FIGURATIVE COMPOSITION (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAP 124
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course will enable the students to-

  1. Boost students for developing their personal style.
  2. Construct different living creatures in appropriate environment on one picture plane
  3. Get knowledge of figure drawings, anatomy, and proportion.
  4. Develop compositional sense in their own style.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 

 

 

VAP   124

 

 

 

Figurative Composition(Practical)

 

The Students Will –

CO17: Demonstrate an ability to draw the human figure, all living creatures appropriately after observations

CO18: Apply drawing skills, gestures, proportion, foreshortening and artistic anatomy

CO19: Understand lines and forms of figures to manipulate and to communicate the thought process.

CO20: Develop and construct creative ways to paint by using varieties of strategies for expressing visual study.

CO21:  Build up sense to create these studies in compositions in various art styles, techniques, mediums and themes

CO22: Exemplify knowledge to create figurative composition in aesthetic frame

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks.

Semester end examination, Continuous Assessment Test, Sketching, layouts, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects, regular, display and submission of artworks.
 

COURSE CONTENT:

The student will compose a composition based on human figures in her own style choosing any medium. Study of human figures from different angles, light and measurements are to be exercised to develop compositional sense. The student is free to develop her own style in any medium.

Submissions:

5 Paintings, Canvas Size- 3’x 4’ (minimum)

 

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Ambrus, How to draw Human Figure with Victor Ambrus, London : Grange Books
  • Barron's, Light and Shodow in Drawing, United States : Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 2006
  • Chaman, Manav Chitran, Meerut : Rajhans Prakashan Mandir
  • Constance, Life Drawing Class, London : Grange Books, 1998
  • Constance, Life Drawing Class:a complete course in figure drawing, incorporating advice on techniques and drawing mediums London : Eagle Edition Ltd., 2004
  • Damani, Minal, Drawing Lines, New Delhi : Vadhera Art Gallery, 2008
  • Drawing Perspective : Step by Step, Bonner : Konemann Verlagsgesellschhaft, 2014
  • Eggleton, Margaret, Drawing Masterclass; Landscapes, Kent (United Kingdom) : Search Press
  • Erotic Drawings, London : Grange Books, 2004
  • Gill, Basic Rendering, London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 1991
  • Huntly, The Artist Drawing Book, David and Charles Publishers Ltd.,
  • Kaalia, Line Shades & Shadow, Jaipur : Panchsheel Prakashan
  • Massey, Carole, Drawing Masterclass; Portraits, Kent (United Kingdom) : Search Press
  • Rani, Ruzaimi Mat, Perspective Creative ; Two Perspective, Worldwide media Pvt. Ltd
  • Ranson, Drawing and Sketching, London: Brockhampton Press
  • Raynes, Figure Drawing & Anatomy for the Artist, London : Chancellor Press, 1998
  • Raynes,Jones ; Raynes,Jody, How To Draw The Human Figure: A Complete Guide, Parragon;UK, 2001
  • Schirrmacher, Art and Creative Development of Young Children, Delmar Publishers, 1998
  • Shrotriya, Drishyankan aur Manavakriti Sanyojan, Chitrayan Prakashan
  • Sidaway, Drawing, Sunburst Books
  • Singh, Drawing of Rajasthan, Delhi : Aryan Book International, 1993
  • Swinburne, Lucy, Drawing Masterclass: Animals, Kent (United Kingdom) : Search Press 2013
  • Tiner,Ron, Figure Drawaing : Without A Model, David and Charles Publishers Ltd., 2003
  • Yot,Richard, Light for Visual Artists : Understanding and Using Light in art & Design, London : Laurence King, 2011

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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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