Undergraduate Course: Clay Figure Modelling (LLLA07034)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
From earliest times and in societies and cultures spread throughout the Old and New Worlds, the human figure has been modelled from clay. In this course, you will be encouraged to explore the technical and expressive potential of this ancient medium in a contemporary context. Working directly from the life model, you will make a series of modelled heads, torsos and figures. You will be required to keep a sketchbook and journal documenting your progress and relating your work to artists who have used the figure as a sculptural form. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
Show competence in the handling of clay and the ability to model with tools as well as their hands
Have a basic understanding of the procedures required to explore and express human proportions in 3D
Demonstrate sensitivity to the subtleties of the clay surface when depicting and researching the figure
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Assessment Information
All practice-based art and design 10 credit courses are assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual art and/or design works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved art and/or design works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class. Typically, this will comprise:
- Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work you do during the class)
- Directed hours: 27.5 (work your tutor has set for you to do each week in your own time)
- Independent Study Hours: 45 (work you set yourself to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, you must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Reading list |
Specific bibliography will be determined by course tutors |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 3003
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