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Drawing is a personal practice used as a vehicle for developing visual awareness; a combination of seeing, thinking and planning that is relevant to all art disciplines. Drawing not only represents the visible, but also examines and realizes ideas and emotions.

The Drawing area, which fosters visual investigation through the practice of drawing, encompasses a variety of courses representing a range of methods, sources and dialogues. A full complement of courses emphasizes the translation and observation of relationships within the figure and objects in three-dimensional space. Several courses explore the development and combination of visual ideas along with the application of differing materials, techniques and strategies.

Previous Course Offerings
Below are previous course offerings for the Drawing area. Students must go to
mySMFA to see current course offerings and register.
Students in the undergraduate, graduate, Studio and Post-Baccalaureate certificate programs may also take continuing education courses for credit.

THE BRIDGE / DRW 1002 01
ANATOMY OF DRAWING / DRW 1014
DRAWING FOR WHAT IS SEEN AND WHAT IS KNOWN / DRW 1015
POINT OF VIEW / DRW 1017 01
BEGINNER DRAWING / DRW 1022
FIGUREMANIA / DRW 1058
BUMPS ON THE WALL / DRW 2001 01
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER / DRW 2009
INTERMEDIATE DRAWING / DRW 2018
INT-ADV DRAWING / DRW 2054
BUT IS IT DRAWING? / DRW 2066 01
TRANSITIONS: DRAWING INTO PAINTING / DRW 2075
MASKS AND MIRRORS / DRW 2085
DRAWING BREATH / DRW 2601
LOCATION DRAWING / DRW 3015
INTERM. ADVANCED DRAWING / DRW 3060
LONG POST AND PORTRAIT DRAWING / DRW 3088
ADVANCED STUDIO VISITS / DRW 3601
FIGURE DRAWING / DRW 4013
DRAWING/THOUGHTS IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR / DRW 4015
EXPERIMENTAL LIFE DRAWING: THE FIGURE AND BEYOND / DRW 4031
DRAWING NOW / DRW 4072 01