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  • ART 226: Water Color

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    An introduction to the basic tools and techniques of the water-color painter. Emphasis upon transparent water color.
    ShareART 226 - Water Color

  • ART 228: Digital Photography

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    An introduction to the photographic process using a digital platform. Photographic techniques, camera handling, exposure control, image manipulation, composition, and solving visual problems will be incorporated into exercises and projects. This course will also address the topic of sustainability through photography. Students are required to provide storage media and prints of their projects. A Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) format camera is used for this class. A personal DSLR is highly recommended but not required.
    ShareART 228 - Digital Photography

  • ART 230: Digital Object Design - 3D Printing

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course is intended to familiarize students to the process of digital modeling and 3D printing. Students will design a variety of functional and inventive objects from drinking vessels to tools using Rhinoceros 5.0. Designed objects will be printed in PLA on the Makerbot Replicator 2. In addition to the Makerbot's PLA, students will be required to print in an alternative material using Shapeways 3D printing service. Creativity, design and craftsmanship will be stressed and we will examine nuances of the student's work.
    ShareART 230 - Digital Object Design - 3D Printing

  • ART 231: Ceramics: Handbuilding

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This is an introductory course designed to give students a hands-on educational and artistic experience using the medium of clay. Students will learn to shape clay in a variety of ways including: pinch, coil, leather hard slab, soft slab. Students will also gain experience with various decorating, glazing, and firing techniques. Craftsmanship will be stressed and we will scrutinize nuances of the student's work.
    ShareART 231 - Ceramics: Handbuilding

  • ART 232: Ceramics: Potter's Wheel

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course is designed to introduce students to the potter's wheel and develop their eye through critique. Over the course of the semester students will learn to shape clay on the potter's wheel, making a variety of functional pottery, and gain experience with various decorating, glazing, and firing techniques. Craftsmanship will be stressed and we will scrutinize nuances of the student's work.
    ShareART 232 - Ceramics: Potter's Wheel

  • ART 241: Printmaking: Graphic Forms

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course is an introduction to mediums of printmaking whose strengths lay in their graphic drama. Through layering these techniques students will discover new ways to harness the interaction of color and form. The versatility of these approaches allows the printed medium to expand--onto 3-Dimensional structures, clothing, banners, or other creative substrates. Primarily this course will be focused on reductive and serigraphic processes. Our aim is to find enough technical grounding in these forms for the purpose of later exploiting their conceptual possibilities.
    ShareART 241 - Printmaking: Graphic Forms

  • ART 242: Printmaking as a Narrative Form

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course is an introduction to mediums of Printmaking whose strengths lie in the illustrative and narrative form. We will explore the power of line, texture, and tone, as well as the reworking of and editioning of plates to explore story-telling possibilities. These techniques can include drypoint, etching, collagraph, and monotypes.
    ShareART 242 - Printmaking as a Narrative Form

  • ART 301: Mixed Media

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course introduces students to various materials and techniques used in visual art. Materials explored will include, but not be limited to, dyes, gels, inks, paint, paper, photographs, prints, pumice, and wax. Techniques may include, but not be limited to, assemblage, book-making, collage, encaustic, relief printing, transfer, mono-printing, and welding.
    ShareART 301 - Mixed Media

  • ART 306: Drawing III

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This class will introduce the student to a variety of considerations involved in drawing from the human figure. Beginning with an objective analysis of the figure's structure and an emphasis on observational drawing technique, we'll proceed to a more subjective, empathetic view of the figure, where your personal vision, experience, and expression will come into play. Throughout the course we will stress perceptual (observational), formal (line, value, etc.), and interpretive skills, as well as the abstract elements of composition, shape, rhythm, etc. involved in a successful drawing of any kind. Prerequisite:    ART 106, ART 206
    ShareART 306 - Drawing III

  • ART 307: Drawing IV

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This class will continue the advanced student's investigation into a variety of considerations involved in drawing from the human figure. Beginning with an objective analysis of the figure's structure and an emphasis on observational drawing technique, we'll proceed to a more subjective, empathetic view of the figure, where your personal vision, experience, and expression will come into play. Throughout the course we will stress perceptual (observational), formal (line, value, etc.), and interpretive skills, as well as the abstract elements of composition, shape, rhythm, etc. involved in a successful drawing of any kind. Prerequisite:    ART 306
    ShareART 307 - Drawing IV