Undergraduate Course: Ideas and Concepts in Art and Design (LLLA07199)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 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 forms part of the International Foundation Programme offered by the College of Humanities and Social Science. Students who pass through an accumulation of credit will be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education. It is not designed to be taken as part of any undergraduate programme of study nor is it available to visiting students.
Students will develop an individual approach to analysis of artists and designers work through a series of practical investigations. |
| Course description |
ACADEMIC DESCRIPTION
This course gives students the opportunity to practise and develop their research skills towards the development of their own personal ideas. You will learn how critical understanding of contemporary, historical and related contexts can inform and inspire creative works and be encouraged to generate and explore potential lines of enquiry using appropriate materials, techniques and processes. Through reflective practice students will be able to review work and its progress.
OUTLINE OF CONTENT
In preparation for this course students will need to carry out trips to museums and galleries (where possible), gathering relevant research in preparation to present a body of visual material, supported by and in agreement with the tutor.
Based on first-hand experiences, as a result from visiting galleries, museums, attending virtual experiences and attending seminars, students will identify a focus for a personal investigation.
Gathering, selecting and organising visual examples of key works from primary sources in a sketchbook.
Begin practical investigations using relevant media, techniques and processes.
Using analysis to explore images and artefacts; identifying the main features of the work, thinking about how ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted, how they relate to the time and place in which they were made and to their social and cultural contexts.
Developing an art and design literacy skills set; continuing to build a knowledge and understanding for a visual language, employing art and design terminologies as and when appropriate.
Using personal understanding to reflect upon the learning experience, using this to develop a growing knowledge and appreciation about a subject and to generate potential lines of enquiry.
Carrying out further investigations to make comparisons, in turn, developing a greater understanding for a subject.
Developing a knowledge for interrogating personal ideas and exploratory works through forming connections with a body of contextual research.
The Learning Experience
The teaching will 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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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | Students must meet International Foundation Programme's academic and English Language entry requirements |
| Additional Costs | Unless otherwise stated, all students on this short course pay a published course fee per enrolment.
In addition to the learning and teaching resources and content, this fee also includes access to;
Cutting mats
Printing inks and rollers
Over-head projector
In addition to the course fee, students are expected to provide the tools, materials and equipment to enable them to complete the practical investigations. The following list details the materials that students will have been using in 'Introduction to Art and Design Practice', however students will be advised further on this depending on their ideas.
Sketchbook A3 (recommended: a soft back book with medium/ heavy weight white cartridge paper available from a good art shop)
Smaller sketchbook or note book to carry with you eg A4 OR A5
A digital camera/ phone camera
2 sheets tracing paper (A1)
Charcoal (both willow and compressed) (3 sticks willow and 1 compressed to begin)
Range of Graphite Pencils, B/ 2B/ 4B/ H (suggest 3 pencils to begin)
A good rubber, plastic or putty
1 roll good masking tape
A craft knife with retractable blade
A range of pens and markers, felt tips, for drawing and also to make notes
Coloured pencils OR small set of oil pastels
Overall or old shirt
White chalk
White Oil pastel
Black Quink Ink
A glue stick
A basic range of colours in a range water based paints such as watercolour, acrylic or gouache eg: Burnt Umber, Black, cadmium Yellow, Cyan Blue, Ultramarine, Magenta Pink, Cadmium Red, White
Two or three brushes of different sizes (soft 'sable type' brushes or acrylic equivalent)
Pair of household scissors
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, Context & Ideas (33%) Demonstrate and employ a range of personal strategies for recording and developing visual ideas and concepts, integrated through contextual research.
- Practice, Skills & Techniques (33%) Demonstrate a practical knowledge for exploring a range of materials and techniques, integrated with an appropriate context, to explore a range of personal and visual ideas.
- Selection, Presentation & Reflection (33%) Demonstrate appropriate judgement in selecting, editing and presenting a coherent yet distinctively individual body of work comprising experimental, investigational artworks underpinned by personal research.
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Learning Resources
Suggested Reading
Wilson, S.& Lack.J., 2008. The Tate Guide To Modern Art Terms. London: Tate Pub
Sturken, M. & Cartwright. L.2001. Practices Of Looking, An Introduction to Visual Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press
MacMillan, D., 2000. Scottish Art 1460-2000
Arnason H. H., 1969 A history of modern art : painting, sculpture, architecture. photography. London : Thames and Hudson
Journal and periodicals
Creative Review
Design Museum
Web sources
Tate.org.uk. N.p., 2016. Web.
Design Museum. N.p., 2016. Web
Victoria and Albert Museum. N.p., 2016. Web
Scotland, National. Nationalgalleries.org. N.p., 2016. Web
National Museum of Scotland". National Museums Scotland. N.p., 2016. Web
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The ability to use a sketchbook to document written and visual evidence and as an aid to support learning
The ability to explore visual ideas through drawing and material experimentation
The ability to communicate both verbally and in the written word using visual language and specialist terminologies in art and design
The ability to research independently and make judgements on the selecting, editing and the documentation of their work showing an insight into critical context and reflective practise
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| Keywords | Contemporary,Historical,Sketchbook,Visual Research,Experiment,Drawing,Art and Design |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ronald Binnie
Tel:
Email: rbinnie@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel: (0131 6)50 3409
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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