Undergraduate Course: Drawing Journal: Sketchbook forms and variations (DESI08095)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Students will explore the visual world through observational drawing and documentation using text and image within sketchbook formats. The course will develop sequential ideas and themes through academic and artistic examples. In preparatory works and sketchbooks by Leonardo da Vinci, Gwen John, Picasso Le Corbusier, Joseph Beuys and Grayson Perry, for example, it can be seen that the origination and organization of drawn and written pages is an integral element of creative practice. Specific themes will be identified for duration of the course, to enhance the students development as artists and designers. For example: The City; Body of Evidence; Opposites, Identity and The Journey. |
| Course description |
Sketchbooks encapsulate preparatory studies and the genesis of ideas. A series of projects will give an introduction to the ways in which observational study is used to describe themes and narratives. Necessarily, there is a discipline and order within the structure of a book, as well as improvisatory and experimental connections allied to the creative process. Students will be introduced to seminal examples of the genre from leading exponents within art, design, and electronic media and their relationship to the History of Art and the contemporary sphere of visual expression. The outcome of eleven weeks of will be a completed Drawing Journal.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is open to ALL STUDENTS and enrolments are managed on a first come first served basis until the course is full. The course will be open to enrolments from Wednesday 11th September at 11.10 am. Please sign up for the course through your own School (they will advise if this is done via your PT, SSO or Teaching Office). We do not currently keep a waiting list. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 28 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 3,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 22,
External Visit Hours 2,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4,
Formative Assessment Hours 3,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
148 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Three Learning Outcomes will be addressed with practical evidence of conceptual interpretation and practical skills in the following proportions: 40% analytical awareness and development of the brief; 40% Uses of media and practical skills; 20% for the resolution and presentation of finished work.
Learning Outcomes are the sole element of assessment, and they reflect the academic and practical content of the course. These will be deployed sequentially for the first four weeks of analysis, during which students will write a proposal for their interpretation of the brief. The second four weeks allow for site specific and thematic development. The final three weeks allow for collation, resolution, binding and finishing of work. |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback half-way through the course, with Summative Feedback at its conclusion |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an analysis and notation of ideas and interpretations.
- Demonstrate practical skills and an exploration of materials and surfaces.
- Demonstrate a resolved presentation of completed work.
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Reading List
THE ARTIST AS REPORTER Paul Hogarth, Studio Vista 1967
THE DRAWING PROJECTS Mick Maslen and Jack Southern, Black Dog Publishing 2015
PEDAGOGICAL SKETCHBOOK Paul Klee, Faber & Faber 1973
VITAMIN D, Phaidon 2007
JE SUIS LE CAHIER: The Sketchbooks of Picasso, Royal Academy of Arts 1998
DRAWING FROM LIFFE: THE JOURNAL AS ART Jennifer New, Princeton Architectural Press, 2005
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Interpretation, documentary and reportage skills, drawing and printmaking skills & knowledge |
| Keywords | Illustrator,Drawing,Sketchbooks,Visual Narrative,Journal |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lucy Roscoe
Tel: (0131 6)51 5732
Email: L.Roscoe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Georgia Dodsworth
Tel: (0131 6)51 5712
Email: georgia.dodsworth@ed.ac.uk |
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