 | University of Virginia record March, 1913 |  |
DRAWING.
The classes in drawing are planned to give the teachers of the
primary, grammar and high-school grades and supervisors of drawing,
a practical knowledge of drawing as now taught in the most modern
and progressive schools. The purpose will be to give not only facility
in representation but to teach the fundamentals that underlie design,
composition, pictorial and imaginative drawing. More emphasis will
be placed on composition than on representation and every step will
be taken up in turn and definite ways suggested for use in the school
room with each lesson.
An attempt will be made to suit the courses to the needs of all applicants
and especially to the needs of those teachers who fancy they
cannot draw.
A special art certificate will be given to those who complete the
course here outlined which will certify that the holder is competent
to do supervisors work.
Drawing 1.—For teachers of grades from one to four, inclusive.
This is so arranged that the lessons will be in progressive order,
The classes will be conducted in the following manner: First, the
careful explanation of design, its intent and processes: Second, an
exhibition of fine examples of work by teachers and children who
have already taken the course: Third, processes carried out by the
class under the supervision of instructors.
First Year—First Grade: Cut paper to paste, outline filled in with
color, play with water color, copy color natural objects, pose drawing
with brush, illustration, doll house furnishing (make wall paper, etc.,
repeating design).
Second Grade: Cut out own objects to paste, original design for
border, (outline) mixes own color for above, border design colored
with crayon, landscape mass (brush or crayon).
Second Year—Third Grade: Drawing still life (pencil and brush),
memory drawing (object before pupil's eye only a few seconds), simple
book-making, design for cover, execution of same, simple lettering.
Fourth Grade: Exercise in color composition, outline filled with
cut paper, design, drawing still life (outline to fill in with color).
Section I. First and Second Grade. Daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Professor
Bement and Miss Barringer. Mechanical Laboratory, Room 2.
Section II. Third and Fourth Grade. Professor Bement and Miss
Barringer. Daily, 9:30 to 10:30.
Section III. 2:30 to 3:30. Professor Bement and Miss Hooe. Mechanical
Laboratory, Room 2.
Drawing 2.—For teachers of grades from five to eight inclusive,
and will supplement Course 1—the lessons being the continuation
of that course. The course will be conducted in the same
manner—explanation of the meaning of the design, then good examples
of the work done by teachers and children will be shown,
then the class will work out each problem.
First Year—Fifth grade, design for rug (color, charcoal), still
life (light and dark), landscape (light and dark color), illustration of
home industry.
Sixth Grade: Wood block printing, nature drawing (light and
dark), design for home utensils, design colored, simple illustration
with figures.
Second Year.—Seventh grade: Beginning perspective, still life group
(light and dark three tones), exercise in arrangement. Eighth grade:
Landscape (three tones, charcoal), lettering (ink and color), bookmaking,
end page for above in color, posters (one, two and three
colors).
Section I. First and second grade. Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30.
Professor Bement and Miss Barringer. Mechanical Laboratory,
Room 2. Section II. Third and fourth grade. Daily, 12:15 to 1:15.
Miss Barringer. Mechanical Laboratory, Room 1.
Drawing 3.—For teachers of high schools. It supplements Courses
1 and 2 and aims to give the teachers a few simple problems that
will when worked out give the students not only some dexterity of
hand but give them real appreciation of the fine things about them.
The conduct of the class will be the same as 1 and 2—the explanation,
exhibition of work actually done by high-school students, carrying
out the operation described.
First Year—Spacing in lines (a) Geometric design for tiles, spacing
in tone and color (b) putting same design into tone and color,
design: repetition, subordination, opposition (a) border to be used
for stencil straight or curved lines, using natural forms, as flowers,
trees, birds, etc., perspective, drawing of historic houses in line, with
colored chalk on dark paper.
Second Year—Illustration, in cut paper; also in chalk or crayola
on dark paper, still life drawing in charcoal and color, to illustrate
incidents of every-day life, small or bright color and letting paper
show for the shadow side, personal expression in art, memory
sketches, drawing from figure, small figures copied from large drawing
of Millet, using chalk on black paper. Elementary principles of
constructive drawing or mechanical drawing illustrated and applied.
Section I, daily, from 8:30 to 9:30. Miss O'Keefe. Mechanical
Laboratory, Room 1.
Section II, daily, from 3:30 to 4:30. Miss O'Keefe. Mechanical
Laboratory, Room 1.
Drawing 4.—The class in pure design is for those teachers who have
completed the work in the grades, those who are required to teach
design, those who wish to do special work in decoration, or those
who find themselves weak in that department of the general course.
Its aim is to give a complete understanding of the principles of
design, etc., practical application of the design to the material in
which it is to be reproduced, and the technical skill necessary to
render the design.
First Year—Border design in light and dark, surface pattern colors,
simple color scales, block printing, textile design. Second Year
—Color harmony, practice in color scales, animals and design, human
figures in design, wall paper (surface design), interior arrangement,
architectural design. One hour.
Method of Supervision.—For supervisions of drawing, and for those
who have had experience in the elementary grades and wish to specialize
in drawing. The aim of this course is to deal with problems
of supervision, the arrangement of a course of study, lesson plans,
type lessons, selection of material, etc. One hour.
Daily, from 3:30 to 5:30. Professor Bement and Miss O'Keefe.
Mechanical Laboratory, Room 2.
Drawing 5.—For the teachers of ungraded schools and aims to
give them as much training in the fundamental principles that underlie
Courses 1, 2 and 3 as the time will permit. The teacher will
be given in a condensed form the sequence in all the grades. Each
step will be explained and demonstrated by the instructor, but only
the most important ones will be carried out in class. An attempt
will be made to study the needs of the individual teacher.
First Year—Drawing of simple objects, perspective drawing, spacing,
line, mass, color; original design of useful objects, stenciling,
woodblock printing, simple manual training. Practical Drawing Books.
Section I, daily, from 10:30 to 11:30. Miss Hooe. Mechanical Laboratory,
Room 1.
6. History of Art.—A lecture course and is open to all students in
drawing and all are expected to attend. The lectures will be on the
following topics: architecture, historic ornament and design; Raphael's
slides.
Weekly, from 5:30 to 6:30. Professor Bement. Mechanical Laboratory,
Room 1.
Certificate Credit.—Summer School Professional Certificate—Drawing
1, 2, 3, and 4; Special High School Certificate—Drawing 1, 2, 3,
and 4; Professional Grammar Grades Certificate—Drawing 2 and 5;
Professional Primary Grades Certificate—Drawing 1 and 5.
| University of Virginia record March, 1913 | |