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Teaching goals (program content, subject description)
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The Drawing Studio for the first year fulfills a special role in the education of the Faculty of Painting. Understanding this important separation of the first-year students' education from the higher years' education and taking into account the prerequisites to be met by a first-year student of the Faculty of Painting, one should definitely require him/her to acquire basic and required drawing-related educational results.
Drawing as a basic means of human communication and a primary record of thoughts, as well as a specific reaction to the surrounding world was created earlier than writing, not to mention the difficult art of rhetoric. Moreover, drawing forms as one of the simplest artistic expressions teach independent thinking, personal attitude to reality and finally the art of decision making. The ability to abstract simple forms, phenomena and objects from the environment, giving them meanings and artistic sense by defining their shape, value or structure, assigning dominant features and rhythmization of the worked out surface for the previously assumed purpose seem to be equivalent to creation.
Already in the first year a student should remember that even the most reliable drawing study made from nature should bear traces of creation. A drawing understood in such a way should of course meet the requirements of composition and construction, it should have properly defined relations and proportions and contain appropriate saturation of colours. Drawing as the simplest, almost devoid of mediated vision, record of any fragment of reality, idea or concept should result from a thorough observation of the world. Such a record usually begins with a single line, then its drawing equivalent in the form of a line and through its multiplication it is directed towards a spot. An uncorrected line, running either in a zigzag pattern or an arabesque, should be a natural tool for a student of the Painting Department, and in the simplest way help him visualize his current dilemmas, fascinations or experiences. Later on, the student should also acquire the skill of building solids with the use of chiaroscuro and strong contrasts of values, in order to skillfully intensify the expression of their studio works and sketches, and then move on to create their own drawing compositions based on nature and imagination.
Within the framework of the classes, students are also expected to view current art exhibitions containing drawing issues. The classes are also accompanied by lectures on particular drawing issues.
Drawing as an independent artistic discipline can allow the student both to make a quick note of nature, but also to make an interesting, multithreaded, logical and complete artistic statement, and it is this dual drawing skill that the first-year students are required to learn in the course program. Therefore, in addition to daily sketches and model studies, students are also offered drawing landscape work and thematic, semester-long composition assignments related to their interests or to their interpretation of a slice of the visible or imagined world.
For the 2020/2021 winter semester, the assignment given to students will be: "The Life of an Object - Study, Description, Interpretation." As part of the assignment, three works are to be completed:
- the first one is to be a studio drawing work depicting any chosen object from the environment, made from observation, on a paper base, in B1 format, in pencil or charcoal technique
- the second one is to be a literary, verbal description of a chosen object in a text of 1500 - 1800 characters (including spaces)
- the third one is to be the author's free interpretation of the chosen subject made on paper, in B1 format, in any drawing technique chosen by the student (pencil, charcoal, ink, crayons, sepia, graphite, pastel, etc.)
The aim of the above assignment is to make the student aware of the differences between verbal and visual description of the world, and thus to show the relationship between an attempt at para-objective studio practice and the author's interpretation of the reality seen or described in literary terms. Moreover, the task is also to make the student aware of the essence and character of the tension between the image and the word, so characteristic of contemporary artistic practices.
In the face of contemporary, often multimedia forms of artistic expression, a young student of art should, perhaps more than ever, acquire basic drawing skills. We assume that anyone who is able to abstract from reality a fleshy, lit-up thigh and skillfully contrast it with a calf remaining in the shadow zone will also be able to analyze any fragment from the world of history, sociology or politics without any problems, regardless of whether he wants to use a paintbrush, a camera or his own body as a tool.
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Final requirements
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Due to the state of the epidemic, taking into account the legal context and specificity of the curriculum conducted in the Drawing Studio II for first year students, drawing classes conducted in this studio can be done stationary, remotely or hybrid. Each student can at any time notify the instructor to change the mode of the above mentioned classes.
