Undergraduate Course: Portrait Painting (intensive) (LLLA07096)
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 ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
This course enables students to develop a personal approach to all aspects of portraiture through drawing and painting techniques. Working directly from models students will use a range of approaches to expand skills and techniques to produce dynamic and arresting portraits and head studies. A range of materials may be used incorporating drawing, oil-based and water-based media and students will consider the historical and contemporary context of the portrait in visual culture. |
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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
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- On completion of this course through class hours, directed and independent study, students will be able to;
RESEARCH
use a visual sketchbook/journal to research, record and reflect on an increased understanding of the proportion, form and anatomy of the human head and accurately translate them through painting
- PRACTICE
demonstrate enhanced skills in working with a range of painting materials to explore the form of the human head within a compositional framework
- PRESENT
select, edit and present a coherent body of visual studies, drawings and mixed media works which demonstrate an informed and individual response to the portrait as subject matter
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Reading List
Recommended
Marsh, R., 1970, Anatomy for artists, London: Dover
Wolff, E., 1958, Anatomy for artists, 4th ed., London: H K Lewis
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Observational drawing skills in a range of media
Understanding of the structure, form and anatomy of the human figure
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of portraiture within visual culture.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Miss Zofia Guertin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
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