Course Description:

      This course will develop the students' drawing skills and awareness using a structured approach to drawing through the study of the human figure. Students will use a variety of media in a sequence of exercises to develop insight into the form, structure and gesture of the subject. This course develops drawing skills and attitudes appropriate to future applications in painting, printmaking, illustration and interpretive drawing.

Learning Outcomes

After the successful  completion of this course the students will be able to

• Depict the figure in a variety of poses using foreshortening.
• Draw architectural drawings so that illusion of volume is achieved through a variety of shading techniques, such as, graduated continuous tones, lines, and cross hatching.
• Convey gesture, the illusion of expressive movement, when drawing the figure spontaneously in very brief periods of time.
• Evoke mood through the expressive use of drawing materials.
• Alternate gesture drawings with long methodical studies.

Course Contents:       

• Foreshortening

• Study of figure in Linear Perspective (Quick Sketching)
• Experimental foreshortening drawings

• Overlapping

• Quick sketching to learn the overlapping
• Figure with furniture
• Three figures on plane sheet
• Three or more than three figures on experimental sheet

• Figures and Landscapes

• Quick Sketching
• Compositions

• Life Drawing in Pastels

• Quick Sketching
• Life drawing practice

• Life Drawing in Charcoal

• Quick Sketching
• Life drawing practice

• Exploration of new Mediums and Sketching

• Experimental backgrounds
• Mix Media
• Collage

Recommended Books

1. Civardi, Giovanni. Giovanni Civardis Complete Guide to Drawing. Search Press, 2006.
2. Thomas, Paul, and Anita Taylor. Drawing. Cassell Illustrated, 2003.
3. Rowlands, Ian. Foundation Course Life Drawing. Cassell Illustrated, 2005.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 

Sessional: 20   (PowerPoint Presentations, Practical Assignments and Homework)
Mid exam: 30
Final exam: 50

RULES AND REGULATIONS

•    75% Attendance will me must.
•    Cell Phones should be silent during class.
•    Students will bring their laptops in computer lab.