I. Final requirements for the completion of the Drawing Classes in the Drawing Studio II for the first year in the winter semester of AY. 2020/2021, in case of full-time teaching mode
1. Completion and presentation of a minimum of 12 studio drawings in the format of min. B1 at the semester review:
12 studio drawings, realized in the studio in the format min. B1 subject to current corrections and including the following techniques and ways of drawing: linear drawing of a figure, made from nature (taking into account the direction and source of light); value drawing of a figure, made from nature (taking into account the chiaroscuro through modelling); value drawing of a figure, made from nature, using only the line (layering, scrawling); value drawing of a figure, made from nature, using only the spot (soft spot, hard spot); drawing of a figure in the interior, made from nature (taking into account a variety of drawing matter); drawing of a head en face, made from nature; drawing of a head in profile, made from nature; drawing of a chosen, scaled facial detail (eye, ear, mouth or nose), made from nature; drawing of a figure with a headdress or with an accompanying object, made from nature; drawing of a figure made from a photograph; drawing of an architectural interior, made from nature or from sketches; landscape drawing, made from nature or from sketches.
2. Completion and presentation of 20 drawing sketches at the semester review.
The sketches should be an introduction to the above studio works.
3. Passing of 3 obligatory reviews during the semester
The reviews are at the level of colloquium, obligatory and conducted during the classes in the mode of individual presentation of works and their discussion, together with recommendations for corrections and revisions, according to the following schedule:
- Review #1 - early November (Week 5 of the semester). Students will be informed of the scope and amount of work shown at the work review no later than one week prior to the review.
- Review #2 - mid-December (11th week of the semester). Students will be informed of the scope and amount of work shown at the work review no later than one week prior to the review.
- Review #3 - late January (15th week of the semester). Students will be informed of the scope and amount of work shown at the work review no later than one week prior to the review.
4. Completion and presentation of the semester assignment at the semester review
For the winter semester 2020/2020, the assignment given to students will be: "The life of an object - study, description, interpretation". Three works are to be completed as part of the assignment:
- the first one is to be a studio drawing work depicting any chosen object from the environment, made from observation, on a paper base, in B1 format, in pencil or charcoal technique
- the second one is to be a literary, verbal description of a chosen object in a text of 1500 - 1800 characters (including spaces)
- the third one is to be an author's free interpretation of the chosen subject made on paper, in B1 format, in any drawing technique chosen by the student (pencil, charcoal, ink, crayons, sepia, graphite, pastel, etc.). The aim of the above assignment is to make the student aware of the differences between verbal and visual description of the world, and thus to show the relationship between an attempt at para-objective studio practice and the author's interpretation of the reality seen or described in literary terms. Moreover, the assignment is also meant to make the student aware of the essence and nature of the tension at the junction of image and word, so characteristic of contemporary artistic practices.
- The semester assignment will be discussed and summarized at Review 3. Ongoing corrections, discussions and exchanges of comments on the assignment as well as the presentation of the progress to date on the assignment should take place during the class, at least once a week.
5. Preparing an exhibition of the drawings completed during the semester for the purpose of the course credit.
If the exhibition is stationary, it will be prepared jointly by instructors and students.Each student is obliged to bring the works selected by instructors on the third review.
II. Final requirements for the completion of Drawing classes in Drawing Studio II for the first year in the winter semester of AY. 2020/2021, in case of distance learning classes conducted in the online mode
1. Realization and presentation of a minimum of 12 studio drawings in the format of min. B1 at the semester review:
12 studio drawings, realized independently, outside the studio in the format min. B1 subject to current revisions on-line via academic mail, Google Meet tool, the Akademus system and, if necessary, a group created on Facebook. The works should take into account the following techniques and ways of drawing:
- self-portrait: linear drawing of a figure made from nature (taking into account the direction and source of light)
- self-portrait: line drawing of a figure in the same shot, made from nature (including chiaroscuro through modelling)
- self-portrait: a value drawing of a person, made from nature, using only a line (layering, sketching)
- self-portrait: a value drawing of the figure made from nature, using only stain (soft stain, hard stain)
- self-portrait: drawing of a figure in the interior, made from nature (including a variety of drawing materials)
- self-portrait: 3 head drawings 50 x 70 each, made from nature: 1. en face; 2. en trois quarts; 3. in profile view
- self-portrait: drawing of a chosen, scaled facial detail (eye, ear, mouth or nose), made from nature
- self-portrait: a drawing of a figure wearing a headdress or with an accompanying object, made from nature
- self-portrait: a drawing of a person made from a photograph
- psychological self-portrait: a drawing of a figure or head, made from nature
- drawing of an architectural interior, either made from nature or from sketches
- landscape drawing made from nature or from sketches
The above drawing works should be consulted on an ongoing basis (during and at the end of the creative process) via academic mail (and Google Meet tool as needed) no less than once a week.
