2D Design syllabus and materials

Catalog Description: This course explores the basic principles of two-dimensional design: unity, variety, contrast, movement, rhythm, visual emphasis and subordination. Studio projects approach these principles through the study and practice of space relationships, proportion, scale, value relationships, pattern, texture and color. Slide lectures are given periodically in association with various studio projects.

Course Prerequisites: NONE Class Period: 3 Practicum Period: 6 Credit Hours: 3

Major Topics of Study: Composition & the formal elements of designing in a two-dimensional format.

Student Learning Outcomes: Students will demonstrate the ability to arrange compositions by properly employing the use of the following concepts:
• Gestalt Grouping Principles • Repetition with and without Anomaly
• Rhythm and movement • Symmetry
• Asymmetry • Cropping
• Illusion of space • Textural augmentation
• Spatial relationships Required Textbook: Discretion of the Instructor

Units of Study
Course syllabus, Critical Process and Problem Solving Process
Value scale Color wheel, discussion and lecture
Intensity and saturation Color temperature
Figure – ground relationships Symmetry v. Asymmetry
Proportion and scale Similarity and movement. Mid-term
Shape and pattern Symbol Design
Space introduction 1 point perspective
2 point perspective 3 point perspective/ atmospheric perspective
Line quality Visual texture
Narrative and content

Supplies
1-Bristol board pad 11x14 smooth vellum 1- Roll of artist tape
4- Sheets of 20x30 Illustration board white smooth finish Rubber cement (optional)
Water container X-acto blades Paper towels
Mixing palette (glass) Palette knife (optional) Ruler clear plastic
Graphite or charcoal pencils Kneaded and white plastic Erasers
Acrylic Paint
Ivory Black 50ml Titanium White 50ml Cadmium yellow medium 50ml Raw sienna 50ml
Cadmium orange light 50ml Cadmium red medium 50ml Quindocidrone crimson 50ml
Dioxazine purple 50ml cobalt or cerulean blue 50ml Permanent green 50ml Neutral gray #6 50ml The aim is to have bright colors in each chroma
2GB Thumb Drive Three Ring Binder (handouts) Cachet Recycled Sketchbook
Brushes (watercolor brushes no bristle)
Flats soft hair or synthetic 2,4,8 (small medium and large) Rounds soft hair or synthetic 2,4,6,10
Three different Colored Markers