Course detail
Basics of Study Drawing 2
FaVU-1ZSK2Acad. year: 2023/2024
The course is designed as a series of consecutive practical drawing exercises. Within the individual lessons, the students will be introduced to the method of depicting simple geometric objects in successive steps, either arranged individually or later composed into still lifes. The hygiene of drawing will be explained to the students – distance from the object and the picture surface, perspective, methods of measuring objects, light principles and light interaction, composing in the picture surface, etc. After mastering the drawing of simple square and cylindrical objects, the course will cover drawing from plaster casts of heads and limbs. These more challenging exercises are a direct precursor to drawing from live models.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
No previous studio drawing experience is assumed.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
For credit to be awarded, there is a condition of active participation in class (3 permitted unexcused absences) or submission of an assignment based on an alternative assignment after agreement with the teacher.
Classes take place in the drawing room of the Cabinet of Traditional Media of the FFA BUT in the hours determined by the schedule. Minimum participation is 80%. Make-up for missed classes is done by agreement with the teacher in the form of alternative assignments.
Aims
The aim of the course is to offer the acquisition of the basics of studio drawing. The level of knowledge in this area varies considerably for students entering their first academic year. In some cases it is non-existent, which leads to great difficulty in mastering the more demanding drawing disciplines they will encounter during their studies. The course will build and reinforce the ability to successfully master studio drawing as a method of exploring reality and then transferring information about the three-dimensional world onto a two-dimensional pictorial surface. The goal of the course can also be characterized in winged words: "Sure eye, steady hand".
The course will enable beginning draughtsmen to gain experience in studio drawing, which is a prerequisite for mastering more demanding drawing disciplines.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Parramón, José María. Jak malovat zátiší. 2. vydání, Praha: Jan Vašut, 2001.
Hampton, Michael. Figure draving: Design and Invention. 1. vydání, Michael Hampton 2009.
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUM_B Bachelor's, 1. year of study, summer semester, elective
, 2. year of study, summer semester, elective
Type of course unit
Practical class
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1.+2. Composition of several objects with a circular cross-section
3.+4. Still life
5.+6. Head in profile – drawing from plaster casts, morphology and proportions (ancient canon)
7.+8. Head from en face – drawing from plaster casts
9.+10. Head from ľ view – drawing from plaster casts
11.+12. Head in perspective abbreviations – drawing from plaster casts, aerial perspective
13. Drawing limbs: hand, foot morphology and proportions