AR10420 - ART PRACTICE 4: LIFE PAINTING

Module Identifier	AR10420
Module Title	ART PRACTICE 4: LIFE PAINTING
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Mr Simon Pierse
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-Requisite	AR10120
Co-Requisite	AR10220
Course delivery	Lecture	24 Hours Total of 72 hrs of Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals.
	Seminars / Tutorials	24 Hours Total of 72 hrs of Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals.
	Practical	24 Hours Total of 72 hrs of Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals.
Assessment	Continuous assessment	Continuous assessment of projects.	100%

Brief description

The module provides an optional and supplementary study in Life Drawing to facilitate optimum exposure to core drawing skills at the heart of the School's Level 1 Art Practice course. It develops the student's experience of life drawing, initiated in AR10120, (a) by supplying further time and resources to foster the technical and conceptual skills of the subject in the context of taught classes and (b) through a curriculum that challenges the students to exercise their abilities creatively and personally in the context of self-directed projects.

Aims

The module aims to:

provide an optional and supplementary study of Life Drawing in Semester 2 to facilitate optimum exposure to core life drawing skills at the heart of the School's Level 1 Art Practice course
develop the student's experience of life drawing, initiated in AR10120 Art Practice 1, a) by supplying further time and resources to foster the technical and conceptual skills of the subject in the context of taught classes and b) through a curriculum that challenges the student to exercise their abilities creatively and personally in the context of self-directed projects
develop the perceptual, conceptual and technical skills acquired in AR10320 Art Practice 3: Life Painting within the context of drawing and thereby comprehend possible relationships between the activities and media associated with drawing and painting
deliver a taught element that consists of a syllabus of practical classes and lectures designed to broaden the student's grammar of drawing, conceptual framework, experience of media and scale, and historical and theoretical awareness of the discipline
provide a context in which the student has scope for the personal development of concepts and techniques within a supportive environment
foster a creative and innovative application of technical facility through the development of a self-directed programme of studies that arises out of the experience of Life Class
develop a comprehension of the continuing relevance of historical and contemporary techniques of and approaches to figure drawing and how they may be adapted
enable the student to produce a portfolio of drawings that manifests the acquisition of intermediate skills in life drawing and the capacity to apply skills and knowledge in drawing and to extend and engage imaginatively and intellectually
foster a critical and informed approach to the study of the nude; one that engages the historical and theoretical ground of the genre as well as contemporary issues of gender and sexual politics.

Objectives

On completion of the module students will have:

greater facility and authority to draw the figure
experience of drawing with a variety of media on a variety of scales
an exploratory response that seeks to define and push the boundaries of concepts and approaches to drawing
facility to apply and develop technical skills in the context of self-initiated and self-directed work
developing powers of judgement with which to critique their own and other's work
experience in developing and implementing a realistic programme of personal work that reflects a capacity to originate and execute ideas with due concern to qualities of craftsmanship, draughtsmanship and concept.