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This course will allow students to develop an expressive approach for drawing through a series of short sequential research projects. Students will explore fusing drawing materials and tool, experiment with various expressive approaches explored through various scales and formats to developing their own ideas through using the course contact time and set projects as a catalyst for a further body of drawing works.
Please note - this is a credit course and has an integrated digital component. All students enrolled on credit courses are required to matriculate through the university student system EUCLID. If you do not do so you will not be able to access information provided by your tutor nor will you be able to submit work for assessment. Please read our Studying for Credit Guide, Rules and Regulations for more information.
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed: Drawing 1: An introduction or an equivalent course.
This course requires you to bring their own art and design materials. Most of these can be sourced and purchased in advance from any good art material supplier such as the Art Shop at ECA Lauriston Place Campus. Essential items not readily available will be provided during classes and you will be invoiced at the end of the course for items used. Listed below are the materials and equipment requirements for this course and an estimated cost. You are advised not to purchase any materials until you have received confirmation the course is running – usually 7 days before the start of the course. You will be guided by the tutor as to which materials you need to bring to classes each week.
Essential materials you will need to bring to the first class:
Rubber
Charcoal (willow and compressed)
Quink black Ink
White Acrylic Paint
Masking tape
Chalk pastels
Sketchbook A4 or A3
Collage materials
Materials and equipment provided for students as part of the course and included in course fee:
* Mono-print equipment
* Craft knife
* Mono-printing inks
* Mixing palettes
* Water Pots
Materials and equipment available for purchase during the course:
*One-sided card
* Newsprint
* Cartridge paper
Essentials materials and equipment students will need to provide themselves:
Rubber Charcoal (willow and compressed)
Quink black Ink
White Acrylic Paint
Acrylic Painting Brushes 4, 8, 12 (as a suggestion)
½" Household paint brush
Masking tape
Chalk pastels
Sketchbook A4 or A3
Additional recommended materials and equipment students can provide:
Heavy weight Cartridge paper A1 or Bread & Butter Paper (from ECA Shop)
Oil pastels
Oil Bars
Graphite powder
Gum Arabic
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
Employing the use of the sketchbook for recording, researching and evidencing work.
Develop a series of works based on directed and personal references themes and subjects.
Explore formats, composition and editing.
Explore expressive possibilities through scale and materials.
Make site-specific observational drawings (as required).
Explore fusing dry and wet drawing materials and introduce the use of mixed media.
Employing non-traditional drawing materials and tools.
Explore the use of mono-printing.
Working on found surfaces and prepared grounds.
Use photographic references to support ideas and project themes.
A series of discussions and group critiques relating to the various exercises and project themes.
Introduction to a range of relevant artists.
Keep a log/blog during the period of the course to record learning, achievements and challenges.
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.
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: |
Research, context and ideas (33.3%) Demonstrate a range of drawing approaches and strategies for recording and developing visual information, supported by contextual research. |
Practice, skills and techniques (33.3%) Show a confident and enquiring use of drawing materials and processes to create a range of personal and expressive visual studies and resolved artworks. |
Selection, presentation and reflection (33.3%) Demonstrate appropriate judgement to document, select, edit and present a body of drawings to reveal its value. |
Suggested Readings
MASLEN, M., 2011, Drawing Project: an exploration of the language of drawing, London: Black Dog Publishing
KOVATS, T. 2005. The Drawing Book, a survey of drawing: the primary means of expression. Black Dogs Publishing.
DAVIDSON, M., 2011, Contemporary Drawing, Watson-Guptill.
DEXTER, E. 2010. Vitamin D:New Perspectives in Drawing. Phaidon Press.
SCHAMA, S. 2005, John Virtue London Paintings, National Gallery, London.
DE ZEGHER, 2007. Julie Mehretu: The drawings, Rizzoli International Publications.
GODFREY, T. & TUCKER, M. 1996, Ian McKeever: Works on Paper 1981-1996, G&B Arts International.
Documentary Video
GRAHAM-DIXON, A. The Secrets of Drawing, BBC.
http://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/jiang-eshi-1913-1972-wanderer-zwischen-den-welten.html
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/microsites/sota/tracey/journal/
http://www.vimeo.com/album/231684/video12041376 Nicolas Hutcheson Antarctica Drawings
Details of the Art and Design assessment requirements can be found on the short course website. Please click on the following link for more information: Submission and Assessment Information
If you choose to study for credit you will need to allocate significant time outwith classes for coursework and assessment preparation. Credit points gained from this course can count towards the Certificate of Higher Education.
If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.
If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.