Carroll Community College

ART-105, 2-D Design

Credits: 3

Course Description

2-D Design develops the use of formal elements and principles through assigned projects. Emphasis is on original, well-crafted rendering, adherence to project specs, and analytical assessment skills through critique. This course is intended for students who will be taking additional art courses which involve applications of the concepts developed in 2-D Design, and for those taking certain computer graphics programs. Prerequisite: ART-101 or two years of high school art, or permission of the instructor, and exemption/completion of READ-091. Although there is no textbook for this course, the cost of art supplies will equal or exceed the cost of an average text. Materials list will be distributed at the first class session. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory each week. Three credits. Three billable hours.

Course Objectives and Grading Information

Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of Art 105 ("C" or better), the student will have met the following objectives:

1. Demonstrate excellence in presentation: matting, mounting and display of projects by originating and maintaining a clean, functional portfolio.

2. Demonstrate understanding of figure-ground relationships: development of illusion, spatial ambiguity, and equivocal space.

3. Draw surface movements and implied kinetic effects by manipulating line quality.

4. Demonstrate ability to design for a specific purpose and audience

5. Demonstrate understanding of art in popular culture by using Fine Art to sell a product.

6. Demonstrate the use of a reproducible image (motif) to form a pattern.

7. Demonstrate ability to interpret and render the impact of a word.

8. Demonstrate understanding of principles: contrast, emphasis, and subordination by dissecting and rearranging an image.

9. Demonstrate understanding of the effect of value changes on depth of space.

10. Demonstrate textural enhancement and ink media skills through line enhancement.

11. Maintain a high level of craftsmanship in each project: clean, unmarred and unhurried work that is both original and innovative.

12. Demonstrate understanding of design elements, principles and vocabulary in verbal critiques.