1. Demonstrate critical thinking on drawing as an art form through art work critique, presentation and exhibition
2. Use creative and experimental skills on drawing and mark-making as a medium of expression and communication
3. Describe the history, concepts and theories of experimental drawing
4. Appreciate the experimental drawings of various artists in modern China and 20th century western art

Week 1: Introducing the practice of Drawing, including the experimental drawing in 20th -21st centuries.

Week 2: Drawing without looking – Blind-Drawing and Eye-opened Drawing

Week 3: Action Drawing – dance with lines – how music engages in lines exploration

Week 4-6: From Copy to Create – lines from Chinese Painting

Week 7-8: Figure Drawing and its relationship to human being

Week 9-10: Drawing and Object – drawing with senses and languages

Week 11: Group Activity: unconventional tools for drawing

Week 12: Exhibition Design

Week 13: Exhibition Presentation and Course Conclusion

1. Howard J. Smagula (1993), Creative Drawing, Brown & Benchmark, pp 18-44, 82-105, 106-129, 216—257.
2. Maxwell K. Hearn (2008), How to read Chinese painting, New Haven: Yale University Press, pp.88-125.
3. Anne Rorimer (2001), New art in the 60s and 70s : redefining reality, London: Thames & Hudson, pp 70-111.

1. Contemporary Artist Interview: http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/index.html
2. The Drawing Room: http://www.drawingroom.org.uk
3. National Palace Museum Collection 國立故宮博物院典藏資源: http://www.npm.gov.tw/zh-tw/collection/selections_01.htm
4. Museum of Modern Art – Collection: http://www.moma.org/explore/collection/index
5. Saatchi Gallery: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk