Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

163 Art Course Descriptions 2018-2019 Catalog 30B ILLUSTRATOR®: INTERMEDIATE COMPUTER DRAWING AND DESIGN 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITES: Art 30A. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126. This course will allow students to build upon the skills learned in beginning computer drawing. Projects will continue to emphasize topics of content and form in a digital drawing workflow. Students will be challenged to carry out design projects in a fine art, as well as, commercial environment. (A, CSU, UC) 33 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER ART & DESIGN 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours ADVISORIES: English 1A. Students study the history of design from the 1960s to the present. Corel Painter® computer software is introduced with studio projects integrating historical design references and the elements and principles of design. (A, CSU, UC) 36A INTERMEDIATE WHEEL THROWING 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITES: Art 10. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 126 and Mathematics 201. This course will focus on intermediate-level throwing on the potter’s wheel. This course will explore use of the potter’s wheel as a tool for self-expression and will include the study of clays, glaze formulation and history of the potter’s wheel. (A, CSU, UC) 37A PHOTOSHOP®: DIGITAL VISUAL ART 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. The digital imaging software program, Adobe Photoshop®, is introduced. Emphasis is on photo restoration, image compositing, image manipulation, scanning, and printing. (A, CSU, UC) (C-ID ARTS 250: ART 30A & ART 37A) 37B PHOTOSHOP®: INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL VISUAL ART 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITES: Art 37A. This is an intermediate level course utilizing Adobe Photoshop® digital imaging software. Emphasis is on creating works for print, web and multi-media applications. Fine and commercial art references are studied. (A, CSU, UC) 38 PAINTER®: COMPUTER DIGITAL IMAGING 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This beginning digital painting course explores the use of the computer in the visual arts. Issues of form and content are integrated with technological instruction in the formation of painted digital art images with an emphasis on design fundamentals. The digital imaging software program, Painter®, is introduced along with techniques necessary for image creation from scratch, scanning, printing, virtual watercolor, oil, impasto, dry media, textures, painted composites and integration of photographs. (A, CSU, UC) 38A INTERMEDIATE HAND-BUILDING 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITES: Art 10. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 126 and Mathematics 201. This course will focus on intermediate-level hand building of ceramic art. The techniques of coil, slab, and other hand construction methods will be explored and refined. The history of hand built ceramics from various cultures will be introduced as a path to self-expression in ceramics. (A, CSU, UC) 41 COMPUTERIZED MULTIMEDIA 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITES: Art 37A or 38. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This course is an introduction to computer multimedia for graphic design and the visual arts. The course will introduce a multi-media authoring program used for creating interactive media such as animation and simple, interactive projects. (A, CSU, UC) 42 COMPUTER ANIMATION/3D 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 4 lab hours, pass/no pass PREREQUISITES: Art 37A or 38. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This course is an introduction to 3D computer animation and modeling on the computer. Projects such as creating 3D still images and 3D animations will be assigned. (A, CSU)