Week 1 |
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LECTURE 1:A/ Welcome:Introduction B/ Lecture 1:Physical, psychological and cultural aspects of drawing |
TUTORIAL 1:Welcome Exercise 1.1, a-c: Pre-instruction drawings Relationship of tutorials to lectures
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 1:Re tutorial:From the prescribed text: (Edwards, 2012),
Re lecture:Arnheim, R, 2004, Visual Thinking , Uni of Cal Press,
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Week 2 |
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LECTURE 2:What is drawing? |
TUTORIAL 2:Exercise 2.1: Vase and faces
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 2:Re tutorial:Edwards, B, 2012, (prescribed textbook)
Re lecture: Speed, H., 1913, The Practice and Science of Drawing, Seeley, Service & Co, London.
Discussion exercise a/ Week 2 |
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Week 3 |
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LECTURE 3:What is visualisation? |
TUTORIAL 3:Exercise 3.1: Pure contour drawing
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 3:Re lecture:Hart, J., 1999, The Art of the Storyboard: Storyboarding for Film, TV and Animation, Focal Press,
Sibley, B., 2000, Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie, Harry N Abrams Inc,
Assessment:Assessment item 4, Quiz #1 opens |
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Week 4 |
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LECTURE 4:Seeing and portraying spatiality |
TUTORIAL 4:Exercise 4.1: Negative space drawing of a chair
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 4:Re tutorial:Edwards, B, 2012, (prescribed textbook)
Re Lecture:Bardell, W., 2003, Depth Cues for Information Design, Masters thesis, School of Design , Carnagie Mellon University. LINK |
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Week 5 |
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LECTURE 5:Selecting a viewpoint
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TUTORIAL 5:Exercise 5.1: Experiment with informal, one point and two-point perspective drawings
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 5:Re tutorial:Edwards, B, 2012, (prescribed textbook)
Re lecture:Ching, F. D. K., 1990, Drawing, A creative process, John Wiley & Sons,
Lister, M., Dovey, J., Giddings, S., Grant I., & Kelly, K., 2003, New Media: a critical introduction, Routledge,
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Week 6 |
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LECTURE 6:Schemas of human proportion and other representational systems
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TUTORIAL 6:Exercise 6.1: Observation of frontal and profile heads and filling in "blanks"
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 6:Re tutorial:Edwards, B, 2012, (prescribed textbook)
Re lecture:Panofsky, E, 1974, "The history of the theory of human proportions as a reflection of the history of styles", in Meaning in the Visual Arts, The Overlook Press,
Assessment:Assessment item 4, Quiz #2 opens |
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Week 7 |
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LECTURE 7:