Drawing Practices: Developing a Personal Language (10 credit points)

Pre-requisites for enrolment

It is advised that students have successfully completed Drawing Practices: Marks and Mark-Making or Drawing Practices: Experimenting with Materials or have similar experience and range of drawing practices.

Special Information

Unless otherwise stated, all students on this short course pay a published course fee per enrolment which includes provision of:

• Mono-printing equipment and materials.
• Basic paper supplies.

In addition to the course fee, students are expected to provide the following list of indicate tools, materials and equipment:

• Compressed and willow charcoal
• Graphite Stick 4b
• Pencil 2b & 6b
• Plastic rubber
• Masking tape
• Craft knife
• Sketchbook A4
• Gum Arabic
• Chalk pastels (small set)
• Oil Pastels (small set)
• Black Quink or black Indian ink
• Gouache paints
• Dip or scratch pen
• Other papers as required (such as bread & Butter paper, tissue paper and card).
• A digital camera or camera phone

A limited supply of papers and card will be provided as part of the course.

Content of Course

The course teaching is typically delivered over weekly class sessions of around 3 hours each and totaling 30 hours. Alternatively, the course can be delivered more intensely or as a block if required.

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.

Engaging in independent research and projects.

Employ a range of drawing materials and approaches to explore possibilities and lines of enquiry.

Make site-specific observational drawings (as required).

Use photographic references to support developing ideas and themes.

A series of discussions and group critiques based on each project theme.

Introduction to a range of relevant artists.

Keep a log/blog during the period of the course to record learning, achievements and challenges.

 

Teaching method(s)

Typically all Art and Design 10 credit Short Courses are delivered as follows:

Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30 hours (10 x 3 hours per week)

Directed Learning 30 Hours (10 x 3 hours per week)

Independent Learning Hours 40 hours.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Research, context and ideas (33.3%)

Demonstrate an enquiring work ethic and range of personal strategies for recording and developing visual ideas and concepts showing the beginnings of integrated and appropriate contextual research.

Practice, skills and techniques (33.3%)

Show resourcefulness and inventiveness in the use of a range of drawing materials and processes to create a body of focused and coherent visual studies and resolved artworks.

Selection, presentation and reflection (33.3%)

Evidence independent judgement in the documenting, selecting, editing and presenting a body of coherent drawings.

Sources

Core Readings

Suggested Readings

DOWNS, et al. 2007. Drawing Now: Between the lines of Contemporary Art. I.B.Tauris. 

DOYLE, M. 2002. Drawing on Space. London. The Drawing Room.

KOVATS, T. 2005. The Drawing Book, a survey of drawing: the primary means of expression. Black Dogs Publishing.

BRADLEY, F. 2008. Lucy Skaer. The Fruitmarket Gallery.

DE ZEGHER, 2007. Julie Mehretu: The drawings, Rizzoli International Publications.

DAVIDSON, M., 2011, Contemporary Drawing, Watson-Guptill.

SILLARS, L. 2011. George Shaw. Payne’s Grey. Baltic

SCHAMA, S. 2005, John Virtue London Paintings, National Gallery, London.

CELANT, G. 1997. Anselm Kiefer (Venezia contemporaneo), Edizioni Charta Sri.

Web Sources

https://drawing-center.com

https://drawingroom.org.uk

https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/jiang-eshi-1913-1972-a-wanderer-between-worlds/

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/tracey/

https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-us/antarctic-arts-fellowship/alumni/nick-hutcheson-07-08/

Assessment

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

Studying for Credit

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.

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.