Course Title: Develop drawing skills
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2019
Course Code: VART6457C
Course Title: Develop drawing skills
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C4390 - Certificate IV in Textile Design, Development and Production
Course Contact: Deborah Wills-Ives
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9233
Course Contact Email: deborah.ives@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 50
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
In this course you will explore the different processes, techniques, equipment and materials available to assist you to sketch and draw your design ideas to create textile designs and appropriate methods for presenting your designs. You will develop drawing skills to allow you to create textile designs and products according to a specified brief.
This course consists of 3 Units of Competency that are clustered together for delivery and assessment. The other two units of Competency in this clustered course are:
CUVACD301A Produce drawings to communicate ideas
MSTTD4009 Assist in the development of textile designs
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CUADRA201 Develop drawing skills |
Element: |
1. Prepare drawing resources |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify and obtain drawing tools, equipment and materials 1.2 Prepare tools, equipment and materials according to workplace procedures and safety requirements 1.3 Set up a safe work space with guidance from key people |
Element: |
2. Use and test drawing techniques |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 View a range of drawings in different styles and discuss with others how effects are achieved 2.2 Match potential techniques to the ideas for the work with the assistance of key people 2.3 Test nominated techniques to determine the effects they achieve 2.4 Safely use selected techniques to produce drawings 2.5 Calculate correct quantities of materials required and minimise waste where possible 2.6 Clean and store tools, equipment and materials according to safety requirements and specific needs of different items |
Element: |
3. Make plans to develop skills |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Seek feedback on drawing work from key people 3.2 Respond positively to feedback and identify key areas for improvement 3.3 Review different opportunities to build own skills and select suitable options |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements and performance Criteria. You will be able to draw textile designs to visually represent your preliminary design concepts using different mediums. You will refine these drawings and design concepts to create and present a range of textile design products to meet the brief and to communicate your ideas, using appropriate techniques, equipment and materials.
Details of Learning Activities
The learning activities that will be undertaken in this course include:
- Research
- Exploration of different drawing techniques and mediums
- Class exercises
- Practical demonstrations
- Design activities or projects
- Peer teaching and class presentations
- Independent project based work
- Peer/ Lecturer feedback
- Final folio of a range of drawings
- Final folio of a range of hand drawn textile repeats
Teaching Schedule
Session/week |
Key topics |
Key learning and assessment activities |
Due Dates |
Session 1 |
Design elements and principals
Proportion |
Introduction to drawing and design studio, housekeeping, OH&S, introductions
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction
Introduction to design elements and principals (1 hour) Class discussion about design and drawing. Introducing the design elements and principals.
Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Guided session working with pencil – line, balance, proportion, perspective
Development into motifs, block repeat |
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Session 2 |
Charcoal, tone and volume |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Charcoal session – guided session exploring tone and volume
Development of motifs, brick & half drop |
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Session 3 |
Ink, line and form |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Ink session – guided session on line and form
Ink drawing – ogees |
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Session 4 |
Pattern & Texture |
Observational Drawing Activity (1 hour) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction. One on one review of progress so far.
Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Presentation and guided session - methods for creating texture
Producing a series of croquis to inform weave structures and surfaces – stripes, patterns and textures |
Feedback session |
Session 5 |
Water
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Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction
Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Guided session exploring wet mediums – watercolour, ink, water, salt, layering and thinking about colour, movement and emphasis
Spot repeats using wet medium techniques |
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Session 6 |
Collage |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction
Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Guided session on collage and mixed media – texture, hierarchy, composition, rhythm, variety, harmony and unity
Collaging intermediate repeat systems –all over and tossed repeats |
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Session 7 |
Mark-making and layering |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction
Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Guided session extending on pattern, repetition, point, texture, plus layering and positive and negative space
Producing 8 x A4 black and white croquis exploring texture, backgrounds, layering, and positive/negative space to inform screen print work - plus diamond and scale repeats |
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Session 8 |
Oblique Strategies |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction
Drawing and design exercise (3 hours) Oblique strategies – experimental drawing session using Brian Eno’s oblique strategies for combating creative block.
