Studio exercises

• study of a model figure in space with still life elements; in the form of drawing and composition sketches and studio works characterized by inquisitive and in-depth observation,
• study of other organic forms, plants, animals, etc. - (made outside the studio)

Landscape - study from nature - (made outside the studio),

• study of geometric forms and open and closed spaces based on urban landscape, elements of architecture, interior - study of urban space - (performed outside the studio).

Workshop exercises

• perfecting drawing techniques in practice and improving drawing skills by using a variety of techniques and tools; pencil, charcoal, marker, ink, paint, collage, digital media,
• exploring unconventional techniques and developing ways to use them.

Creative exercises

• additional tasks - set by the teacher, referring to the content or artistic problem.

Individual projects

• own drawing projects.

Presentation

• periodic reviews of students' works in the form of individual and group shows combined with discussion of the works.
• online reviews - discussion of works on the basis of previously sent via e-mail reproductions of works in .jpg format - live with the use of Google Meet communicator or in the form of a return e-mail message.

Didactic discussion

• didactic dialogue during exercises, discussing work at the stage of its implementation with the indication of problems and possibilities for their solution.
• didactic discussion during individual and team periodical reviews of work (also with the use of available tools for remote work).

A positive grade obtained at the end of the 4th semester in the course "drawing"

The basic principle of teaching is the individual approach to the student. As in any other specialization, so in drawing, it is impossible to set strict frames and determine rigidly the objectives and effects. It is individual predispositions and involvement in the student's work that decide whether a given goal will be achieved.

The training program can be roughly divided into two basic stages: I - studio works performed on the basis of exercises from nature and II - creative works performed on the basis of topics given by the instructor and students' own artistic projects . The first stage is a continuation of the development of artistic culture through the experience of different drawing techniques, shaping the awareness of the choice of means of artistic expression and elements of image construction depending on the subject of work. The second stage is based on individual work with the student, in which the essential role is played by his independence in determining the field of creative interests. Depending on the level of talent, workshop proficiency, as well as creative abilities, further advanced artistic development of the student is realized through the proposed thematic tasks and individual projects coming out of the student's initiative. It is also a time of searching for appropriate means of artistic expression, going beyond drawing techniques in the classical sense, and a time of deep reflection on one's own work. This stage prepares the student for further independent artistic work.

The third year is devoted to further work on the basis of previous experience and knowledge. This is an attempt to find the most suitable technique - appropriate to the character and inner expression of the student - to build a drawing, and thus the most suitable to express one's own emotions, visual and intellectual message. This is the time to perfect one's creative technique and to search for inspirations, themes, problems that characterize the student's personality, his attitude towards the surrounding world and towards art - both his own and in the context of previous generations' achievements.

• The aim of the classes is to perfect the skills of correct observation of the phenomena occurring in nature, including perfecting the ability to recognize color in nature and transforming it into a value figure - black and white - and perfecting the awareness of the importance of value in drawing,
• perfecting the ability to compose a drawing with awareness of the influence of composition on its final reception,
• perfecting and expanding their artistic skills, getting to know new means, techniques and tools, including expanding their drawing technique with digital media with the awareness of their influence on the final artistic expression of the drawing,
• realizing drawing works based on the observation of nature and its creative interpretation,
• consciously use drawing techniques to realize their own artistic projects,
• finding own, recognizable language of artistic expression by artistic means,
• shaping of the student's artistic personality in preparation for independent creative work.

The basic aim of the drawing course is to educate students who are able to work independently, i.e. create and discover new values by means of all available means and techniques, with which they are acquainted at the earlier stages of education, and who possess the ability of critical self-assessment. At the end of a four-year drawing course, a student should have all the necessary knowledge and an adequately developed artistic technique which enables him/her to freely and consciously create their own expression and shape their creative thought, whereas the ability to evaluate both others' and their own work, acquired during the studies, will be responsible for the further development of a young artist after leaving the academy.

I only outline a very general framework, because it is very difficult to set rigid guidelines for students who are at a very different level of maturity even within a single year of study. I believe that a very individual approach to each student is needed, with particular attention to their predispositions and artistic personality, both when assigning tasks and when evaluating their work.

Sample assignment topics and art projects:

• figure study - a drawing study of a nude in various dynamic arrangements and spatial arrangements and a study of anatomical detail,
• thematic task - drawing compositions in response to a given slogan, in which issues of both content and form are addressed.
  Expected result: a drawing or a series of drawings relating to the given topic. The topic of the task is given at the beginning of the semester and the realization of the task is planned for the whole semester and divided into stages: I- presentation of a concept for solving the task, II - composition sketches, III - realization of a drawing or a cycle of drawings on the basis of the earlier sketches, after acceptance of the projects by the instructor.
• individual projects - student's proposed author's tasks carried out after consultation with the teacher.

Examination.

• Individual review of all the works made during the semester, including studio works, answers to the semester assignment, own drawing projects - a minimum of 15 drawing works in the format not smaller than 100x70 cm.
• A review of reproductions of the completed drawing works in the form of .jpg files and in the form of a multipage .pdf file together with a description of the individual works (format, technique, year of creation) and a description of the artistic concept in the case of thematic tasks - if it is necessary to conduct the examination remotely via the Google Meet platform.
• Author's statement concerning the presented works in oral or written form (in case of remote examination, written statement is obligatory)

Evaluation criteria are as follows:

• systematic and active student participation in the didactic process confirmed by a specific number of drawing works - 25%
• Creativity and involvement in obligatory studio and creative exercises (student's attitude) - 25%
• Correctness of the composition of the drawing and correctness of the structure and anatomical structure (in the case of the character study) - 25%
• artistic and technical level of the works - 25%

a grade determined according to the scoring scale obligatory at the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

• completion of studio drawings, thematic tasks and individual artistic projects in a semester cycle, in the amount of not less than 15 works in the format of at least 100x70cm, accompanied by a written or oral description of artistic assumptions (in the case of thematic tasks and own projects),
• sending reproductions of completed drawing works in the form of .jpg files and in the form of a multipage .pdf file together with a description of each work (format, technique, year of creation) and a description of the artistic concept in the case of thematic tasks, in a quantity of no less than 15 works in a format of at least 100x70cm.

• Terisio Pignati, Historia Rysunku od Altamiry do Picassa, Wydawnictwo Arkady, Warszawa 2006.
• Wassilij Kandyński, O duchowości w sztuce, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Łódź 1996.
• W. Kandyński, Punkt i linia a płaszczyzna, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warszawa 1986.

• Zbigniew Herbert, Martwa natura z wędzidłem, Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Wrocław 1993.