COURSE SYLLABUS
Conceptual Figure Drawing
ARTT 1201
Number
2 - 4 - 3
Lecture - Lab - Credit
None
Prerequisites
This syllabus has been reviewed and is current on the date indicated.
Prepared By Date
Dub Wellborn 7/26/16______
Reviewed By
Christina Hollis 7/29/16
Division Director/Designee Date
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I. Instructor Information
Name: Dub Wellborn
Phone: 325-734-3653
Campus Office: Abilene Campus
Room 123
E-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: 9 a.m. to noon M
and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. F
Advisement Hours: By appointment from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. M-F
Division Director: Christina Hollis
Director e-mail: [email protected]
II. Class Times, Location
Dates 09/29/16 to 12/09/16
MTWTHF, TBA, 4WEB WEB, Web Bases Classes, Moodle at https://mycourses.tstc.edu
MW, 11:00 a.m. to 12:55 p.m., 4ABC Rm.123, Abilene Extension
III. Program Outcomes
Learning Outcome: Understand business and legal issues as they apply to graphic artist
Assessment Methodology: Given business scenarios demonstrate the best business practices
Activities Beginning Developing Competent Accomplished
Assessment
Measure
Understanding Copyright and contract laws
No
understanding of
copyright law
Define copyright
laws and contract
laws and give
examples
Following
copyright law
concerning
content
acquisition and
licensing
Define procedure
to obtain and
enforce a
copyright
Assessment
Measure
Create a business plan
Define a business
plan
Understand the
different aspects
of a business
plan
Create a
comprehensive
business plan
Implement
business plan
Assessment
Measure
Understanding business finances
Identify and
define business
and finance
Identify and
categorize
income and
Analyzing
income and
expenses to
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terminology expenses calculate pricing
structure
Assessment
Measure
Identify industry requirements for employment and professional
organizations
Unaware of
industry
standards
Define industry
standards
Identify industry
requirements and
professional
organizations
Produce work
that meets
industry
requirements and
professional
organizations
IV. Course Description & Introduction
Introduction to the techniques of drawing the human figure with emphasis on gesture and
contour technique.
Topics include structure of the human form in relation to drawing body proportions; bone
and muscle structure of the human form and the bone and muscle components of human
hands and other appendages.
V. Learning Outcomes
The student will:
A. Complete the different parts of the human figure from bone structure to muscle
structure;
B. Draw accurate visible and invisible cross contours of the human figure while eyes
are on the model and not on the paper;
C. Demonstrate knowledge of balance and proportion of the human figure in different
positions.
VI. Assessment Methods & Grading Policy
Summative assessments using assignment rubrics. Grades for all major courses must be C
or better.
Grade Percent Description Grade
Points
A 90-100 Excellent/Mastery Performance Level 4
B 80-89 Required Performance Level 3
C 70-79 Minimum Required Performance
Level
2
D 60-69 Below Required Performance Level 1
F Below 60 Failure to Meet Performance
Requirements
0
IP -- In Progress
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W -- Withdrawal 0
CR -- Credit 0
AUD -- Audit of Course 0
See College Catalog for complete descriptions.
Formative assessment using skills validation process based on observation, discussion, and
summative assessment of rubrics shown above. Grades based on Skills Validation will be
calculated on a Pass / Fail matrix.
VII. Textbooks/Reference Materials
Required: How to Draw and Paint ANATOMY, Creating Life-Like Humans and Realistic Animals by Editors of ImagineFX Magazine; ISBN# 978-1-56523-716-2
Required: Adobe Photoshop training book
Required: How to Draw the Marvel Way by Stan Lee & John Buscema; ISBN#
0671530771
Required: The Skillful Huntsman by Art Center / Scott Robertson; ISBN# 0972667644
Required: Mechanika by Doug Chang; ISBN# 1600610234
Required: Adobe Illustrator training book
Recommended: Perspective Made Simple, A Practical Guide For Artists; By Larry Withers, On Air Video, www.onairvideo.com; ISBN# 8130300024
Recommended: The Techniques of Scott Robertson (DVD), Volume 1: Basic Perspective Form Drawing, “Ellipses Chapter 3"; ISBN# 1930878818
Recommended: Exodyssey by Steambot Studios; ISBN# 9781933492391
Recommended: Steampainting: Spark by Steambot Studios (2010); ISBN#
9780615377179
Recommended: Imaginative Realism by James Gurney; ISBN# 0740785508
Recommended: Figure Drawing by Andrew Loomis; ISBN# 9780857680983; online
PDF pages also found at http://www.scribd.com/doc/255814/Andrew-Loomis-Figure-
Drawing and http://fineart.sk/photo-references/andrew-loomis-anatomy-books
Recommended: In the Future by Art Center; ISBN# 193349218X
Required: Adobe Design Studio (Photoshop and Illustrator) software
Required: Intuos5 Medium Pen Tablet with 48.5 square inches of working area
(http://www.wacom.com/en/Products/Intuos/Intuos5Medium.aspx).
