Undergraduate Course: Drawing Exploration and Expression 1 (LLLA07077)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| 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 IS A FOR-CREDIT COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
This course is designed to enable students to develop existing drawing abilities and skills to make a series of considered and related outcomes informed by research into the work of other artists. Students will be introduced to a range of mark making techniques using a variety of drawing materials and will be encouraged to develop imaginative responses to a variety of sources including still life, the human form and architectural interiors. The basics of line, tone and composition will be integrated into a range of vigorous and expressive drawing approaches to enable the creation of a portfolio of ambitious works. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
- practice a range of drawing methods which are informed by research and visual enquiry using a sketchbook.
PRACTICE
- measure and compose drawings and use line and tone and work effectively with a variety of materials including inks, charcoal, pastels and oil bars
PRESENT
- select, edit and present a varied and coherent range of mixed media artworks
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Reading List
Recommended
HICKS, N., 2005, Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, London: Phaidon
GORDON, l., 1989, The Figure in Action, London: Batsford
KALLIR, J, 2003, Egon Schiele, ,drawings and watercolours, London: Thames and Hudson
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
- using drawing techniques and materials
- observational drawing
- understanding of composition, proportion and form
- ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of drawing within visual culture
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
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