The Fine Art—Life Drawing Certificate of Achievement provides fundamental skills in studio practice. This certificate focuses on developing a clear understanding of the principles of drawing such as perspective, light and shadow, and proportion. This certificate is intended for students who wish to show competency in Drawing in coordination with other fine art degree work.  This certificate provides a secondary area of emphasis that can complement any Art AA or AA-T degree.

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to: 

• Demonstrate basic drawing skills, color manipulation, and design principles in areas of emphasis.
• Develop the ability through practice to observe, and record images accurately in graphic form.
• Demonstrate a visual grammar of image making through demonstration and practice with graphite, charcoal, pastels or other appropriate tools and materials.