Course Title: Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: VART6310C
Course Title: Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools
School: 340T Art
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6128 - Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts
Course Contact : Jennifer Cabraja and Fay Reynolds
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email:visualarts@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
.Jennifer Mills & Carolyn Eskdalle
jennifer.mills@rmit.edu.au, carolyn.eskdale@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 60
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
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.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CUVACD601A Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools |
Element: |
1. Evolve technical skills and other visual representation tools |
Performance Criteria: |
.1.1 Evolve expertise through ongoing experimentation with different tools and media |
Element: |
2. Refine drawing and representational skills as visual-thinking tools |
Performance Criteria: |
.2.1 Extend drawing as a visual research tool in the development of work |
Element: |
3. Develop personalised style to support professional practice |
Performance Criteria: |
.3.1 Develop a personalised style that supports and reflects the unique nature of own work and 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.
Details of Learning Activities
.In this course, you learn through:
1. In-class activities:
•lectures
•teacher directed studio activities/projects
•studio exercises to review discussions/lectures
•peer teaching and class presentations
•group discussion
•studio work
2. Out-of-class activities include:
•practical exercises
•reading articles and excerpts
•preparing for discussion
•project work
•independent research
You are expected to manage your learning and undertake an appropriate amount of out-of-class independent study and research and industry guests speak about professional practice.
Teaching Schedule
Week | Class content | Task | Elements |
1 |
Introduction ppt contemporary drawing practices |
project 1 – Space / environment |
1.3, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3 |
2 | Project 1 – Space / environment | studio research | 1, 2, 3. |
3 | Project 1 – Space / environment | studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
4 | Project 2 – Narrative |
Presentation/peer review of Project 1 Studio research |
1, 2, 3 |
5 | Project 2 – Narrative | Studio research |
1, 2, 3 |
6 | Project 2 – Narrative | Studio research |
1, 2, 3 |
7 | Project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement |
Presentation/peer review of project 2 – Narrative Studio research |
1, 2, 3 |
8 | Project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
9 | Project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
10 | Project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
11 | Studio-based research project | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
12 | Studio-based research project | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
13 | Studio-based research project | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
14 | Studio-based research project | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
15 | Studio-based research project | Studio research | 1, 2, 3 |
16 | Assessment preparation | Studio set-up | 1, 2, 3 |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
.New, Jennifer, Drawing from life:The journal as art, Princeton Uni Press, 2005 |
Other Resources
Library Subject Guides: Drawing
You will be encouraged to attend exhibition openings outside of your learning environment. RMIT school of Art has two galleries and an ongoing exhibition program.
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.
Assessment Tasks
To demonstrate competency in this course, you will need to complete the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback on all assessment.
Folio of Studio based work which includes:
•3 “finished” drawings and all research/support from class projects (Space, Narrative and Colour)
•3 “finished’ drawings and all research/support material
•Visual diary
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant Unit of Competency.
These are available through the course contact in Program Manager.
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