Course Name | Special Practice in Drawing |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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VCD 350 | Fall/Spring | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to focus on developing individual approach to drawing with considerable emphasis on problem solving. Students will gain confidence in their ability to draw complex objects and to express visual relationships between them. Introducing color in the drawing context, this course will cover optical mixing, layering of colors and the interaction of colors |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course aims to provide students with the necessary skills to successfully draw anything they can observe and analyze |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | X | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | İn-class exercise: exploring the media | nesessary materials |
2 | In-class exercise: Mass drawing | nesessary materials |
3 | Project 1: Still life, substructive drawing | nesessary materials |
4 | Project 1 continues: composition, proportion, outline sketch | nesessary materials |
5 | Project 1 continues: outline sketch elaborated into detailed drawing | nesessary materials |
6 | Project 1 continues: creating a full range of values using subtructive technique | nesessary materials |
7 | Project 1 finalized: class critique, discussion | nesessary materials |
8 | In-class exercise: figure/gesture drawing | nesessary materials |
9 | In-class exercise: portrait | nesessary materials |
10 | Project 2 : still life, color pencil drawing | nesessary materials |
11 | Project 2 continues: choosing the composition; outline sketch | nesessary materials |
12 | Project 2 continues: outline sketch elaborated into detailed drawing | nesessary materials |
13 | Project2 continues: working on details | nesessary materials |
14 | Project 2 finalized: class critique, discussion | nesessary materials |
15 | Portfolio review | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Kimon Nikolaides: The Natural Way To Draw Robert Beverly Hale: Drawing Lessons From The Great Masters, Master Class in Figure Drawing |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 3 | 90 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 4 | 5 | 20 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 3 | 8 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | |||
Total | 108 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to apply the fundamental principles of design in creating visual narratives and messages, using physical and digital media, | X | ||||
2 | To attain complex problem-solving skills, using various design methods, | X | ||||
3 | To have a clear understanding of creative/art direction, | X | ||||
4 | To be able to use the advanced theoretical and applied knowledge attained in the areas of Visual Communication Design, | X | ||||
5 | To act with social and ethical awareness and to take responsibility, both individually and collectively, for developing aesthetic and effective design solutions, | X | ||||
6 | To be able to investigate, interpret and evaluate the developments on Visual Communication Design in the world and in Turkey, | |||||
7 | To have an advanced level of knowledge and experience in producing/editing still and moving images, | X | ||||
8 | To attain proficiency in using related software, media, and communication technologies, | |||||
9 | To gain reflexive and critical thinking abilities, | X | ||||
10 | To undertake self-directed and continuous education in the discipline, to develop a lifelong learning attitude, | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Visual Communication Design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1), | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently, | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest