Course: Figure Drawing for Laymen

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Course title Figure Drawing for Laymen
Course code KVU/DFKRL
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jirků Boris, Prof. akad. mal.
  • Trnka Pavel, MgA. Mgr.
Course content
1.-13. - Figure in a perspective distortion - Illustrating correct proportions of human body - Catching elementary forms - Step by step completing with anatomic details

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
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
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.
teaching methods
Practicum
Task-based study method
Skills demonstration
Collaborative instruction
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Interactive lecture
assessment methods
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Continuous assessment
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, J. 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.


Study plans that include the course
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