Undergraduate Course: Drawing Practices: Marks and Mark-Making (LLLA07232)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to a range of approaches and techniques within drawing, making drawings through a series of exercises and projects. |
| Course description |
This course aims to develop your drawing approaches to expand your mark-making vocabulary, to visually describe a subject. Through working with a range of wet and dry drawing materials, methods and approaches, you will be introduced to a series of point-of-reference projects to consider how to denote and convey different objects and spaces to create a sense of mood and atmosphere. Consolidating the knowledge gained, you will then focus on a personal project, to produce a range of drawings.
Outline of Content
The course teaching is typically delivered over weekly class sessions of around 3 hours each and totaling 30 hours. Alternatively, the course can be delivered more intensely or as a block if required.
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
- Introduction to the use of the sketchbook for recording, researching and evidencing work.
- Develop observational skills through a series of studio, point of reference and location-based references.
- Explore the use of line, tone, light and mark-making.
- Explore the use of negative space.
- Consideration for composition, editing and selecting.
- Working on location, employing the use of the sketchbook and appropriate materials.
- Exploration of dry and wet drawing materials and approaches.
- Introduction to mono-printing.
- Exploration of working on various drawing surfaces and coloured grounds.
- A series of demonstrations and discussion relating to each of the exercises.
- Introduction to a range of relevant artists.
- Keep a log/blog during the period of the course to record learning, achievements and challenges.
The Learning Experience
The teaching will be based and delivered in specialist art and design studios or workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration. Over the course, students' progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor. Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.
For work required to be undertaken after the class hours are complete, the course tutor will set students a 'directed study plan' which can be undertaken without the need for specialist workshops or access to models.
Directed study will include research into a range of suggested artists and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness. Students are expected to demonstrate how their research has informed their work through annotated sketchbooks, a visual digital journal and practical outcomes.
The Directed Study Plan will include preparing evidence of research and practical work to form an appropriate presentation for assessment.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, Context & Ideas: Use a range of drawing strategies to routinely record, research and make visual enquiry through the use of the sketchbook.
- Practice, Skills & Techniques: Demonstrate a practical knowledge in employing a range of drawing approaches, methods and techniques, appropriate for developing ideas through to resolved pieces.
- Selection, Presentation & Reflection: Demonstrate an awareness of how to document, reflect, select, edit and present a body of work for presentation.
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Reading List
Suggested Readings
MASLEN, M., 2011, Drawing Project: an exploration of the language of drawing, London: Black Dog Publishing
NEW, J., 2005, Drawing from life: the journal as art, New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
KOVATS, T. 2005. The Drawing Book, a survey of drawing: the primary means of expression. Black Dogs Publishing.
DUFF, L. & SAWDON, P. 2008. Drawing ¿ The Purpose. Intellect Books.
SCHEIDER, A. & GRISEBACH, L. 1994, Alberto Giacometti: sculpture, paintings and drawings. Munich ; New York, N.Y. : Prestel ; New York, N.Y., USA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by te Neues Pub. Co.
CRAIG-MARTIN, M. 1995. Drawing the Line: Reappraising Drawing Past and Present. Hayward Gallery.
Documentary Video
GRAHAM-DIXON, A. The Secrets of Drawing, BBC.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The ability to employ the use of the sketchbook to explore and develop lines of visual enquiry.
The ability to explore visual ideas through various practical drawing and painting techniques, methods and approaches.
The ability to make independent judgments on the selecting, editing and documentation of their work, showing an insight into critical context and reflective practice.
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| Keywords | Drawing,introduction,observational skills,mono-print,ink,pencil,line,colour,mark-making |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Oliver Reed
Tel:
Email: Oliver.Reed@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk |
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