Ontario College of Art & Design

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GDES 1B12
The Illustrator's Toolkit
0.50 Credit(s)
Studio
Drawing, the very first tool of human visual communication, is the illustrator's first language. This course demonstrates the importance of 'capturing' and 'conjuring' as the key acts of drawing. Focus on: Life drawing (contour, gesture, rendering and interpretation); Object drawing (light and shade, composition, one, two, three point perspective); Observational drawing (outside the classroom activities and use of the sketchbook as a capturing and creative tool); Visualization and conceptualization; Understanding of basic picture-making fundamentals.
Notes: Required for Illustration.
Course was last updated April 3, 2006 - 11:00 AM