Course Title: Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: VART6310C
Course Title: Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools
School: 340T Art
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6128 - Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts
Course Contact : Jennifer Cabraja and Fay Reynolds
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email:visualarts@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Jennifer Mills & Carolyn Eskdale
jennifer.mills@rmit.ed.au, carolyn.eskdale@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 60
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
In this course you will develop skills and knowledge required to extend skills with drawing and other forms of visual representation to develop a personal approach or style suited to the individual’s professional practice. This course allows you to combine your specialisation area with drawing as a focal point.
Creative practitioners working independently apply the skills and knowledge in this course. You will draw on high-level cognitive and creative skills to evolve and refine personalised approaches to visual representation to support their professional practice. This course is self-directed.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CUVACD601A Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools |
Element: |
1. Evolve technical skills and other visual representation tools |
Performance Criteria: |
.1.1 Evolve expertise through ongoing experimentation with different tools and media |
Element: |
2. Refine drawing and representational skills as visual-thinking tools |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Extend drawing as a visual research tool in the development of work |
Element: |
3. Develop personalised style to support professional practice |
Performance Criteria: |
.3.1 Develop a personalised style that supports and reflects the unique nature of own work and practice |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate your competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
Your learning activities will take place in a studio. You will complete exercises and industry style projects. You will also be required to undertake independent study.
RMIT will provide you with the resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems. Learning resources include access to studio and computer laboratories and relevant software. You will also be expected to make use of the library resources.
In this course, you learn through:
1. In-class activities:
Teacher directed group activities/projects
Class exercises to review drawing skills
Peer teaching and class presentations
Group discussion
Studio work
2. Out-of-class activities include:
Practical exercises
Reading articles
Project work
Independent research
Teaching Schedule
| Week | Class Content | Tasks/Assessment | Elements |
| 1 | Introduction Assessment tasks |
ppt contemporary drawing practices Project 1 – Space / environment |
1.3, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3 |
| 2 | Studio research Project 1 – Space / environment |
drawing & research | 1, 2, 3. |
| 3 | Studio research Project 1 – Space / environment |
drawing & research | 1, 2, 3. |
| 4 | Presentation/peer review of Project 1- |
Presentation/peer review of project 1 | 1, 2, 3 |
| 5 |
Studio research
|
drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 6 |
Studio research Project 2 – Narrative |
drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 7 | Presentation/peer review of Project 2 – Narrative Project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement |
Presentation/peer review of project 2 – Narrative | 1, 2, 3 |
| 8 |
Studio research Project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement |
drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 9 | Studio research
Project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement |
drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 10 |
Presentation/peer review of project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement Introduction: Studio -based research project |
Presentation/peer review of project 3 – Colour/Pattern/Movement | 1, 2, 3 |
| 11 | Studio -based research project | drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 12 | Studio -based research project | drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 13 | Studio -based research project | drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 14 | Studio -based research project | drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 15 | Studio -based research project | drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 16 | Studio -based research project | drawing & research | 1, 2, 3 |
| 17 | Studio preparation for assessment | ||
| 18 | Assessment |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is on going throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through completion of a body of work that demonstrates concept development, understanding of materials and adhering to the guidelines of working in a studio.
Assessment Tasks
Folio of studio based work which includes:
• 3 “finished” drawings and all research/support from class projects (Space, Narrative and Colour)
• 3 “finished’ drawings and all research/support material
• Visual diary
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant Unit of Competency.
These are available through the course contact in Program Administration.
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