn the dynamics of anatomical form and how it relates to figurative art through drawing from models.

Master Thesis

Interact with your instructor and fellow students in pursuit of your approved written thesis. Your instructor and peers will help give your project direction.

Book Arts

How does the art of bookmaking relate to your work and direction? You’ll develop answers to that question through a critical examination of the concept of bookmaking and an exploration of diverse binding forms. (This course is cross-listed with FA 241.)

Wildlife Painting 1

Take a walk on the wild side. This course is open to Illustrators, Painters, and Animators. Visit zoos, ranches, farm, or wildlife sanctuaries to observe, sketch, photograph, and develop color studies on animals. Using the medium of your choice, you’ll create strong compositional paintings of animals and the real or… Read More