| Module Identifier |
AR30310 |
| Module Title |
LIFE DRAWING 3 |
| Academic Year |
2001/2002 |
| Co-ordinator |
Mr Paul Croft |
| Semester |
Semester 1 |
| Other staff |
Mr Simon Pierse |
| Course delivery |
Tutorial | 11 Hours |
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Practical | 66 Hours |
| Assessment |
Portfolio | | 100% |
Brief description
At the same time as extending drawing skills a greater emphasis is placed on personal experience and, where appropriate, on the use of the figure within the students' work.
Aims:
The aims of the module are to help students develop further their skills of life drawing and to foster a more personalised approach to drawing the nude. While formal teaching will be offered to the students on a one to one basis, it is expected that each student will form a personal course of study, determined partly through discussion with their tutor, that will allow them to investigate the ‘nude’ in a manner that is of specific use to them.
By the end of the module it is hoped that students will have become more self-confident and will have developed a series of drawings that have informed their working practice in other areas.
The module aims:
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To provide a supplementary study in life drawing at Level 3 to facilitate further experience in working from the life model and to further enhance the student’s knowledge of the processes of life drawing.
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To assist the student in developing an approach to the figure which is applicable to his or her other studio work.
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To encourage the use of different techniques, media and approaches to drawing the human figure.
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To develop an understanding of the way that different methods of and approaches to drawing can be used as a means for fully exploring the potential of the nude as a subject.
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To provide a context in which the student has scope for the personal development of concepts and techniques within a supportive environment.
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To foster a creative and innovative application of technical facility through the development of a personal programme of studies that arise out of previous experience in the life class.
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To develop a comprehension of the continuing relevance of historical and contemporary techniques of and approaches to figure drawing and how they may be adapted.
Objectives:
By the end of the course the student will have:
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An advanced knowledge of the process of life drawing.
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An approach to the figure that is relevant and applicable to his or her studio work.
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Be aware of the role that life drawing has in contemporary art practice amongst artists in this country and abroad.
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An analytical and critical approach and take initiative in assessing the work, defining problems and devising a plan of action based upon that assessment.
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Investigated the applicability of a variety of different technical solutions and drawing media explored in the process of life drawing.
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Developed innovative and challenging approaches to rendering the subject matter.
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Maintained a high level of motivation, commitment and productivity.