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Syllabus:

Life drawing 1, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: Kroki 1
This syllabus is valid: 2019-03-18 and until further notice
Course code: 5ID221
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Industrial Design: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Umeå Institute of Design (UID)
Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2019-03-11

Contents

The aim of the course is to train the ability to see and express forms by practicing drawing of a life model. Basis for the course is to work with the vision as foundation for drawing.
Focus for the course, in addition to perception and cognitive processes, are shape, volume, balance, weight, spatiality and movement through exercises in sketching technique to reproduce the body as a whole, proportions and structure in relation to image construction. Specific methods and concepts for the area are also introduced during the course.
Model drawing is one of the basic skills in the artistic field that constantly needs to be practiced and trained in order for the practitioner to develop perception in relation to drawing methodology, handling sketching tools, and to develop personal ability to express oneself in image. The course is suitable for beginners as well as for advanced artists.
The course is divided into three modules:

  • The line as a constructive element, 2.5 hp
  • Light and darkness, 2.5 hp
  • Texture, pattern and spaciousness, 2.5 credit

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Morpho : anatomy for artists
Lauricella Michel, Deer Marie
1st edition. : San Rafael, CA : Rocky Nook : [2018] : 319 pages, 1 unnumbered page :
LIBRIS ID: k148ptlvhhlzfj7h
ISBN: 9781681983745
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Morpho : anatomy for artists : skeleton and bone reference points
Lauricella Michel
First edition. : San Rafael, CA : Rocky Nook : 2019 : 95 s. :
LIBRIS ID: kvtg5ln9hcbs97ns
ISBN: 9781681984520
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Morpho : anatomy for artists : joint forms and muscular functions
Lauricella Michel
First edition. : San Rafael, Calif. : Rocky Nook : 2019 : 96 pages :
LIBRIS ID: 2jncfs6r09sf6sbr
ISBN: 9781681985404
ISBN: 1681985403
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Morpho : anatomy for artists : fat and skin folds
Lauricella Michel
First edition. : San Rafael, CA : Rocky Nook : 2019 : 95 pages :
LIBRIS ID: n4rx01rpl93h5b4v
ISBN: 9781681985046
ISBN: 1681985047
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Life Drawing in Charcoal
Graves
Dover Publications : 2003 : 176 sidor :
LIBRIS ID: vhtm6fv8sm6r1dcg
ISBN: 9780486282688
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Modellteckningens grunder
Dahl Peter, Dahl Peter
[Ny, omarb. och utök. utg.] : Stockholm : Norstedt : 1989 : 64 s. :
ISBN: 91-1-884112-0
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Teckna och måla : en modell [för studier av yta, volym, bildrum, rörelse, anatomi, proportioner, croquis, färg, bild och avbild, färg- och formövningar]
Melin Björn
2. [uppl.] : Stockholm : Wahlström & Widstrand : 1990 : 172, [2] s., [8] pl.-s. i färg :
ISBN: 91-46-15847-2
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