Art 2
In this course every student will have the opportunity to: Develop and explore the methods and techniques covered in each class. Develop and explore their own observational skills alongside purely imaginative elements or experimental ideas. Pursue the regular habit of observing and recording, using both pictorial and verbal methods.
Students will also be encouraged to maintain the Scrap Books and Note Books they started in Art 1 (to accompany and enhance both the work done in class and the work done in their Sketch Books)
The written exercises in Art 2 will allow students to further: Their interest in contemporary (and historical) Art Criticism and Design Theory, with particular relevance to Moving Image history and practice- Their own personal awareness of the importance and significance of all aspects of visual communication.
When the students have finished the course they can:
Skills:
- continue drawing with confidence and skill from observation:
- portraiture
- figure drawing
- composition
- perpsective
- lighting
Knowledge:
- relate all materials created from the imagination to one or more aspects of the specialist departmental work they most want to pursue on graduation
- understand and appreciate further developments in the History of Art & Design in Europe, America and Asia
- maintain and up-date their personal folio of work
General Competence:
- producing artistic content using traditional drawing tools
In class students will be required to complete (and scan/photograph and save in the appropriate folder on Fronter):
- weekly observational drawing exercises
At home students will be required to complete (and scan/photograph and save in the appropriate folder on Fronter):
- weekly sketch book assignments
At home students will also be required to:
- research and write a short essay (1,000 to 1,500 words long)
- the essay will be an appreciation of the contribution made to on specific game, movie, TV / web series or graphic novel by one artist or designer (to be suggested by the student and approved by the teacher)
Med overlapp menes en faglig likhet mellom emner med samme faginnhold. Du vil derfor få følgende reduksjon i studiepoeng om du har tatt emner som er angitt under:
MMT1100 - Art 2 - 5 credits
VFX1091 - Art 2 - 5 credits