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VAS (P) 123

Live Portrait Study (Practical)

The students will -

CO9: Interpret the anatomy of a head to learn to duplicate character of the live model in clay (or other mediums)

CO10: Construct professional looking finished portraits that replicate the face of the given model to be able to accomplish projects or assignments like these professionally late in life.

CO11: Test their understanding of proportions of a head to presuppose armatures of the required scale.

CO12:  Upgrade to deeper understanding of each individual feature of a portrait, i.e., eyes, nose, lips etc to be able to replicate the exact form they are observing.

CO13: Cast selected portraits in permanent medium while managing and devising techniques of mold making to be able to execute portraits in permanent medium in future.

CO14: Reflect upon the raw surfaces achieved from casting and build upon their skills of handling power tools and abraisers to achieve a professional polished surface of their portrait.

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.

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.