The aim of this course is to develop students' visual perception skill, and with the help of exercises about basic composition, drawing, perspective and measurements, to give students a deeper understanding of their personal processes while drawing.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Yıldıran
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
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Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lectures, examples, and practical drawing
Principle Sources
Hauser, Arnold, The Social History of Art, Remzi Kitabevi, 1995
Gombrich, E.H., The Story of Art, Remzi Kitabevi, 1992
Other Sources
Lynton, Norbert, The Story of Modern Art, Remzi Kitabevi, 1991
Parramon, Jose Maria, The Art of Drawing and Painting: historical development, tools, techniques and practice, Remzi Kitabevi, 1995
Gill, Robert W., Basic rendering : effective drawing for designers, artists and illustrators, Thames and Hudson, 1991
Woods, Gerald, Drawing and sketching, Little, Brown and Com., 1995
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introductory class: the concept of drawing and the definition of related concepts
Lecture
2. Week
Basic composition, how to position on paper, how to take measurements, methods of proportioning
Lecture
3. Week
Sketching and outline drawing, the explanation of the basic consepts of drawing and practical drawing from inanimate objects.
Lecture
4. Week
Practicing drawing by looking at the works of the masters.
Lecture
5. Week
Working on composition from an inanimate object, followed by the critical analysis of the works done.
Lecture
6. Week
Working on composition from an inanimate object, followed by the critical analysis of the works done.
Lecture
7. Week
Midterm Exam
8. Week
Free perspective, single vanishing point and multiple vanishing point and their practices
Lecture
9. Week
Working on perspective from an inanimate object.
Lecture
10. Week
Practical drawing from an inanimate object
Lecture
11. Week
Study of how to draw from a real life model
Lecture
12. Week
Study of how to draw from a real life model
Lecture
13. Week
Study of hands, feet and portrait from real models
Lecture
14. Week
Study of hands, feet and portrait from real models
Lecture
15. Week
Compositions and drawing exercises done during the semester will be reviewd, evaluated and criticized.
Lecture
16. Week
Compositions and drawing exercises done during the semester will be reviewd, evaluated and criticized.
Lecture
17. Week
Final Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
10
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students will be able to define all sorts of concepts predominantly related with communication, arts and culture alongside other differint disciplines.
PO-2
Students will be able to interprete technological developments and other related artistic and cultural perceptions.
PO-3
Students will be able to understand contemporary/actual practises.
PO-4
Students will be able to analyse the organic relationships between art, communication
and society.
PO-5
Students will be able to experience the process neccesarry, producing creative designs.
PO-6
Students will be able to study independently of their own accord in a creative
environment
PO-7
Students will be able to use technical equipments properly, and be also accomplish their projects within the given period.
PO-8
Students will be able to transform their creative ideas into multidisciplinary applications.
PO-9
Students will be able to produce original works in different areas ranging from graphic arts, photography, cinema, performing arts to plastic arts.
PO-10
Students will be able to have experiences on film directory, script writing, photography directory and editing.
PO-11
Students will be able to gain proficiency on computer based design, character design for both two and three dimensional animation movie. They also will be able to have experience on stage design.
PO-12
Students will be able to have experiences on various disciplines of performing arts, such as acting, mimic, modern dance, singing, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Students will be able to create original art works in painting, sculpture and ceramic disciplines.
PO-14
Students will be able to gain an ability in producing projects together with experienced academics invited.
PO-15
Students will be able to participate in competetive projects both at home and abroad such as exhibitions, workshops and seminars.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The development of the pictorial ability to express what one sees and perceives.
LO-2
The competence to draw what ones sees in their environment according to their own style.
LO-3
The acquisition of the skills to create ones own pictorial language in order to draw the relationship between the objects in their environment and the space surrounding them.
LO-4
The mastery to use the materials necessary for drawing.
LO-5
The works of classical painters, drawing techniques and the modes of expression they serve will be analyzed and discussed.
LO-6
The ability to discuss different approaches to painting and drawing.
