| CODE | DGA5301 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Drawing and Colour Workshops | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Digital Arts | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Today's Designer/Media Artist is often called upon to develop concepts, map projects, diagram technological installations, and present their ideas in a cogent manner. Along with this, drawing can also be used as a tool to work through concepts, to document brainstorming sessions and sketch through ideas in a fast, palpable manner. The studio module comprises hands-on practice in drawing and techniques and uses of colour to enhance students' artistic as well as communicative skills. The workshops provide the students with the required technical foundation as preparation for their final projects focusing specifically on developing their drawing, colour and compositional skills through the use of a variety of artists' media. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to present a set of approaches to drawing for a series of different processes and needs related to digital production. The study-unit focuses on drawing and its relation to the body, to physical immediacy, and to direct manipulation of materials. It provides a series of exercises that each week explore radically different forms of application that can be applied to the creative process. This study-unit will augment more traditional approaches to drawing and painting through the application of a cross-medium methodology which fuses traditional techniques with digital imaging. Students will gain confidence in self-expression through establishing a personal style of drawing which will act as vehicle to visually communicate concepts of various complexities. Coupled with a sophisticated sense of colour perception and application this fundamental and transferable skillacts as the foundation for both the fine as well as the design arts. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Become familiar with the traditional as well as contemporary drawing and painting processes; - Understand and critically evaluate different approaches to the creation of visual images as communications tools; - Understand how and why different drawing and painting techniques used in digital art have their foundation in more 'traditional' methods; - Work to professional standards that reflect contemporary art and design practices and meet the demands of both professional and advanced scholarly contexts. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Become proficient in using drawing and colour applications from conceptual exploration to finished artwork; - Apply methods of migrating 'traditional' drawing and painting skills and methods to the digital environment; - Enhance body and physical relationships to the drawing medium; - Apply structured methods of colour application; - Relate this research to their area of practice. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Albers, J. (2006). Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition. Yale University Press. - Chaet, B. (1983). The Art of Drawing. Wadsworth. - Godfrey, T. (1990). Drawing Today: Draughtsmen in the Eighties. Phaidon. - Itten, J. (1997). The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color. John Wiley and Sons. - Meyer, R. (1991). The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated. Viking Adult. - Sale, T., Betti, C. (2008). Drawing: A contemporary Approach. Cengage. Other journal articles related to the topic will bemade available on the study-unit e-Learning website. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Study & Practical | ||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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