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Program Standards

Fine Arts Certificate program standards

The goal of the Fine Arts Certificate program is to build a foundation of fine arts skills in traditional media. In the program, you will develop technical, creative/visual, and communications skills in the fine arts. You will also begin to develop a portfolio of individual creative work.

Launch the slideshow to the left for an interactive overview of the Fine Arts Certificate program standards.

Listed below are the Fine Arts Certificate standards you are expected to meet as a student in the program.

#1 Visual Arts

You will be able to discuss and creatively explore the fundamental visual elements of art and the composition and visual communication techniques used by artists.

#2 Basic Drawing

You will be able to create basic line drawings using pencil and paper following the principles of perspective and proportion. You will be able to identify and draw positive and negative space in a drawing subject.

#3 History of Art

You can identify and discuss the different ways that artists have approached the themes of nature, the human body, realism, religion, and power and protest throughout the ages.

#4 Intermediate Drawing

You will develop drawing skills that show the ability to analyze a subject, represent realistic form and perspective, manipulate value and color, and reflect contemporary stylistic approaches. Your work will be informed by subject, lighting, color, and media choices.

#5 Digital Photography

You will develop a basic ability to handle different kinds of photo shoots including portraits, product shots, indoor and outdoor settings, and fast-action photos. Your photography will show the ability to manipulate framing, perspective, distance, and lighting to get professional results.

#6 Figure Drawing

You will be able to represent through figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of the human face and body in frontal, profile, and three-quarter views. Your work will show a basic ability to represent three-dimensional form, composition, and expression.

#7 Painting

You will demonstrate a basic grasp of traditional painting techniques that enables you to capture proportion, perspective, and lighting in the world around you. Your still life paintings will exhibit different painting techniques and conceptual approaches.

Each of the seven Fine Arts Certificate program standards in the core of the Fine Arts Certificate program can help guide you through the foundation topics of the program curriculum. Take a tour of course materials to learn how projects and critiques help you meet the standards.