Title: Principles of Form and Design

Author: Wucius Wong

Publisher: Wiley

ISBN: 978-0-471-28552-6

Students are required to have Adobe's Photoshop for this course. Photoshop is part of Adobe's Creative Cloud Apps.

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Explore pricing based on what apps you need, what classes you intend on taking, and when you will be taking the Graphic Design series of courses which include AR121, AR116 and GD202, GD302 and GD312. For AR121, you are required to have Photoshop. For the GD series, the InDesign App is required. If you take the series over a year, what is the better price? Check Monthly Single App pricing as well as yearly App pricing. Click on the Students and Teachers plan – again consider what apps you will need and for how long. Then choose what you feel will give you the best value for your money.

A study of and application of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art to include drawing, perspectives, models, etc. The course includes a component of art history and theory. Fulfills Fine Arts Requirements.

Upon successful completion of the course, each participant should be able to:

• Understand and implement the elements and principles of 2D and 3D design.
• Learn how to view and discuss artwork.
• Understand art criticism
• Learn the process of self-evaluation
• Research the historical development of modern design.
• Students will be required to research a specific period in art history and discuss its relative importance to their individual project.
• Students will be required to define common terms used in 2D and 3D design.
• Identify and use a variety of materials.
• Solve design and composition problems in projects.
• Understand Color Theory and its use in design.
• Use techniques that best express an idea.