CV1520 - A Fine Line: Drawing Concepts and Techniques
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Creative Arts (pre 2015) |
This subject introduces students to a range of technical and expressive drawing skills. Students will explore numerous materials and means of mark making. Perspective, tonal contrast and drawing conventions will be examined along with a survey of extant drawings from a range of cultures and contexts. Analog or digital drawings will be used in the design and produce a compact magazine or a compact artists book.
Learning Outcomes
- use drawing as a means of communicating ideas and feelings and create drawings using a range of materials;
- represent three-dimensional objects on a two- dimensional surface and create drawings that demonstrate an understanding of proportion, perspective and composition;
- render tones, shadows and reflections in drawings;
- create a compact magazine or artists book;
- apply OH&S in relation to the process explored in this unit.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | NM1502 VA1112 NM1500 |
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Robyn Glade-Wright. |
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| Assessment: | folio 1 (30%); artist's book or magazine (40%); folio 2 (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.