VIII. Additional Resources & Supplies
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Required Online Resources to Download
Moodle (https://mycourses.tstc.edu/)
Flickr (free image share/image resource at www.flickr.com)
MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint (at cost) or Google Docs (free)
Adobe Reader (latest version free download at www.adobe.com)
Mikogo (free online screen share at www.mikogo.com)
Skype (free on-screen communication at http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-
skype/)
Weebly and/or WordPress (free online web page and/or blog sites at
www.weebluy.com and www.wordpress.com)
YouTube (free video share/multimedia directory at www.youtube.com)
Required Natural Media Art Supplies:
JOURNAL. Two 9x12 100-page spiral-bound Canson or equivalent brand
Sketchbooks: one for daily morning drawing exercises, plus a separate one for
outside classwork for each semester.
Cool or Warm Gray Markers with chisel points: 30% and 50% gray
Drawing Media: 2B, 4B, 6B Pencils and 6B Graphite Stick
Kneaded Erasers
Black Pentel Pens or Equivalent Brand Drawing Sign and Brush Pens
Metal Straight Edge Ruler
Pencil Sharpener
IX. Class Participation Policy & Student Conduct
Attendance
Attendance is imperative. Attendance implies full use of the class period. Students are
expected to be on time and to work through to the end of class.
Students are allotted 3 excused absences for cases of illness, personal/family crisis, or
official college business. All work missed due to these circumstances must be
communicated ahead of the event and work made up during the student’s personal time.
Tardiness and early departures record at an accumulation of 3 equal one absence.
No credit for the course shall be given if you incur 7 or more unexcused absences.
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Late Work
All assignments will have a fixed due date. You will be expected to submit all portions of
each unit on time.
While the online learning environment is designed to be flexible and convenient, you
must give special attention to the schedule of assignments.
You should pay special note to the following policies:
Late work is subject to a reduction in points for that assignment. The policy for this
course is that 10% will be deducted from an assignment's grade for each day it is turned
in late. When an assignment is due on a particular date, all work pertaining to that
assignment must be completed and submitted to the facilitator in accordance with the
instructions for that assignment by 8 a.m. Central Standard Time the day following the
date the assignment was due.
Team activities such as discussion boards and wikis require diligence on your part. Your
colleagues are depending on you to post on time so they can complete their assignments.
Pay particular attention to the instructions for team activities. Late initial posts to the
discussion board or failure to participate in a timely manner will result in a reduction of
points to the course participation grade. Further, you may receive a reduction of points as
a result of evaluations made by your classmates resulting from your failure to participate
with group assignments in a timely manner.
Incomplete Policy
TSTC's online policy states that all required work for an online course must be completed
within the time framework established by that particular course's assignment calendar.
Neither the facilitator nor the lead teacher is allowed to enter a grade of "Incomplete" for any student. No grade of Incomplete will be given as a final course grade. A student
will receive the grade earned at the conclusion of the course. In extreme circumstances,
please see your instructor for further assistance.
Academic Integrity
Violations of academic integrity and other forms of cheating, as defined in Texas State
Technical College's academic integrity policy, involve the intention to deceive or mislead
or misrepresent, and therefore are a form of lying and represent actions contrary to the
behavioral norms.
Violations will be addressed as described in the policy. Every member of the faculty,
staff and student body is responsible for protecting the integrity of learning, scholarship
and research.
X. Safety
Campus building occupants are required to evacuate buildings when a fire alarm
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activates. Alarm activation or announcement requires exiting and assembling outside.
Familiarize yourself with all exit doors of each classroom and building you may occupy
while receiving instructions. The nearest exit door may not be the door you used when
entering the building.
Students requiring evacuation assistance should inform the instructor during the first
week of class.
In the event of evacuation, follow the faculty’s or class instructor’s instructions.
Do Not re-enter a building unless given instructions by the Fire Department,
Campus/Local Police, or Fire Prevention Services.
XI. Special Needs
If you have a documented disability that will impact your work in this class, please
contact the ADA Coordinator, so that appropriate arrangements for your accommodations
can be made. The counselor on your campus can assist you in this process. In accordance
with the federal law, a student requesting accommodations must provide documentation
of his/her disability to the ADA Coordinator. For more information call (325) 236-8292
or email [email protected] .
XII. Course Schedule
Date Activity Assignment
Unit 1 & 2 M Introduction
Ideal vs Expressive Figurative
Form
Standard Proportions: Male and
Female
Skeleton, Muscles, and Skin.
Facial Features and Portraiture
Spiral-bound 9x12-inch sketchbook is
required for male and female
figurative work throughout this
semester. Periodic checks will be
made to view development of these
independent figurative studies. Draw
approximately 50 figures per week.
DAILY morning warm-up sketches:
15 to 30 sec, 2 ½ min figure sketches
T Lecture/lab
W First Self-Portraits due Bring mirrors to class to draw self-
portrait.
Male Figurative Work due Male: Basic Anatomy Rules for the
total body, connecting the head to the
body (front and back).
Th Lecture/lab
Unit 3 & 4 M Lecture/lab Male: Torso, arms, and legs (front &
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back)
T Lecture/lab
W Illustration in Media due Draw from Live Model
Male Figurative Work due Male: Head construction (eyes,
mouth, ears, and nose).
