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

Course Code

Course 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.

Aproach 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 tools, machines, and casting and molding equipment.

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.

 

COURSE CONTENT

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

Submissions: 4 works life size

References: 

Suggested Text Books/Suggested Reference Books:

  • Faraut Philippe et Charisse Faraut, Portrait Sculpting Anatomy and Expressions in Clay, PCF Studios Inc.
  • Heidi Maiers, Portrait Sculpture(busts)
  • Berit Hidre, Modeling heads and Faces in Clay, Herbert Press Ltd.
  • Daisy Grubbs, Modeling a Likeness in Clay, Watson Guptill
  • Simon Kogan, How to Sculpt the Portrait in Clay
  • Peter Rubino, The portrait in Clay, Watson Guptill

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