Follow the Line: Collaborative Drawing

Pre-requisites for enrolment

No previous knowledge of the subject is assumed.

Special Information

Materials and equipment provided for students as part of the course and included in course fee:

· All drawing materials ,papers will be provided

Content of Course

Participants will be given a range of images and objects, papers and drawing materials to work with.

A series of simple drawing methods will be demonstrated.

Each participant will be initially asked to make one drawing in direct response to an object or images using a range of given drawing materials and given techniques.

Pairs of participants are then asked to create a third piece which visually connects their drawings. Two

pairs then become four, linking their drawings into one, fours become eights to create and contrive a complete installed drawing.

With tutor guidance, participants reflect on the completed work

Teaching method(s)

Participants will be directed and lead by the workshop tutor who will demonstrate a range of approach, stage manage the participants and groups and foster a sense of reflective collaboration.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this taster course, students should be able to:

• Make a series of drawings which respond to given images and objects,
• Demonstrate they have collaborated with others to contrive and create a unified installation using multiple drawings,

Present, reflect and value drawings they have undertaken.

Sources

Core Readings

Michael Craig-Martin, (1995). Drawing the Line: Reappraising Drawing Past and Present. First Edition. Distributed Art Pub Inc (Dap).

Langer, S. William J. W: 2001 ‘Art and the Dynamics of the Stream of Consciousness’,

The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol.15(4), pp.272-285 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/18187

Treib, M. (2008) ‘Drawing/thinking: confronting an electronic age’ London ; New York : Routledge

Web Sources

https://feltmagnet.com/drawing/Unconscious-Creativity

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/surrealism/tapping-the-subconscious-automatism-and-dreams

http://www.drawing-research-network.org.uk/the-inner-self-drawings-from-the-subconscious/

http://www.buckleynow.com/streaming-accessing-flow-states-stream-of-consciousness-drawing-workshop/

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00119253.1969.9938231

http://www.themindfulword.org/2014/making-marks-open-imaginations-floodgates-stream-drawing/

Class Handouts

Class handouts will be provided via email on enrolment and during the class.

Queries

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.

Student support

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.