Undergraduate Course: Plein Air Painting (intensive) (LLLA07095)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
This course enables students to make a series of studies and paintings made entirely from panoramic locations in and around Edinburgh. Students will learn a range of approaches to preparing grounds and painting surfaces, to plan and consider how they will record vast spaces within specific timeframes, and how to respond to the impact of the ever-changing elements. Through drawing and painting, with acrylics and/or oil paints, students will learn how to layer paint quickly to discover the light, mood and compositional framework of a particular viewpoint. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. On completion of this course through class hours, directed and independent study, students will be able to;
RESEARCH
use a visual sketchbook/journal to research, record and reflect on the process of planning and preparing a series of paintings made outdoors from direct observation
2. PRACTICE
Prepare suitable painting surfaces and make a series of observed and ambitious paintings on location that consider the light, the elements, mood and character of the viewpoint.
3. PRESENT
Select, edit and present a coherent body of visual studies, and paintings made entirely on location that show an informed and individual response to the subjects.
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Assessment Information
The course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual art works and supporting materials 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.
Typically, this will comprise:
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work students do during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work your tutor has set students to do after the class teaching is complete)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
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.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
painting on location
using acrylic, ink and oil paint
composing from direct observation
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of plein air painting within visual culture
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| Reading list |
Recommended
Virtue, J., Schama, S., Moorhouse, P. and Wiggins, C., 2005, John Virtue: London paintings, London: National Gallery.
Yorke, M., 1988, The spirit of place: nine neo-romantic artists and their times, London: Constable
Cariou, A. and Tooby, M., 1997, Christopher Woo: a painter between two Cornwalls, London: Tate Publishing
Wiltshire, S., 1987, Drawings, London: Dent
Pearson, F., 2007 Joan Eardley, Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland
Fowle, F., 2008, Impressionism & Scotland Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland
McConkey, K., 2010, Sir John Lavery: a painter and his world, Edinburgh: Atelier Books
Van Gogh Museum. Amsterdam, 1996, Vincent Van Gogh drawings London: Lund Humphries
Lochnan, K.,2004, Turner Whistler Monet : impressionist visions, Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario
Constable, J., Morris, E. ed., 2000, Constable's clouds: paintings and cloud studies by John Constable , Edinburgh: Scottish National Galleries
Hockney, D., 2012, David Hockney : a bigger picture, London: Thames and Hudson
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 3003
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk |
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