ARTS-A0208 - Life Drawing, Lecture, 13.1.2025-7.4.2025

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

On this course you will learn the basics of figure drawing. You will master the ability to depict plastic form, volume, light and shadow with your drawing.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 13.01.2025 - 07.04.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Marja Nurminen, Westerberg-Aboularoih

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Practising how to convey and compose proportion, volume, mass, light and shade in life drawing with the help of various life drawing exercises. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Assessment criteria: Personal progress of the student and the ability to express and utilize what they have learned.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Excercises: 84h, Independent work: 78h.

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    John Raynes: Complete Anatomy and Figure Drawing (2007)

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
    2024-2025 Spring III - IV
    2025-2026 Autumn I - II
    2025-2026 Spring III - IV

    Registration:

    Minimum amount of participants is 8 students. Maximum amount of participants is 20 students.

    Prioritization order for admission is based on the prioritization criteria established by Aalto ARTS:

    https//www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

    After the registration has closed, SISU conducts a raffle to allocate all the seats while considering the possible prioritisation order stated above. If there are more registrants than available seats, ten (10) students from the remaining applicants are drawn and placed on a waiting list in numerical order. On the first day of the course, these students may check for available seats in case of no-shows. Any available seats are then filled in numerical order.

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