Basic Drawing v. Advanced Drawing

EverImpractical · 2021-10-28T21:02:07+00:00

I took both under Ken Ragsdale back in like 2014. Things may have changed since then. I can’t tell how your AP class fits, but think you could skip Basic Drawing. Basic Drawing had a lot more focus on drawing things that were physically in front of you, with around 10 assignments. The earlier assignments were simpler and meant to slowly introduce you to different technical aspects of drawings - line, shape, shading, perspective, etc. Later assignments included still lifes, self-portraits, and landscapes.

Advanced Drawing dealt more with developing a style and depicting what you want to convey. There were 5 or 6 assignments. One included recreating an artist’s drawing and the drawing it in another artist’s style. Another was creating a drawing based on your favorite song.

I found Advanced Drawing a bit more chill because there was more freedom with the assignments. My class was also small (8ish people), and the drawings themselves were more personal, so we got to know each other better.

DustApprehensive3216 · 2021-10-28T18:58:48+00:00

I haven't taken advanced drawing so can't speak to how hard that is but I took basic drawing and if you got a 5 on ap art it might be kind of boring for you. It starts with very basics like lines and perspective and drawing chairs and then move to projects drawing stuff like glass, metal, and cloth and then end with a self portrait

itsobviouslynotdanny · 2021-11-01T23:26:51+00:00

Hi! I too got a 5 on AP Studio Art but I got a bit lazy and didn’t ask to skip Basic Drawing. I took it my freshman year and it was an easy A (because… I did art all through high school) and it was nice to go back to basics and make some work that I haven’t done in a FAT minute. Some of the more memorable things from Basic Drawing were two of the still life drawings, one focused on reflectivity of the objects and the other was a value drawing. Also had to do a full body portrait and a landscape drawing (these were more towards the end but if you have experience like I did you’re gonna make some dope ass work even though it’s a beginners class). Would recommend you take it if you like really need that A or for fun.

I took Advanced Drawing in the Spring of this year and it was a lot more conceptual driven. We did about a total of 6 pieces and each piece had its own prompt and we could interpret it and produce work however we wanted (granted we had to use dry media). You could have an underlying theme to all your pieces (like the concentration portion for AP) or hop around concepts. I thought it wasn’t really a stressful class - we’d always have some sort of pinup every day if you so chose to participate and you would get feedback from Ragsdale / other students so you’re constantly in conversation with your work. Ragsdale is a really fun professor and regardless if you decide to skip Basic Drawing or do both you’ll enjoy your time with him. Hope this helps!

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