DWG1202

Drawing 2B (fine art and visual arts)

6 points
* 4 studio hours and 8 independent study hours per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield
* Prerequisites: DWG1401

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to represent objects and their spatial relationships with a growing understanding of form and volume, their underlying structures, and how these are manipulated to achieve a successful expressive outcome; competently use a broad range of drawing methods and materials; have a deepening understanding of the theoretical, aesthetic, philosophical and historical contexts that inform conventional and contemporary fine art drawing practice and a curiosity to pursue these issues further; be able to consider the aesthetic possibilities arising from the tension between expressive impulses and observational objectivity; relish the capacity to observe and assess previous visual knowledge by discovering new knowledge; to analyse these discoveries and, by selection and synthesis, develop an individual expressive response and working process that may form the basis for a personal visual language.

Synopsis This unit presents an intensive program which extends students' intellectual and practical skills in seeing, observation, analysis, selection and visual expression; sequential projects are set to facilitate these outcomes. Individual response and interpretation are encouraged to assist students to develop a personal visual language that underpins and aids their major study.

Assessment Folio: 100%
* Full participation in the subject is essential due to the sequential nature of the course.

Recommended texts

Betti C and Salle T Drawing: A contemporary approach Harcourt Brace, 1992
Bowen R Drawing master class Ebury Press, 1992
Simpson I Drawing: Seeing and observation Van Nostrand, 1992
Other texts to be advised according to individual development