Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | DRAWING I | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | AART103 | ||||||||
Course Unit Details | Dip Graphic Design (Required) - | ||||||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 6 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | Introduction to seeing, using drawing as its medium of expression. The problems surveyed in the studio show how the artist attains knowledge of the visible world through observation, and expression in selected drawing media.
Introduction to the representational approach of Drawing and focus on its development to abstract and expressive modes of visual communication.
A. Still Life Drawing
A portfolio of work with completed still life drawings giving particular emphasis on the various elements of composition (line, form, shape, tone, space)
Experimental Compositions: The experimental composition/ study in drawing using still life drawing exercises and focusing on forms, negative/positive space and contrast in size, colour, tone and value.
20thCentury Artists and Art Movements’ Study: Introduction to Art movements and artists of the 20th century (Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract expressionism, Pop Art, etc.). Research on one artist from a movement of the 20th century.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Extended project briefings
Presentations (audio and visual)
Practical workshops
Exercises
Illustrated lectures and group critiques
Personal tutorials.
Group tutorials.
Personal research, realization and manipulation in project work
Continuous evaluation and assessment.
Extended references and bibliography.
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |