Undergraduate Course: Foundation Drawing (LLLA07213)
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 is designed to allow students the opportunity to extend and develop their drawing skill base. |
| Course description |
Academic Description:
This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to extend and develop their drawing skill base. It is intended they gain a fundamental understanding and knowledge regarding the use of drawing media, and materials to make an informed series of drawn studies which explore through observational exercises and more personal use of images a range of traditional as well as experimental techniques.
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:
Familiarisation and exploration of drawing media focusing on the representational and expressive qualities of line and the process of mark making.
Achromatic drawing - tonal value and its relationship to three dimensions will be discussed and demonstrated. Negative space and its relationship to positive form will be explored.
Monochromatic drawing limited colour in drawing with attention on building interest and focus in a composition will be looked at and investigated.
Colour theory will be discussed and its use to create mood and dynamic compositions explored in full colour drawing.
An introduction to the basics of perspective and its importance in creating 'believable space' will be demonstrated.
Drawing the human figure using skills gained in the course so far will be practised.
Familiarisation and exploration of drawing techniques and media with discussion regarding researching creatively subjects personal to the student with the intention to develop individual drawing composition.
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of drawing.
Observation and measurement from life/comparative analysis.
Understanding visual composition.
Participation in discussion.
Knowledge of the anatomy of the human body. Understanding of proportion and form.
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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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Unless otherwise stated, all students on this short course pay a published course fee per enrolment which includes provision of:
Still life set ups
Life model set ups
Skeletons
In addition to the course fee, students are expected to provide the following list of indicate tools, materials and equipment:
Willow charcoal (medium)
Putty rubber (Daler Rowney recommended) and eraser
Spray fixative (a cheap hairspray is a good alternative)
10 - 20 Sheets of A1 / A2 white cartridge paper
Mid tone blue-grey/green-grey sugar or pastel paper A2 / A3
Sketch pad A2 / A3
Pencils (HB, 2B, and /or 4B and/or 6B)
Soft pastels |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, context and ideas (33.3%): Demonstrate a range of personal drawing approaches and techniques for recording and developing visual information and contextual research.
- Practice, skills and techniques (33.3%): Show a series of drawings which investigate and demonstrate an informed understanding of the fundamental techniques, employing appropriate approaches in developing personal ideas.
- Selection, presentation and reflection (33.3%): Demonstrate an awareness to document, select and edit a body of coherent drawings for presentation.
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Reading List
Suggested Readings
ARIKHA, A., 1988, Avigdor Arikha: Paintings, Pastels, and Drawings, 1986-1988, New York: Marlborough Gallery.
SABARSKY, S., 1985, Kokoschka: Early Drawings and Watercolours, 1906-1924, London: Thames and Hudson Ltd
EISLER, G., 1977. From Naked to Nude: Life Drawing in the Twentieth Century. London: Thames & Hudson.
GORDON, L., 1998, Anatomy and Figure Drawing, London: Batsford |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of drawing.
Observation and measurement from life/comparative analysis.
Understanding visual composition.
Participation in discussion.
Knowledge of the anatomy of the human body. Understanding of proportion and form. |
| Keywords | Drawing,introduction,observational skills,mono-print,ink,pencil,line,colour,mark-making,fo |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel: (0131 6)50 3409
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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