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  • DR 120: Representational Drawing

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    Building on the perceptual concepts of DR100, this course focuses on methods used to represent the threedimensional world on a two-dimensional surface. Linear perspective methods are introduced and structural and tonal concepts are reinforced to aid students in rendering more convincing illusions of volume, space, and light. Subjects include the human figure, object studies, still life, architectural spaces, and the imagination. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 6 hours/week. Prerequisite: DR 100
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  • DR 140: Thinking with Drawing

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This course focuses on "drawing for thinking," or how one uses drawing to get at a core idea. Students learn to use drawing as a reductive process, as a tool for thinking. The course looks at a wide range of settings, beyond fine arts, in which drawing is used (e.g. furniture making, metals fabrication, ceramics building, illustration and design concepts, etc). Students examine the different ways in which each discipline uses drawing to get ideas - e.g. 3-D forms or motion pieces - down on paper: not just literally rendering those ideas, but capturing the ideas behind them and sketching them out. The goal of this course is to teach students to use drawing as another, broader based tool to access their ideas. This class is a technical drawing class in that it will empower students to present their ideas using inherited and widely recognized conventions of description and representation. We will be breaking down the conceits of drawing that are used to represent ideas, objects, etc. to show form, space, weight, reflection, heat, proximity. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 6 hours/week. Prerequisite: DR 100 or permission from instructor.
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  • DR 227: Anatomical Drawing

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This class is an in-depth study of the internal structure of the human figure as it affects the external form, allowing students to develop a working vocabulary of surface muscle groups and skeletal landmarks as they apply to drawing the figure. Students complete weekly research projects designed to compliment classroom topics. Class time is used primarily for study from the live model and critique. Application of knowledge gained throughout the course to individual aesthetic and conceptual concerns is encouraged. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 6 hours/week. Prerequisite: DR100 and any secondlevel drawing course (DR120 - 140).).
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  • DR 228: Figure Drawing

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This introductory life drawing course is structured around the premise that working from observation leads to a deeper understanding of the elements of drawing and to a more personal expressive vision. Students investigate a broad range conceptual and historical drawing practices related to the human figure while building knowledge of basic human anatomy and exploring the variety of material and means available to describe complex form in illuminated space. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 6 hours/ week. Prerequisites: DR 100 and DR 120.
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  • DR 233: Surrealism,Chance & Accident

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This course is designed to merge your own skills and interests with the ideas of anti-logic, revolution, and artistic freedom introduced by the Dadaists and Surrealists at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. There will be a particular emphasis placed on language and drawing games such as Exquisite Corpse, Frottage, Automatism, and Decalcomania. The course will also examine Surrealism and Dada's historical precedents and antecedents such as the art of the insane, Sigmund Freud's study of the unconscious, doodling and other incidental drawing, Process Art, the work of John Cage, and Fluxus. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 6 hours/week. Prerequisites: DR100 and any secondlevel drawing course (DR120 - 140).
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  • DR 400: Advanced Drawing

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This course concentrates on creating a structured environment in which students can begin to build independent working processes and linear bodies of work. It is designed to complement the experience in the major studio, despite the student's chosen area of concentration. Emphasis is placed on developing content driven work, while continuing to focus on the formal aspects of a drawing experience. Class structure will include lectures, field trips and demonstrations. Elective: 3 credits/ semester; 6 hours/week. Pre-requisites: DR100, and any three drawing electives
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  • EN 101-102: Composition and Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This course combines the study and practice of compositional methods and writing skills with an introduction to specific works of literature vital for an understanding of the development of Western culture. Students read literature from the classical period to the present, investigate the historical and cultural contexts in which the work was produced, and in their own writing, develop the critical and analytical skills with which to appreciate and evaluate literary works. Emphasis in composition focuses on thesis development, incorporation of primary and secondary texts into the essay and the use of proper textual citations. Required: 3 credits/semester; 3 hours/week. No prerequisite. This course may not be dropped without department head approval.
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  • FE 250: 3D Fabrication:Substance & Intent

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This course will take a broad materials approach to the development of content; both personal and external. Through a mix of material investigations in drawing, model making and digital imagery, ideas will be generated and realized through material and structure. Materials will include, but are not limited to: concrete, glass, Plexiglass, fabric, resin, wood, aluminum, brass and steel. The work will be driven by personal investigations in to the combinations of the sculptural object, installation, performance and or digital projection. Elective: 3 credits/semester; 6 hours/week Prerequisite: FN 115
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  • FN 101: Foundations of Digital Imaging

    3.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    This course covers the basics of digital imaging through lectures, demonstrations, and tutorials. The course also covers topics including image editing & manipulation, collage techniques, digital cameras, flat-bed scanning, color and gray scale printing, and digital presentation methods. The integration and translation of traditional two- and three-dimensional art media are explored in the digital environment. Although this course covers material of a technical nature, utilizing software such as Adobe PhotoShop, and Illustrator the emphasis is on digital imaging as a medium for artistic expression. Elective: 3 credits/ semester; 6 hours/ week. No prerequisite. A lab fee is charged; see rate schedule.
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  • FN 113: 2D Design

    2.00 Credits
    Maine College of Art

    An awareness of visual order on the two-dimensional or flat surface is stressed throughout the year. First semester concentrates on understanding organization in black, white and grays, studying the interactions of figure and ground and the contrasts of interval, scale, rhythm and value. Second semester focuses on the properties and interactions of color. Required: 2 credits/ semester; 6 hours/week. No prerequisite.
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