Course Title: Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6128 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts

Course Title: Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 60

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Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

VART6310C

City Campus

TAFE

340T Art

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2014,
Term2 2015,
Term2 2016

Course Contact: Jennifer Cabraja and Fay Reynolds

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472

Course Contact Email: visualarts@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will develop skills and knowledge required to extend skills with drawing and other forms of visual representation to develop a personal approach or style suited to the individual’s professional practice. This course allows you to combine your specialisation area with drawing as a focal point.

Creative practitioners working independently apply the skills and knowledge in this course. You will draw on high-level cognitive and creative skills to evolve and refine personalised approaches to visual representation to support their professional practice. This course is self-directed.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CUVACD601A Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools

Elements:

1. Evolve technical skills and other visual representation tools

2. Refine drawing and representational skills as visual-thinking tools

3. Develop personalised style to support professional practice


Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate your competency in the above elements.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is on going throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through completion of a body of work that demonstrates concept development, understanding of materials and adhering to the guidelines of working in a studio.