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Undergraduate Course: Contemporary Watercolour (LLLA07112)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLifelong Learning (ECA) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionTHIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED

The use of watercolour as an expressive visual medium is often typecast to convey dramatic and floodlit views of the sea, the sky and the land; This course aims to explore and expand the possibilities of working with watercolours and inks as a more contemporary medium. During the course, students will explore and interrogate various materials, techniques and processes based on studio set-ups, location based studies and moving through to developing works from personal imagery and references.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  12
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 14/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 27, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 71 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 3, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  14
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 30/04/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 27, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 71 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
Make an informed use of a sketchbook, which demonstrates insight in the use of methods and processes of watercolour as a contemporary medium employing them in a context.

2. PRACTICE
Demonstrate a range of watercolour methods and techniques employing a range of drawing approaches, mediums and scales to investigate various subject matters.

3. PRESENT
Create an accomplished and related body of resolved work support by sketchbooks and developed studies showing the beginnings of a personal language.
Assessment Information
This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual art works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved art works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class.

The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills using watercolour techniques and materials
observational drawing and painting
understanding of how to developing research material/ideas
effective use of watercolour techniques and materials on location.
ability to translate effectively various subject matter through the watercolour and ink based materials.
Reading list Recommended
Blockley, J. 1987 ¿Watercolour Interpretations¿. Collins.
Wilton, A. 1982 ¿Turner Abroad: France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland¿. BCA
Hockney, D. 2007. ¿Hockney on Turner Watercolours¿ Tate
Hockney, D. 2011. ¿A Yorkshire Sketchbook¿ Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Scott, M. 2004. ¿The Watercolour Artist's Bible: The Essential Reference for the Practicing Artist¿. Search Press Ltd
Kemp, L. 2008 ¿Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines¿. F&W
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Typically, the course is delivered in weekly taught sessions of between 2.5 and 3 hours for 9-11 weeks or for 5-6 hour for 5 weeks.
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work undertaken during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set students to each week in their own time)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk
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