Course: Figurative Drawing

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Course title Figurative Drawing
Course code KDE/KRF
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kadlecová Zuzana, ak. mal.
Course content
Escercises: 1. Studies of the details of the figure (hand, leg, ear, eye etc.). The examples of works by significant figural artists. Connection with teaching History of art and clothing culture. 2.-3. Studies of sitting figures (emphasis on proportions and moving of the figure). 4.-5. Studies of moving figures - scale (wash drawing, ink, soft pencil). 6.-8. Charcoal studies of life-size figure (sitting, lying model). Linear and shaded studies. 5. Studies of standing figure (kontrapost, weight distribution of a standing model). 9. Studies of human skull and skeleton. 10.-11. Portrait - studies of human head, emphasis on expressing the volume, proportions, characteristics of the model. 12.-13. Figural compositions by living models (expressing the harmony between model and its surrounding). 14. Figural compositions from idea. Individualisation of creative expression. Collective presentation of semestral works.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Individual creative and artistic activities, Practicum, Students' portfolio
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 35 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The subject is consipated as art training for clothing designers. Studies of the figure by a living model. Charcoal, red, pencil drawing, watercolors.
Within this subject student gains practical experience from his field of study.
Prerequisites
Skills acquired in the course Basics of Imaging Techniques.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral presentation of self-study, Presentation of student research activity

Credit: active participation in seminars, presentation of semestral tasks.
Recommended literature
  • ZRZAVÝ, J. Anatomie pro výtvarníky, Praha Avicenum, 1977, 400 s., ISBN 08-017-77..


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