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Undergraduate Course: Drawing Exploration and Expression 1 (LLLA07077)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryTHIS IS A FOR-CREDIT COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.

This course is designed to enable students to develop existing drawing abilities and skills to make a series of considered and related outcomes informed by research into the work of other artists. Students will be introduced to a range of mark making techniques using a variety of drawing materials and will be encouraged to develop imaginative responses to a variety of sources including still life, the human form and architectural interiors. The basics of line, tone and composition will be integrated into a range of vigorous and expressive drawing approaches to enable the creation of a portfolio of ambitious works.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:

RESEARCH
- practice a range of drawing methods which are informed by research and visual enquiry using a sketchbook.

PRACTICE
- measure and compose drawings and use line and tone and work effectively with a variety of materials including inks, charcoal, pastels and oil bars

PRESENT
- select, edit and present a varied and coherent range of mixed media artworks
Reading List
Recommended

HICKS, N., 2005, Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, London: Phaidon
GORDON, l., 1989, The Figure in Action, London: Batsford
KALLIR, J, 2003, Egon Schiele, ,drawings and watercolours, London: Thames and Hudson
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills - using drawing techniques and materials
- observational drawing
- understanding of composition, proportion and form
- ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of drawing within visual culture
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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