Fall 2026

Drawing Foundations

ART 212 teaches exploratory drawing methods and applications within Modern and Contemporary Art contexts.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Chase BissonMeg Lionel Murphy Hanson

Summary

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Historical reviews of Matthew Mauk: Reviewers indicate that consistent effort and attendance are required to succeed, with workloads described as manageable for those willing to engage with the material.

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Prerequisites

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ART 112, or declared in Art BS, Art BFA, or Art Education BS

    • ART 112
    • declared in Art BS, Art BFA, or Art Education BS
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ART 212 used by

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  • Any of
    • ART 112
    • declared in Art BS, Art BFA, or Art Education BS

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=31 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Matthew Mauk is praised for encouraging student interest and providing good feedback, though one review notes he can be harsh in critiques. Historical reviews highlight his casual style and use of new technologies, with students finding the work manageable if they put in effort.

CHASE BISSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CLAIRE STIGLIANI is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Spring 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MATTHEW MAUK is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction20 / 200
LAB 002Classroom Instruction17 / 200
LAB 003Classroom Instruction8 / 200
LAB 004Classroom Instruction19 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Matthew Mauk describe him as an engaging instructor who encourages personal artistic exploration and provides valuable feedback, though one recent review notes his critiques can be harsh.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=72 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 94.6% A/AB (n=56 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Matthew Mauk: Reviewers indicate that consistent effort and attendance are required to succeed, with workloads described as manageable for those willing to engage with the material.

Historical feedback for TA Claire Stigliani highlights her helpful critique style but also reports significant organizational issues, including lost student work.

Topics

  • Modern and Contemporary Art drawing concepts
  • Drawing, painting, printmaking, and book art foundations

Skills

  • Exploratory drawing methods
  • Drawing concepts in Modern and Contemporary Art context
  • Foundational skillsets for drawing, painting, printmaking, and book art

Grades

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Fall 2026 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.10 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ART 212 · Fall 2026

Drawing Foundations

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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