ARTS-1316-501 DRAWING FOUNDATIONS

SPRING 2006
INSTRUCTOR:Steve Galgas, The University of Texas at Dallas
CLASS WEBSITE: http://www.galgas.com/students/
OFFICE HOURS: before and after class by request

CLASS DESCRIPTION:
This class will strenghten students' skills in basic observational drawing ("drawing from life"). This course
is designed particularly with the animation student in mind, emphasizing acting and movement, but the
time-tested drawing techniques taught in class are essential for both beginning animators and non-
animators alike. Students are assumed to have little to no previous drawing experience.

ASSIGNMENTS
Students will be given both in-class and homework assignments on a nearly weekly basis. Class work will
be divided into the following categories. Any assignments listed are subject to change due to a class'
specific needs or time constraints.

l BASIC DRAWING TECHNIQUES: Students will receive exercises designed to give them the
observational skills needed for naturalistic drawing.
l ENVIRONMENTS: Students will expand upon the concepts taught in the previous lessons by
applying what they learned to still life drawings and environmental studies.
l FIGURES: Lessons will include basic artists' anatomy, figure studies, and studies of particular body
parts, such as hands, feet, and faces.

MATERIALS
Students will be required to purchase the following materials for class. Items marked with an
asterisk (*) will be required immediately. Other materials may be required by the instructor later in
the semester.

¡ 1 Drawing Clipboard*
¡ 1 Large Sketchpad (white paper, not newsprint)*
¡ 1 Medium Sketchbook*
¡ Selection of Artists' Pencils (Get several 3B's, and I recommend Mars Lumograph brand)*
¡ 1 Kneaded Rubber Eraser*
¡ 1 Artgum Eraser*
¡ Conte Crayons or Stick Charcoal
¡ Vine Charcoal

POLICIES
LATE ASSIGNMENTS:

¡ Assignments which are turned in past their due date will lose a letter grade for each week they
are late, regardless of excuse.
¡ The late policy goes into effect at the beginning of classes during which assighments are
due, unless otherwise noted.
¡ All assignments must be completed in order to receive a passing grade for the class.

ATTENDANCE:

¡ If you arrive late, it is your responsibility to inform me of your attendance. As I may be in the
 middle of instruction upon your arrival, it is your responsibility to make sure I write your name
down in my book at the next convenient moment.
¡ Come prepared to work during class time. If you are planning to work on a project primarily
outside of class (on your home computer, for instance), you will still be require to bring
materials on which you can work during class time.
¡ Do not leave early without permission.
¡ Schedule work hours around class time.

COMPUTER USAGE:

¡ Students should not be surfing the Internet during lectures, unless asked to do so, and all
computer games and instant messenging programs must be closed during this time.
¡ Students are responsible for the safe storage and backup of their own projects. Computer
failure should be expected and planned for, and will not be allowed as an excuse for late
or missing projects.
¡ Computers must be turned off during written tests or quizzes. Exams from students who are
surfing the Internet during exams will not be counted.

ACCOMODATION PROCESS:

It is the policy of UTD to provide reasonable and appropriate accomodations for individuals with
documented disabilities. This University will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws,
regulations, and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accomodations as required to afford
equal educational opportunity. It is the student's responsibility to contact the appropriate office in a
timely manner if he or she desires to arrange for accomodations.

SCOLASTIC DISHONESTY:

UTD may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty.
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to statements, acts, or omissions related to
application for enrollement, the ward of a degree, and/or the submission of one's work of material
that is not one's own. Scholastic dishonesty may involve one or more of the following acts: cheating,
plagiarism, collusion, and falsifying academic records.

Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an

examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, copying computer files, copying
internet material, using someone else's work for assignments if it were one's own, or any other
dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements fo a course.