Live Portrait Study (Practical)

Paper Code: 
VAS (P) 223
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives:

The course will enable the students to:

  1. Observe, analyses, interpret a live models busts into sculpture of a permanent medium.
  2. Construct portraits/bust with 3D understanding of each individual feature
  3. Replicate exact features of the live model in order to create identical portraits that has a unique character of the model
  4. Learn how to measure with precision various details of the face and reinterpret it in 3D

Course Outcomes:

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

VAS (P) 223

 

Live Portrait Study

(Practical)

 

 

The students will-

CO35:  Duplicate character of the live model in clay to practice and memorize facial  anatomy

 

CO36: Adapt to various complexities of mold making and casting a bust/head into a permanent medium to be able to execute market ready professional portraits.

 

CO37:  Generate a deeper understanding of each individual feature of a portrait, i.e., eyes, nose , lips etc with respect to the given model to be able to replicate the character of given model.

 

CO38: Experiment with different facial features, bone structures, male and female models so as to get well equipped with every type of face structure.

 

CO39: Simulate various intricacies of a human head like wrinkles, spots, moles, muscle mass etc to be able to add that in their individual works later.

 

CO40: Facilitate measurements and proportions by scaling up and scaling down the portrait to gain confidence in executing portraits of every size.

 

Approach in teaching:

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

Learning activities for the students:

Sketching, lay outing of composition, Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical, handling of clay and tools.

 

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

 

CONTENT:                                                                                  Exam 30 Hrs.

Study from live model in clay and casting in any medium (plaster/ cement/ fiber/ metal/ scrape)

 

Submissions: 4 works life size

 

References: 
  • Faraut Philippe et CharisseFaraut, Portrait Sculpting Anatomy and Expressions in Clay
  • Heidi Maiers – Portrait Sculpture(busts)
  • BeritHidre – Modeling heads and Faces in Clay
  • Daisy Grubbs – Modeling a Likeness in Clay
  • Simon Kogan – How to Sculpt the Portrait in Clay
  • Peter Rubino – The portrait in Clay

 

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