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LIFE STUDY (Practical) [1]

Paper Code: 
25DVAA504A
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to demonstrate visualization skills, compose proportional portraits within specified spaces, sketch and construct identical characters, create portraits using various rendering techniques, and understand the significance of tint, tone, and shade in achieving a three-dimensional effect.

 
Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25DVAA504A

Life Study (Practical)

CO18: Construct & dramatize identical characters by articulating face anatomy through sketches.

 

CO19: Prepare a portfolio displaying their observational skills based on female & male figure, features, value and with emphasis on distortion, dramatization and various expressions, composition of figure in different settings and development of personal style.

 

CO20: Create a life study displaying an understanding of the source of light, tints, tones & shades and anatomy.

 

CO21: Defend the understanding of life study on the skill set developed and establish herself as an artist.

 

CO22: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion,

Ideation, Tutorials, Assignments, Brainstorming, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students: Self-Learning Assignments, Giving Tasks, Visualization, Experimenting, Sketching to Learn, Free Exploration, Focused Exploration.

Layouts & Sketches, Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End  Examinations, Daily Assignments, Observation, Student Teacher Interaction and Final Submissions

COURSE CONTENT:

Study from full figure with emphasis on delineation of the character, distortion, dramatization and various expressions, composition of figure in different settings, emphasis on development of personal style.

 

Submission: 5 Plates (Pencil, Pastels, Water & Pen/ Ink) 

30 Sketches of human figure

 
Essential Readings: 
  1. Ron Tiner, Figure Drawing without a Model, David 7 Charles
  2. Ziwan Kaalia, Line Shades & Shadow – An Introduction, Panchsheel Prakashan
References: 

Suggested Readings:

  1. Barrington Barber, The Complete Fundamentals of Drawing, Arcturus Publishing Limited

E-Resources:

  1. Drawing Figures: 5 Ways to Start a Figure Drawing (thedrawingsource.com) [2]
  2. Draw a figure in under five minutes | Creative Bloq [3]
  3. Figure Drawing 101: The Fundamentals of Figure Drawing! (podium.school) [4]
  4. Figure Drawing for Beginners: 7 Tips and Tricks - FeltMagnet [5]
Academic Year: 
2025-2026 [6]

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Links:
[1] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/life-study-practical-59
[2] https://www.thedrawingsource.com/drawing-figures.html
[3] https://www.creativebloq.com/how-to/draw-a-figure-in-under-five-minutes
[4] https://learn.podium.school/art/figure-drawing/
[5] https://feltmagnet.com/drawing/Figure-Drawing-for-Beginners
[6] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026