AR10520 - DRAWING TOPICS

Module Identifier

AR10520

Module Title

DRAWING TOPICS

Academic Year

2007/2008

Co-ordinator

Mr Simon J Pierse

Semester

Semester 1

Other staff

Ms Karen M Pearce, Mr Paul Webster, Ms Catrin Elizabeth Webster, Mr Paul J Croft, Mr Robert K Meyrick, Professor John Harvey, Ms Judy E Macklin

Co-Requisite

AR10220 , AR10120

Course delivery

Lecture

4 x one-hour lectures (one for each topic)

Seminars / Tutorials

4 x group tutorials (one for each topic) plus a one-to one tutorial

Practical

2 x three-hours per week for 10 weeks

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	A portfolio of work consisting work done in the class plus self-directed projects (the nature of the latter negotiated with tutor)	100%
Supplementary Assessment	A portfolio of work	100%

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

1. draw subjects from a variety of themes with greater facility and authority
2. draw in a variety of mediums on a variety of scales
3. adopt an exploratory response that seeks to define and push the boundaries of concepts and approaches to drawing
4. apply and develop technical skills in the context of self-initiated and self-directed work
5. develop powers of judgment with which to critique their own and other'r work
6. develop and implement 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.

Brief description

This module is intended to give the student a broader experience of drawing across a diverse range of subject matter. It augments the teaching of drawing skills being given in AR10120 Art Practice 1 in the context of the life class, extending the student'r experience of graphic representation and offering a different kind of subject and approach (and/or further experience of figure drawing if the student so chooses). One of the benefits of this module will be to teach students in smaller groups than is practical in AR10120 and to facilitate a greater degree of choice in subject matter. As such it forms part of a progression towards Level 2 art practice.

Aims

This module incorporates and extends the content of AR10320 and gives the student more choice of drawing topics. It also enables more members of art practice staff to contribute to first year teaching if required.

Content

The teaching semester will be divided into TWO five-week sections and students will choose FOUR topics (TWO in each five week period) from a number of options. There will normally be at least FOUR topics available to choose from in each five-week section (subject to student numbers). The following list of options is indicative (Life Drawing is to be offered as two separate options):Figure Drawing 1, Figure Drawing 2, Still Life, Landscape, Interiors, Portraiture, Anatomical Drawing, IllustrationThe core syllabus is common to all the subject areas of drawing that are offered and taught in AR10520. This core element of the module is divided into FOUR subject areas and given by means of lectures (4 x one-hour lectures/demonstrations) to all students enrolled on the module. The content of these lectures comprises: 1. Process, 2. Scale, 3. Composition, 4. Abstraction and will be applied to the subject areas chosen by the student through a number of prescribed and drawing projects taught by the respective tutor(s). Students will receive tuition by means of 2 x three-hour per week practical sessions and group and individual tutorials. In addition students will be expected to undertake self-directed project work.

Module Skills

Problem solving	Individual interpretation of given projects and construction of self-directed projects
Research skills	Development of drawing research based on a selection of topics
Communication	Development and encouragement of communication skills occurs during group tutorials
Improving own Learning and Performance	Development of self-critical approach to creative working and to time management, supported through the tutorial programme
Team work	A degree of teamwork is inherent in the group tutorials and when working as a group in the drawing studio
Subject Specific Skills	Development of drawing skills using a variety of media

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Benjamin, A ((1996)) What is Abstraction? London: Academy Editions
Gottsegen, M ((1993)) The Painter's Handbook New York: Watson-Guptill Publications
Hobhouse, Janet ((1988)) The bride stripped bare: The artist and the nude in the twnetieth century London: Cape
Saunders Gill, Victoria and Albert Museum ((1989)) The Nude: a New Perspective London: Herbert
Slade, Catherine ((2003)) The Manual of Illustration Techniques A & C Black, London

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4