This experiential course is designed to help people of all skill levels learn to draw. Students learn the basics of perspective, shading, proportion, color, and compositional balance. The following books are included with this course:
Oak Meadow Integrated Drawing Syllabus
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Tarcher)

From early cave drawings to the nonrepresentational works of modern-day artists, students explore some of the great works of art in conjunction with corresponding or concurrent musical and architectural themes. In addition, students experience original works in art galleries, parks, streets, libraries, and concert halls in their local area. The following books are included with this course:
Oak Meadow The Study of Art Syllabus
The Story of Art (Phaidon Press)

Students are introduced to the primary concepts of drawing and design using exercises and readings designed to enhance artistic skills and appreciation. These drawing and design principles develop a student’s capacities to think creatively and to develop an eye for aesthetics. Exercises include gestural drawing, contour drawing, the use of values to add dimension, portraits, visual composition, and proportion. Students gain experience drawing with pencil, charcoal, colored pencils, soft pastels, and oil pastels.
Oak Meadow Drawing and Design Syllabus
The Art of Seeing (Prentice Hall)

This course introduces painting in terms of color and design, and explores representational skills as well as non-representational and abstract elements. This course helps develop basic skills and creative thinking, and students are asked to explore their creative thoughts in a written journal, and to conduct self-evaluations. Using acrylics, students learn to paint still life, portraits, and landscapes, and to use texture, pattern, light, and color to create expressive paintings.
Prerequisite: Drawing and Design
50 Paintings You Should Know (Prestel, 2009)

Students are introduced to both the theory and history of music, from monophonic chant to modern popular music. By studying and listening to music across the centuries, students gain a broad perspective on this art form that draws all humanity together. The basic elements of music are explored, including pitch and timbre, rhythm, instrument families, texture, and style. The history of music begins in the Middle Ages with Gregorian chant, and continues through the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods with the study of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical opera, and the music of Ludwig van Beethoven. Students will explore the Romantic period of the 19th century, when music expanded into many experimental forms, and then the 20th century, which saw an explosion of dramatic and confrontational styles including jazz, rock, and rap. The course concludes with a study of nonwestern music, including Indian and African forms.
Oak Meadow Study of Music Syllabus
Music: An Appreciation (with accompanying 5-CD set) (McGraw-Hill)

Photography is a relatively new art, less than 200 years old, but one that changes the way we interpret the world around us and, quite simply, the way we see. This course will teach such fundamental concepts as frame, focus, and composition, while also exploring the more interpretive side of photography. Students will complete weekly assignments, getting hands-on experience and a chance to convey their unique vision of the world. Students will also keep a journal and collect ideas, magazine clippings, inspiring images, and some personal writing about their experiences. Students are expected to have a working knowledge of and general familiarity with the camera they choose to use for this class. Either a 35-mm camera (point and-shoot or SLR) or a digital camera is required.
Oak Meadow Introduction to Photography Syllabus