2. Completion and presentation of a minimum of 20 drawing sketches at the semester review.
The sketches should be exercises for the above studio works.
3. Passing of 3 obligatory reviews during a semester
The reviews are at the level of colloquium, obligatory and will be completed during the online class according to the following schedule:
- Review No. 1. - early November (week 5 of the semester) - via academic mail and online video conference using Google Meet tool (students will be informed about the scope and amount of work shown at the work review no later than one week before the review)
- Review #2 - mid-December (week 11 of the semester) - via academic mail and online video conference using the Google Meet tool (students will be informed of the scope and amount of work shown at the work review no later than one week prior to the review)
- Review #3 - end of January (week 15 of the semester) - via academic mail and online video conference using the Google Meet tool (students will be informed of the scope and amount of work shown at the work review no later than one week prior to the review)
Work completed in the period prior to the review should be submitted by academic mail to the addresses of the course instructors no later than the scheduled review date, and should be commented on, constructively critiqued, revised, and discussed by the course instructors via online mail. Immediately following such review, there will be a summary of the review in the presence of the entire student body in a meeting using the goggle meet tool.
4. In the winter semester 2020/2021, the assignment given to students will be: "The life of an object - study, description, interpretation". There are three assignments to be completed as part of the assignment:
- the first one is to be a studio drawing depicting any chosen object from the environment, made from observation, on a paper base, in B1 format, in pencil or charcoal technique
- the second one is to be a literary, verbal description of a chosen object in a text of 1500 - 1800 characters (including spaces)
- the third one is to be an author's free interpretation of the chosen subject made on paper, in B1 format, in any drawing technique chosen by the student (pencil, charcoal, ink, crayons, sepia, graphite, pastel, etc.). The aim of the above assignment is to make the student aware of the differences between verbal and visual description of the world, and thus to show the relationship between an attempt at para-objective studio practice and the author's interpretation of the reality seen or described in literary terms. Moreover, the assignment is also meant to make the student aware of the essence and nature of the tension at the junction of image and word, so characteristic of contemporary artistic practices.
- The semester assignment will be discussed and summarized at Review 3. Ongoing corrections, discussions and exchanges of comments on the assignment as well as the presentation of the progress to date on the assignment should take place no less frequently than once a week via academic mail and, if necessary, Google Meet.
5. Preparing an exhibition of the drawing works completed during the semester for the purpose of the course credit.
If the teaching takes place remotely and is conducted online, students will be required to send good quality, digital reproductions of works selected by the tutors during Review 3 to the tutors' email addresses. Based on the materials sent by students, the tutors will prepare a presentation for the purpose of getting the course credit.
III. Final requirements for the completion of Drawing classes in Drawing Studio II for the first year in the winter semester of AY. 2020/2021, in case of hybrid didactics, conducted stationary and on-line:
In the case of hybrid teaching, delivered stationary and on-line, a mixture of both the above modes of operation is allowed. All details of assignments, their interchangeability and complementarity will be decided on an ongoing and individual basis with each student, depending on their situation and needs, and taking into account external factors. Each student may at any time notify the instructors of the desire to change the mode of implementation of the above activities.
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