Course detail

Art Techniques – Figure

FA-VFI-NEAcad. year: 2022/2023

Figure drawing is the course that complements the skills of architects with the basic skill: the ability to interpret human figure in drawing. Here this traditional art discipline throws emphasis on mass, space, and the structure of human figure. The course includes drawing studies as well as fast sketching of staffage.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the courses on tools.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Jan Šebánek, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Drawing (UZ)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

– Students will develop their drawing skills and have basic knowledge of human body as a primary scale for architecture.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course of figure drawing complements the range of architect’s skills with the ability to interpret the human figure in drawings. The course consists of practicals focused on the understanding of basic composition, proportion, and volume principles.
The quality of output is guaranteed by the continuous correction.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation is based on the attendance in practicals, on submitted collection of works from the practicals where all blocks are represented: at minimum 10 drawings created during the practicals + 10 drawings created at home (studies of hands and feet). The grading evaluation reflects the quality of submitted works and the development throughout the semester.

Course curriculum

Course syllabus:
1. Introductory lecture. Drawing without the pedagogue’s correction (to identify students’ skills)
2. Drawing study corrected by the pedagogue
3.–5. Fast sketching (movement)
6. Drawing study focused on lines
7. Drawing study
8. Fast sketching (movement)
9.–10. Drawing focused on plasticity of a figure (shading)
11.–12. Drawing study
13. Final evaluation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal is to learn the anatomic and proportional aspects of human body as the basic scale of space in architecture. To understand the principles of mass and volume of human figure as a highly complex “structure”.

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

Students attend the introductory lecture; it is compulsory to attend the practicals. Two absences from practicals are tolerated; more absences in case of serious health problems must be discussed with the pedagogue.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BAMMES, Gottfried. Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators. Tunbridge Wells: Search Press Ltd, 2017. ISBN 1782213589. (EN)
RYDER, Anthony. The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing: A Contemporary Perspective On the Classical Tradition. Watson-Guptill, 1999. ISBN: 978-0823003037. (EN)

Type of course unit

Lecture

2 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Jan Šebánek, Ph.D.

Exercise

24 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Jan Šebánek, Ph.D.

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Art Techniques – Figure

Type of course unit