Drawing often affords the most direct means of expressing ideas or capturing visual experiences. Drawing is also basic to the development of ideas, themes, and styles in other media, such as sculpture, metals, printmaking, fibers, painting, ceramics, or illustration. The B.F.A. area of study in Drawing places emphasis on the further professional development and refinement of drawing as an expressive and creative technique and, consequently, builds upon that foundation of drawing required in other fine arts media.In beginning and intermediate courses students work on basic problems centered on visual concepts of form and technique. In advanced drawing courses, focus is on theories of composition, process, theme, and style. Advanced courses provide students with exciting and intensive involvement in projects and ideas which they originate. Group critiques, individual instruction, slide discussions, and demonstrations are used to strengthen the ability of students to examine and refine their work.The drawing faculty is composed of artists who are professionally productive in drawing as well as other fine and commercial arts disciplines. Facilities for drawing, located on the fourth floor of Arends Hall, include studios with special lighting controls designed for courses using the nude model and a room used for critiques and discussions.