Undergraduate Course: Contemporary Watercolour 4: Developing a Language (LLLA07182)
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 course focus on sustained independent and directed research to develop and evolve a personal language within a contemporary watercolour practice.
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| Course description |
Academic Description
This course is aimed at applying the knowledge gained from the previous watercolour courses to explore a series of directed and personal projects. Students may look to other disciplines, art movements, particular processes and approaches or build upon subject matter they may have explored through other courses to develop a personal body of related works.
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:
Developing skills within the sketchbook for recording, researching and evidencing specific research themes and lines of enquiry.
Develop a series of studies and resolved works through personal and directed references.
Apply various methods and approaches to explore the possibilities for working with watercolour.
Evolving ideas through using inks, gouache and other mediums with watercolour.
Use photographic references to support developing ideas and themes.
A series of discussions and group critiques based on each project.
Employing site-specific observational studies (as required).
Introduction to a range of relevant artists.
Keep a log/blog during the period of the course to record learning, achievements and challenges.
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)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Contemporary Watercolour 1: An introduction (LLLA07185) AND
Contemporary Watercolour 2: Expressive Approaches (LLLA07184) AND
Contemporary Watercolour 3: Lines of Enquiry (LLLA07183)
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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.
In addition to the course fee, students are expected to provide the following list of indicate tools, materials and equipment:
A4 Sketchbook (at least 140gsm paper)
An A3 watercolour pad (Hot Pressed around 190gsm)
Paper: A range of papers as and when required from newsprint, printing paper such as South Bank, Bread and Butter paper. Watercolour Paper A2, NOT (cold pressed) and Hot Pressed between 190-250gsm.
Small set of drawing inks (either acrylic or shellac based)
Black Quink ink
Indian Ink
White ink
Pencil 2b and 4b
Graphite pencil 4B
A small set of gouache
A range of artist quality watercolours, (tubes for larger studies) such as,
Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Crimson, Cerulean blue, Payne¿s Grey,
Pans (for more select colours)
sap green, violet, yellow ochre, burnt and raw sienna, Prussian blue.
Chalk Pastels (and oil pastels as required)
Gum Arabic
Wax candle and Cling film
Masking Fluid
Gum Tape
Clean 9mm-12mm A3 plywood board (for stretching paper)
A set of watercolour brushes
Sponge
Mixing palette
Water pot.
A camera
Appropriate waterproofs and warm clothing for location drawing
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, context and ideas (33.3%) Demonstrate an enquiring work ethic and range of personal strategies for recording and developing visual ideas and concepts, integrated with a range of relevant contextual research.
- Practice, skills and techniques (33.3%) Demonstrate a resourcefulness to explore the possibilities within watercolour approaches in order to create a range of focused and coherent visual studies and resolved works.
- Selection, presentation and reflection (33.3%) Evidence appropriate judgement to document, select, edit and present a body coherent works, revealing its value and expressing ideas in a visual form.
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Learning Resources
Suggested Readings
SILLARS, L. 2011. George Shaw. Payne¿s Grey. Baltic
NEWALL, C. 2014. John Ruskin. Artist and Observer. Paul Holberton Publishing, London.
JENKINS, D.F. & SPALDING, F. 2003. John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach. Merrell.
ORMOND, R. 1970. John Singer Sargent: paintings, drawings, Watercolours. Phaidon.
HAMMER, M. 1999. Graham Sutherland: Landscapes, War Scenes, Portraits 1924-1950. Scala Publishers Ltd.
JENKINS, D.F. 2012. John Piper: The Forties. Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd.
FRANK, E. 1991. Eva Hesse Gouaches 1960-1961. Robert Miller Gallery, U.S.
BLOCKLEY, J. 1987. Watercolour Interpretations. Collins.
WILTON, A. 1982 Turner Abroad: France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. BCA.
Video
GRAHAM-DIXON, A. 2015 The Art of China, Andrew Graham Dixon. BBC
Web Sources
http://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/jiang-eshi-1913-1972-wanderer-zwischen-den-welten.html
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The ability to employ the use of the sketchbook to explore and develop lines of visual enquiry.
The ability to explore visual ideas through various practical drawing and painting techniques, methods and approaches.
The ability to make independent judgments on the selecting, editing and documentation of their work, showing an insight into critical context and reflective practice.
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| Keywords | Watercolour,contemporary,location,site specific,observational,skills,ink,gouache,collage, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Mr David Lonergan
Tel: (0131 6)51 4832
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