Drawing
The drawing program offers basic, intermediate, advanced, and graduate level courses addressing various subject matters, techniques, and materials. The initial drawing classes focus on perceptual and formal skill development, and later courses necessitate developing conceptual thinking skills and abilities to develop more focused bodies of work and independent thinking. While the relationship of drawing to other endeavors in art is discussed, students are encouraged to think of drawing as an end product rather than means of creating a study to complete the work in another media.
Drawing students may work with more traditional materials such as wet or dry pigment on paper, but they must also remain aware of more possibilities to drawing. Mixed media applications are encouraged in advanced classes to include work on canvas, wood, or other substances. Advanced student exploration may include additional media such as computer graphics or printmaking, and they may consider pushing the formats from small to large scale and from two dimensions to three.
Students are expected to remain aware of more formal aspects of drawing both representational and abstract. Drawing students are challenged through the use of a number of strategies, techniques, subject matter, and concepts. Drawing from live models is an important component to the program. Both traditional and experimental approaches are possible, and some students may pursue an interdisciplinary approach to their studies.
Students seeking concentrations in drawing are encouraged to develop interests in an additional media area within the department such as printmaking, painting, or illustration. Over a period of time, students are expected to develop a cohesive body of work for the culmination of the degree-the BFA Thesis Exhibition.
Facility and Equipment Highlights
• 15 James Howard graphic arts drawing tables
• Ten James Howard drawing horses
• Six large vertical drawing panels to accommodate a variety of drawing needs and working styles
• Eight large windows facing north and south provide the room with natural light
• Track lighting and individual spot lighting in classrooms
• Vertical storage space and metal flat files
Faculty
 | Anita DeAngelis' deangeli@etsu.edu (M.F.A. Arizona State Univsity, printmaking) personal work includes drawing, hand-made books, printmaking, and letterpress printing. She is a nationally exhibited artist and has works in the collections of Berea College in Kentucky, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. DeAngelis also serves as the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Director of the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts. |
