This course is an introduction to the foundational tenets of the material and conceptual practice of drawing. We will begin with readings and exercises covering the building blocks of drawing practice: line, volume, gesture, isometric and perspectival space and value, and then follow these topics into broader questions regarding the metaphorical substrate of drawing and its relationship to diagrams, timekeeping and language. Our work will culminate in a final project that asks students to document and compose places and figures encountered over a set duration of time in a spatial and temporal panorama.

This class is to provide an entry point to navigating the form of drawing as both makers and viewers, providing students with the tools necessary to initiate lifelong practices of inquiry informed by drawing’s conceptual and material methods.

In our journey together, we will study and discuss the work of Albrecht Durer, Alberto Giacometti, Thomas Eakins, Georgio Morandi, Agnes Martin, Cy Twombly and many others with selected readings from Jean-Luc Nancy, Amy Sillman, and Rosalind Krauss. The course is open to people of all experience levels, from seasoned drawers to those just starting out.



COURSE FORMAT
This course is an interactive in-person seminar course in New York City. This course will meet once a week for 8 classes and will be held in-person at the following location: Jay Suites 3rd floor Conference Room, 369 Lexington Ave New York, NY

Weekly reading or other forms of materials may be assigned. There are no papers or grades. This course does not offer any credits or certificates. This course is intended for learning for the love of learning.

COURSE MATERIALS
This course will include all art supplies. Additional reading materials will be provided by the instructor.
Registrants will receive access to the course website about two weeks before the course starts.

COURSE CANCELLATION POLICY
Registrants can cancel and receive a full refund up to September 22. After September 22, there will be no refunds issued.

Yale Alumni College courses are subject to schedule changes as well as cancellations. If Yale Alumni College must cancel any course prior to its start due to low enrollment, you will be notified of this by the cancellation date. Upon cancellation of a course, registrants may transfer their registration to another available course or have the registration fee fully refunded.

In the event of a disruption to the original course schedule, including but not limited to; Professor absence, hazardous weather conditions, or local travel restrictions, Yale Alumni College will do its best to reschedule the missed class for the week immediately following the original end date at the same course time and day.

Photo includes: William Blake, The Ancient of Days Setting a Compass To the Earth from Europe: A Prophecy (1794)