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PORTRAIT-I (Practical) [1]

Paper Code: 
25VAG323
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
22.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to develop visual literacy and observation. Handling of tools for technical implementation of head study in the printmaking process of carving and engraving for constructing an accurate face and its features on the matrix. Balancing of positive and negative space which will enhance the dominant form.

 

Course Outcomes: 

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 Learning Outcomes 

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 

25VAG323

 

 

 

 

Portrait-I (Practical)

 

 

 

CO57: Develop and plan in making portrait sketches  in printing. Students will strengthen perceptive and inventive printing (aquatint) skills.

 

CO58: Inculcate which type of tools and printing technique is used in realistic and abstract portraits making.

 

CO59: Construct more realistic and 3 dimensional art work in portrait.

 

CO60: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks.

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

COURSE CONTENT:

 

A student has to prepare portrait based composition in any technique of printmaking

Submissions:  4 portrait based compositions

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Herbert et al, The Book of Art: Pictorial Encyclopedia of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture (Ten Volume Complete Set), 1 Jan 1971
  2. The Elements of Style: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Present, 4 March 1997
  3. UmetaroAzechi, Japanese Woodblock printing.
  4. Arthur Hind, A History of Etching and Engraving
  5. Biegeleisen and Cohn, Silk Screen Techniques
  6. Eichenberg, Fritz, The Art of the Print.
  7. Heller, Jules, Printmaking Today
  8. Adhemer, Jean Graphic Art of 18th Century.
  9. A Fern, A Half Century of American Printmaking

 

 

References: 
  1. The Printmaking Ideas Book Paperback – Illustrated, August 20, 2019
  2. Bamber Gascoigne, how to Identify Prints: A complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet Paperback, 25 May 2004.
  3. D. Kauffmann., Graphic Art and Craft
  4. Eichenberg, Fritz, The Art of the Print.

 

E-Resources:

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJ96tJN3UEReference [2]
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62CChpHb1A [3]
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZD2FxJdDk [4]
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGCERT7T53A [5]
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F93c8KS15iw [6]
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elY2sTQpH2Q [7]
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nahs0lE3OA [8]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026 [9]

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Source URL: https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/portrait-i-practical

Links:
[1] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/portrait-i-practical
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJ96tJN3UEReference
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62CChpHb1A
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZD2FxJdDk
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGCERT7T53A
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F93c8KS15iw
[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elY2sTQpH2Q
[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nahs0lE3OA
[9] https://visualarts.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2025-2026