Student Learning Outcomes

• Use a variety of quick gestural sketches that capture the essence of a live animal for application to animation.
• Synthesize the formal art elements, principles and techniques with the observed animal form in varying compositional formats and movements.
• Create original animal drawings, which include anatomical structure and landmarks.
• Use live animals as a reference for characters and imbue them with animated characteristics in original drawings.
• Students will be able to quickly assess and communicate two-dimensionally the action of the figure through gesture drawing.
• Students will be able to quickly assess and communicate two-dimensionally the shape of the figure.
• Students will be able to quickly assess and communicate two-dimensionally the proportions of the figure through gesture drawing.
• Create drawings that demonstrate the interrelationship of animal figures with drawing principles and techniques.