HEAD STUDY (DRAWING) (Practical)

Paper Code: 
CVAS 303
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The course will enable the students to-

  1. Analysis and demonstrates technical details and measurements. 
  2. Outlining details study of skull, character and expression.
  3. Executing space division with geometrical sketch.
  4. Understand and illustrates each stage a portrait from initial outline to the finished work through various techniques. 
  5. Exemplifying and explore dry medium – Pen/Pencil, Charcoal, Dry pastels.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

 

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Course Outcomes

 

Learning and teaching strategies

 

Assessment Strategies

 

Course Code

 

Course Title

CVAS 303

 

Head Study (Drawing)

(Practical)

 

The students will –

CO52: Acquisition of the basic skills of portrait drawings, drawing from the live model to develop profound understanding of a human head.

CO53: Sustain observation of various studies such as skull, eyes, nose, lips, ears, hairs, etc., to enable their ability of deep observation and keen examination of things through measurement, contour, mass, volume and rendering illumination through value.

CO54: Create anatomical study of portraits in different dry mediums like pastels and charcoal, to use human head creatively in their future artworks.

CO55: Construct portraits which are naturalistic to be able to construct better 3Dportraits in later classes.

CO56: Select appropriate tones to justify their observations of values to further their understanding of light and shadows

CO57: Formulate an In-depth understanding of bone structure and facial anatomy will help them in making portraits in 3D mediums later

CO58: Analyse different facial features and draw them accurately so as to create identical portraits in future. 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion on composition subjects, Tutorials, Videos, Demonstration, assignments.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, lay outing of portrait study, Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical, handling of various dry mediums of art.

 

Semester end examinations, Continuous Assessment Test, Sketching, layouts Viva-Voice on display of artworks, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and regular submission of artworks.

 

COURSE CONTENT:

Study of portrait from life, delineation of the structure and the character of head, study of features, study of light and shade, in monochrome and color with drapery at the background (pencil/ charcoal/ dry pastel/ water colour)

SUBMISSIONS: 5 works (1/2 imperial) in size

             5 sketches of head study per day

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Barrington Barber, The Complete Fundamentals of Drawing, Arcturus
  • Ron Tiner, Figure Drawing without a Model, David & Charles Publication
  • Tricia Reichert, Portrait Painting, Search Press
  • Carole Massey, Drawing Portraits, Search Press
  • Light and Shadow in Drawing, Drawing Academy, Barron’s

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