Male: Hands and feet. Also torso,
arms, and legs (front & back).
Th Journal due/review
Unit 5 & 6 M Lecture/lab: Male construction
(eyes, mouth, ears, nose)
Create 3 stages of the head for the
skull, muscle and facial views
T Lecture/lab
W Fun ‘n Games/Promotional
Illustration due
Draw from Live Model
Lecture/lab
Th Journal due/review
Unit 7 & 8 M Lecture/lab
T Lecture/lab
W Three Head Views illustration due Draw from Live Model
Male Figurative Work due Read Yahoo! article The Plastic
Surgery a Model Needs to Look Like
Barbie article in Moodle.
Th Journal due/review
Unit 9 &
10
M Head Shapes and Geometric Forms
Drawings due
Female: Basic Anatomy Rules for the
total body, connecting the head to the
body (Front and Back). Contrast and
compare to male total body.
T Lecture/lab
W Lecture/lab Draw from Live Model
Female Figurative Work due Female: Torso, arms, and legs (front
& back).
Th Journal due/review Imaginative Realism, How to Paint
What Doesn't Exist by James Gurney.
Read: "Costumes" pp 70-71.
Unit 11 &
12
M Drawing of Lips due
Female Figurative Work due
Female: Head construction (eyes,
mouth, ears, and nose).
Female: Hands and feet. Also torso,
arms, and legs (front & back).
T Male and Female Character Studies
due
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W Lecture/lab Draw from Live Model
Ideal Male and Female Figure
Proportions illustration due
Th Lecture/lab Adult figure and children head
anatomy.
Unit 13 &
14
M Female Figurative Work due Reference ideal figure views of
MALE total body vs FEMALE vs
CHILD to refine proportions of latest
work. Reference features and facial
expressions and costume decoration in
folds and surface detail.
T Lecture/lab
W Lecture/lab
Character Facial Emotion Studies
due
Validation work to show male and
female figurative study covered.
Th Lecture/lab
Unit 15 M Final journal due/review
T Male and Female Figurative Study
Validation Work due
W Final Self-Portrait due Bring mirrors to class to draw self-
portrait.
XIII. Instructor CV – Dub Wellborn
Education
Lamar University Master of Education in Educational Technology Leadership August 2011
McMurry University Bachelor of Business Administration December 1999
University of Houston Bachelor of Fine Arts December 1981
Industry, Teaching or Training, and Membership
Experience Relevant To Course
Description Date Ended
Date Began
Professional Concept Art Training: Schoolism LIVE Workshop Austin 2015, TX Jan/Feb 2015
Professional Concept Art Training: Massive Black Workshop Los Angeles 2013, CA Dec 2013
Professional Concept Art Training: Steambot Explore Workshop New Orleans 2013, LA Jul 2013
Professional Concept Art Training: Massive Black Workshop San Francisco 2012, CA Aug 2012
Digital Arts Intructor/Associate Professor: Texas State Technical College West Texas, Abilene, TX To Present
Jun 2011
Digital Imaging & Design Instructor: Texas State Technical College West Texas, Abilene, TX Jun 2011
Sep 2002
Digital Imaging & Design Program Chair: Texas State Technical College West Texas, Abilene, TX Sep 2006
Sep 2004
Practicing/Exhibiting Signature Artist Member, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX To Present
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1990
Abilene Cultural Affairs Council Outdoor Sculpture Committee Member, Abilene, TX To Present
2000
Practicing Professional Fine Artist and Illustrator, website: http://dubwellborn.weebly.com/ To Present
1981
Adjunct Instructor: Life Drawing, Fundamental Drawing, Advanced Painting, Elements of Design,
Intro to Multimedia, Intro to Animation, McMurry University, Abilene, TX
To Present
2010
Adjunct Instructor, Figurative Drawing I and II, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX 2013 & 1998
Texas Region 14 High School VASE (Visual Art Scholastic Event) Juror, TX 2010 - 2016
Adjunct Instructor: Figure Drawing, Painting I, Cisco College, Abilene, TX 2009 & 2008
Editorial Illustrator and Advertising Graphic Arts Manager, Abilene Reporter-News (Scripps-
Howard Daily Newspaper), TX
Sep 2002
Apr 2000
Abilene Christian University Visitation Committee Member/Chairman, Abilene, TX 2000 & 1997
Sr. Graphics Designer: Promotions/Corporate Communications Departments, Central & Southwest
Corporation (West Texas Utilities Company [WTU] and Central Power & Light Company [CP&L])
Apr 2000
Apr 1987
Creative Services Manager (Graphic Arts), Abilene Reporter-News (A Harte-Hanks
Communications Newspaper), TX
Apr 1987
Jul 1985
Graphic Designer/Supervisor, Quality Printing & Publications Company, Inc., Abilene, TX Jul 1985
Sep 1984
Technical Publications Illustrator and Technical Illustration Group Manager, Stewart &
Stevenson Services, Inc. (Headquarters, Houston, TX)
Sep 1984
Apr 1979
Golden Key Honor Society, University of Houston, TX 1981
Dean’s List, 90 BFA Credit Hours, Abilene Christian University, TX 1975 - 1978
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