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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Intermediate

Former School/College

Former School of Arts and Social Sciences

Pre-requisites

ART00406 - Studio Drawing I

Unit aim

Producing portraiture and project works form the basis of this unit. A conceptual approach is taken in the examination of content, media, installation and the artistic options of contemporary drawing practice.

Unit content

  • Nomadic practices for portraiture
  • Materiality, process and image development
  • Collecting and processing data
  • Collaboration
  • Installation strategies
  • Project design and implementation
  • Online presentation design and interactivity
  • Critical practice and evaluation criteria for studio drawing

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate a broader knowledge of the theoretical and conceptual issues underpinning contemporary visual art practice
2 demonstrate an understanding of analytical, expressive and conceptual drawing as vehicles for expression of ideas
3 develop sensitivity and fluency with a variety of drawing media
4 extend their ability to engage in studio and field-based drawing
5 demonstrate a facility to design and undertake a coherent body of work by proposal
6 demonstrate a self-critical studio practice
7 employ graphic media in the production of drawings at an increased level of sophistication

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate a broader knowledge of the theoretical and conceptual issues underpinning contemporary visual art practice
    • GA1:
  2. demonstrate an understanding of analytical, expressive and conceptual drawing as vehicles for expression of ideas
    • GA2:
  3. develop sensitivity and fluency with a variety of drawing media
    • GA1:
  4. extend their ability to engage in studio and field-based drawing
    • GA4:
  5. demonstrate a facility to design and undertake a coherent body of work by proposal
    • GA4:
  6. demonstrate a self-critical studio practice
    • GA1:
  7. employ graphic media in the production of drawings at an increased level of sophistication
    • GA2:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.