19 courses with the subject ART, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This course is designed to teach an understanding of basic drawing techniques and mediums utilizing direct visual experience. Drawing is introduced as the complete graphic experience. It involves experimentation with a variety of drawing mediums to discover and develop line, value, shape/form, texture, and space.
Basic design elements are necessary ingredients for visual literacy and mature art forms in all areas of artistic expression, from interior design, clothing design, architecture, and ceramics to the pure fine arts of sculpture and painting, to name only a few.
Students will learn the basic elements and principles of three-dimensional design. This course is designed to explore fundamental ideas, skills, and processes valuable to the designer, artist, or, more generally, the visually educated person through using various media, techniques, and concepts. This course explores the design elements of line, shape/form, value, space/time, and texture.
The advanced design encourages the creative process while exploring the basics of color and texture. Precision aids in presentation are a must. “An artist or creative person must be a dreamer, a realist, and a skilled worker.”
An introduction to the art of photography with emphasis on creative thinking, visual aesthetics, and technical proficiency as they relate to the understanding and production of quality black and white photographs.
A continuation of ART 1005 Drawing I. The student is offered the opportunity to advance their skill in the technical application of various drawing mediums, including color. Freedom of exploration is permitted, and experimentation is encouraged.
A comprehensive review of the divergent expressions of Western humanity. First Semester: Paleolithic society through the High Renaissance of Italy (30,000 BC-1570 AD). It is a means through which one may become visually literate, a necessary facet of education and existence in general.
A comprehensive review of the divergent expressions of Western humanity. Second Semester: following just after the High Renaissance in Italy into contemporary civilization. It is a means through which one may become visually literate, a necessary facet of education and existence in general.
This is a basic, investigative, experimental course in which the process and properties of several Intaglio methods are explored. They include line etch, aquatint, soft-ground etch, and relief work. The print is the “finished” product of most drawing mediums.
An in-depth introduction to the world of digital photography and computer imaging with emphasis on developing student understanding and skills with digital image capture and scanning, image manipulation using software, as well as digital storage and transmission.
An advanced photography course for students who wish to continue their personal growth on an individualized basis in a particular specialized area of photography. Each student, with the aid of an instructor, outlines a detailed course of study, which will be pursued individually during the course. The number of credit hours registered will determine work quantity, requirements, and basic guidelines for satisfactory completion of the project and course.
This course is designed for the beginning painter who wants to gain an understanding of the techniques of oil painting.
A continuation of ART 2210 Painting I. The student is offered the opportunity to advance their skills. Freedom of exploration is permitted, and experimental techniques are encouraged.
Students will develop a more advanced understanding of three-dimensional design principles and elements - introduced in ART 1120 - through traditional and non-traditional materials.
An introduction to basic pottery skills: throwing, trimming, and glazing hand-built ceramics. Clay-making and kiln firing included.
Advanced throwing at the wheel, hand building, and glazing techniques. Kiln design and operation.
Students will complete progressively more complex projects on the wheel, building by hand, firing the kiln, and more intricate glaze compositions by building on techniques learned in previous pottery classes.
Expand the student’s knowledge of clay. Knowing the true meaning of earth, water, and fire is the basic element of this craft and has been part of man’s life since the earliest times. This class will expand the knowledge of advanced pottery to allow them to grow so they understand both the technical processes as well as the aesthetic ways of pottery.
Source: Western Wyoming Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
