Course: Figure Drawing

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Course title Figure Drawing
Course code KVU/BKRF
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Jirků Boris, Prof. akad. mal.
Course content
1.-13. - Theoretical introduction to the drawing matter - Explaining perspective (angle scheme) - Proportion, figure drawing in geometric stylization - Drawing focused on proportion and perspective - Anatomy - step by step acquaintance - Taking down an expression/a countenance - Taking down human emotions

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture with practical applications, Collaborative instruction, Students' portfolio, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Individual study, Students' self-study, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 65 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to recall basic drawing technologies, to describe possibilities of drawing and its compositions, to describe artistic intermingling of interior, exterior, anatomy and external appearance,
Skills
to use and handle basic drawing technologies, to use options of drawing and its compositions, to engage own spacial imagination, to artisticly express intermingling of interior, exterior, anatomy and external appearance,
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
of the criteria of adequate choosing form of drawing used for expressing for example character, atmosphere, etc., of aplication of drawing skill aquired during studies of anatomical details (eye, ear, nose, etc.) on drawing of the whole figure, of adaptation of drawing expression to character, model, etc., of importance of handling and drawing elaborating of human body proportions, anatomy, portrait, body motion and then facial expressions, gestures, emotions (laught, etc.),
Skills
The student will be able to choose the drawing style (linear drawing etc.) suitable to express e.g. the atmosphere, plasticity, character, etc.
S/he will be able to apply his/her drawing abilities gained by studying anatomic details (eye, ear, nose, etc.) on drawing the entire figure, S/he will be able to modify the drawing expression according to the particular character or model.
S/he will be able to manage expressing proportions of figure, anatomy, portrait, motion, and then gradually expression, gestures and human emotions (laughter, etc.) by drawing.
to choose the drawing style suitable to express e.g. the atmosphere, plasticity, character, etc. and to elaborate a life-sized drawing based on this choosing, to draw a basic portrait based on study of its partial elements, to elaborate space and mass of human body from different angles and distances,
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar
Skills demonstration
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Students' portfolio
Competences
Students' portfolio
Individual study
Task-based study method
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Portfolio
Continuous assessment
Self-evaluation
Competences
Portfolio
Self-evaluation
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • on-line katalogy knihoven.
  • Bammes, Gottfried. Figürliches Gestalten : ein Leitfaden für Lehrende und Lernende. Berlin : Volk und Wissen volkseigener Verlag, 1981.
  • Crhák, František. Výtvarná geometrie. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1977.
  • Krejča, Aleš. Techniky grafického umění : Průvodce pracovními postupy a dějinami originální tiskové grafiky. Praha : Artia, 1981.
  • Marco, Jindřich. O grafice. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1981.
  • Rusek, Ladislav. Umění kresby : učební text pro studium výtvarné výchovy : učitelství v 6. - 9. roč. ZŠ. Olomouc : Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Palackého, 1977.
  • Teissig, Karel; Brabcová, Jana. Technika kresby. Praha : Artia, 1986.
  • Tetiva, Vlastimil. Česká kresba 20. století ze Sbírek Alšovy jihočeské galerie : Katalog výstavy, Hluboká nad Vltavou, květen-září 1984. Hluboká nad Vltavou : Alšova jihočeská galerie, 1984.
  • Tetiva, Vlastimil. České umění 20. stol. 20.
  • Zrzavý, Josef. Anatomie pro výtvarníky. Praha : Avicenum, 1977.


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