"Course no. 7770."

Program contains 36 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes.

GMD: videodisc.

Disc 1. An introduction to drawing ; Drawing materials for line ; Drawing fundamentals and first exercises ; Line and shape: Line and aggregate shape ; Line and shape: Volume and figure-ground ; Line and shape: Positive and negative shape -- Disc 2. Composition: The format and its armature ; Composition: How artists compose ; Line and shape: Line attributes and gesture ; Composition: Shape and advanced strategies ; Proportion: Alberti's Velo ; Proportion: Accurate proportion and measure -- Disc 3. Creating volume and illusionistic space ; Six complex drawing projects ; Linear perspective: Introduction ; Linear perspective: The quad ; Linear perspective: The gridded room ; Linear perspective: Ellipses and pattern -- Disc 4. Linear perspective: Advanced topics ; Value: How artists use value ; Value: Drawing materials for value ; Value: Black and white and a value scale ; Value: Eight complex drawing projects ; Value: Side light and cast shadow -- Disc 5. Value: Oblique light and cast shadow ; Texture: Mark making and optical value ; Texture: How artists use texture ; Color: Color theory and color and light ; Color: How artists use color ; Color: Color drawing projects -- Disc 6. The figure: A canon of proportions ; The figure: The head, hands, and feet ; The figure: Artistic anatomy ; The figure: Drawing projects ; Advanced concepts: Pictorial space ; Advanced drawing projects.

Director not credited.

Lecturer: Professor David Brody, University of Washington.

DVD,

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

In English.