Course detail

Figural Drawing

FSI-YKF-AAcad. year: 2018/2019

The subject focuses on figure drawing. The drawing by live model allows possibility of getting the habit to reduce, get to the essence and characteristics, and develop creative search.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. akad. soch. Michal Gabriel

Department

Institute of Machine and Industrial Design (ÚK)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Technical and routine drawing of figure and gaining basic habits for building up volume during drawing of figure, its movement and character.

Prerequisites

It is assumed, that student possesses advanced knowledge of drawing and sketching techniques, knowledge of perspective, ability to use it when building up volume in drawing a head by live model.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Creative work in ateliers.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Graded course-unit credit requirements: Attendance at exercises, meeting assigned projects deadlines.
Resulting evaluation consists of evaluations on tasks (drawings). In total it will be possible to aquire 100 points. Resulting classification will be defined by the ECTS scale.
If some of the projects are awarded less than half of the maximum pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed".
According to the article No. 13 of Study and Examination Rules of Brno University of Technology ECTS evaluation degree scale is used. . If some of the projects are awarded less than 50 pts., final evaluation of the course is "failed". The course is evaluated with the following grades: ECTS EVALUATION DEGREES / PTS. RATING / NUMERIC RATING: A / 100 - 90 / 1 / Excellent; B /89 - 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 - 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 - 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 - 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 - 0 / 4 / Failed.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to deepen the knowledge of drawing as basic way of visual recording. Practical workshop emphasizes the building up of volume, movement and character of model.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Compulsory attendance at seminars. Education runs according to the week schedule. The way of compensation of missed seminars is specified by the tutor.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Edward Lucie-Smith: Art today, Slovart, Praha 1996
Jiří Ševčík, Pavlína Morganová, Dagmar Dušková: České umění 1938-1989 /programy/kritické texty/dokumenty/, Akademia, Praha 2001
Larousse: Umění a lidstvo,Odeon, Praha 1974

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Figural Drawing