This course explores use of observational drawing techniques as a means for translating three-dimensional realities into two-dimensional drawn images. By observing inhabited spaces, landscapes, specimens and living subjects, students gain heightened sensitivity to the world around them through attentiveness to the visual. In the process, they also become acquainted with various drawing materials. Through studio assignments, exercises, discussions, field trips and critiques, students learn to draw from both life and the imagination, all the while honing their observational skills and their facility with drawing media. Prerequisite: ART 105 or ART AP03.