Own choice repeat using any techniques covered so far
Introduction to Assessment 3 – trend research to be completed outside of class |
Assessment 2 due
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Session 9 |
Museum Collection |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction
Design project (4 hours, 30 mins) Sketching inspiration at the Melbourne Museum. |
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Session 10 |
Museum Collection |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction Design project (4 hours, 30 mins) Brief presentations of product ideas and group discussion. Filling out forms for assessment 3. Feedback session re: museum drawings. Motif development. |
Feedback session |
Session 11 |
Museum Collection |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction Design project (4 hours, 30 mins) Reviewing product and suitability of design. Photocopying motifs to create repeats. |
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Session 12 |
Museum Collection |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction Design project (4 hours, 30 mins) Finalising motifs in consultation with teacher and beginning to hand draw repeat designs. |
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Session 13 |
Museum Collection |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction Design project (4 hours, 30 mins) Hand drawing repeat designs |
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Session 14 |
Museum Collection |
Observational Drawing Activity (30 mins) students respond to repetitive observational drawing instruction Design project (4 hours, 30 mins) Drawing products. Drawing repeat designs onto product drawings |
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Session 15 |
Museum Collection |
Design project (5 hours) Mounting work to complete folio |
Assessments 1 and 3 due |
Session 16 |
Assessment |
Assessment |
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Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Meller, Susan Effers Joost, 1991, Textile Designs: 200 Years of Patterns, Thames and Hudson, London.
Dexter, Emma (ed), 2004, Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon
Kovats, Tania (ed), 2005, The Drawing Book: A Survey of Drawing: The Primary Means of Expression, Black Dog Publishing
TRACEY, 2008, Drawing Now: Between the Lines of Contemporary Art, I.B.Tauris
Online: http://butdoesitfloat.com/
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/microsites/sota/tracey/
Overview of Assessment
This course is assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment. To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all the assessment to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback from the teacher at the conclusion of each assessment task. Competency is achieved only if competency has been demonstrated within the standard enrolment period. Students are advised that they may be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to confirm aspects of competency not evidenced in class or through assessments.
Results for this course are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:
CA: Competency Achieved
NYC: Not Yet Competent
DNS: Did not Submit for Assessment
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions which are available for review online:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1
Visual Diary
Every class we will be spending the first 30 minutes practicing observational drawing skills. Students will also be conducting research into textiles and drawing, and producing drawings and development work responding to a theme throughout the entire semester. Due week 15.
Assessment 2
Croquis Folio
Students will build up a portfolio of a variety of drawing styles and techniques. In-class activities to develop a broad portfolio exploring various forms of mark-making, abstract and representational drawing, rendering, composition and experimental drawing techniques. These techniques will be developed into a series of croquis incorporating a variety of repeat systems. Due week 8.
Assessment 3
Museum Collection
Using their theme from their visual diary work developed throughout the semester, students will isolate elements to use and translate into motifs for textile designs. These motifs will be photocopied and transformed into various repeat systems, and then used as the basis for a finished, hand drawn textile design range.
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency. These matrices are available through Program Administration (or Program Coordinator)
Other Information
Please refer to the RMIT student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students
Cover Sheet for Submissions:
You must complete and sign a submission cover sheet for every piece of submitted work
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/forms/assessment-forms
Attendance:
Your learning experience will involve class-based teaching, discussion, demonstration and practical exercises
It is strongly advised that you attend all timetabled sessions. This will allow you to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring you the maximum opportunity to complete this course successfully.
Assessment Feedback:
You will receive spoken and written feedback on all your work. Where relevant, this feedback will also include suggestions on how you can proceed to the next stage of developing your projects.
Student Progress:
Monitoring academic progress is an important enabling and proactive strategy designed to assist you in achieving your learning potential.
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/academic-progress
Adjustments to Assessment (eg. applying for an extension of time):
If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment satisfactorily by the due date, you can choose to apply for an adjustment to your assessment. RMIT University offers a range of adjustments designed to support you in your studies, including an extension of time to complete the assessment.
http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/adjustment
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism:
RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.
http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/academic-integrity
Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning:
Credit transfer is the recognition of previously completed formal learning (an officially accredited qualification).
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process that allows you to demonstrate competence using the skills you have gained through experience in the workplace, voluntary work, informal or formal training or other life experiences.
Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) RCC applies only if you have previously successfully demonstrated competence in a unit of competency, and now requires to be reassessed to ensure that the competence is being maintained.
Please speak to your teacher if you wish to discuss applying for Credit Transfer, RPL, or RCC for the unit(s) of competency addressed in this course.
http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit
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