DWG2504 - Drawing: Advanced studies 1 - 2019

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Art, Design and Architecture

Organisational Unit

Department of Fine Art

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Leslie Eastman

Coordinator(s)

Dr Leslie Eastman

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2019 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

Any of DWG1102, DWG1202, DWG1301, DWG1401, DWG1201, DWG1103, or permission from Studio Coordinator.

Synopsis

This unit provides students with the opportunity to relate to a more expansive definition of drawing and encourages students, through bold graphic experimentation, to maximise their capacity for individual invention and expression in responding to a variety of perceptive and conceptual processe This unit is an advancement on their year 1 foundation drawing.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Have a wide graphic visual vocabulary to serve and maximise their individual expressive needs;
  2. Have aesthetic sensibilities that enable them to critically determine imagery that bridges both historical and contemporary art;
  3. Productively develop a wide variety of visual material and techniques relevant to their major discipline;
  4. Critically engage and produce drawing in relation to their conceptual direction and perceptive observations;
  5. Understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.

Assessment

100% in-semester assessment

Workload requirements

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

See also Unit timetable information