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DWG3519 Drawing: The Body 2

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

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DWG3519 Drawing: The Body 2 is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs DWG2509.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 2
Caulfield
Assessment
Exam 60%
and 1 other task

The 2027 handbook has no page for DWG3519. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before DWG3519

Prerequisites

Pass these before you enrol.

After DWG3519

No unit lists DWG3519 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Overview

This unit offers an extended engagement with the representational issues prefaced in the previous units. In a studio class, sequential projects will explore the visual description of the human body in a variety of spatial, conceptual and contemporary contexts. This will promote the investigation and discovery of a range of appropriate representational strategies involving drawing and contemporary media. A practical study of the work of historical and contemporary exemplars of body imagery is an important part of the unit.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Assessment

  • Assessment Task 1 - Mid Semester Assessment
    40%
  • Assessment Task 2 - Final folio Examination
    60%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Demonstrate skill in using an extended range of drawing materials and processes to confidently create dynamic relationships between the body and its surrounding space;

  2. 2

    Demonstrate you possess an understanding of the relationship of drawing to the creation and manipulation of form and space;

  3. 3

    Demonstrate you are capable of creating drawings in a variety of scales and media;

  4. 4

    Recognise individual responses and make independent judgements on the appropriateness of procedures and techniques for their description;

  5. 5

    Demonstrate you possess greater understanding of the philosophical, theoretical and aesthetic issues underlying the perceptual drawing process;

  6. 6

    Understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.

Workload and teaching

  • Studio activities36 hours
  • Teaching approachOnline learning
  • Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
  • Teaching approachActive learning

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

Learning resources

Required resources

TAPE | 1 roll 12mm masking tape

FOLIO PAPER | Sufficient to fit drawings of A1 size (preferably water proof) A1 cartridge paper. At least 6 sheets for every class

Simblet, S. (2004). The drawing book : [an innovative, practical approach to drawing the world around you] / London, Dorling Kindersley Ltd.

WILLOW CHARCOAL | Thick and thin sticks. At least 12

SHARPENER | General purpose cutting knife/scalpel/box cutter (with replaceable blades)

Goldstein, N. (1993). Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy and Expressive Design of the

Simpson, I. (1992 ). Drawing: Seeing and Observation , A and C Black.

SUPPLIERS | The Bookshop : K Building, Caulfield Campus (Open: 9.00-5.00 Mon-Thur. 9.00-3.00 Fri. Melbourne Artists’ Supplies 33 Little Latobe St, Melb (opp RMIT) and 916 Nepean Highway Moorabbin (opp Railway Station) Dean’s Art Supplies 188 Gertrude St, Fitzroy and 369 Lonsdale St, Melbourne and 475 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Burton, J. e. a. (2005). Vitamin D : new perspectives in drawing London, Phaidon.

Cooper, D. (1992). Drawing and Perceiving . New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold.

Stella, F. (1986). Working Space . Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, Harvard University Press.

ERASER | Firm block eraser

Kovats, T. (c2005). The Drawing book : a survey of drawing : the primary means of expression London, Black Dog Publishing.

Bachelard, G., translated from the French by Maria Jolas ; foreword by Etienne Gilson. (1969). The poetics of space . Boston [Mass.], Beacon Press.

GRAPHITE PENCILS | HB, 2B, 6B

Willats, J. (1997). Art and Representation: New Principals in the Art of Representation . Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press.

COMPRESSED CHARCOAL | Soft Grade

JOURNAL/SKETCHBOOK | A4 or A3 sized sketchpad

Elkins., J. (c1996). The object stares back : on the nature of seeing New York, Simon & Schuster.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Dr Brian Martin
Unit Coordinators
Amelie Scalercio

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for DWG3519?

You need DWG2509 before you enrol.

When is DWG3519 offered?

In 2020, DWG3519 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.

Does DWG3519 have an exam?

Yes. The exam is worth 60% of the final mark, alongside 1 other task.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Fine Art
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020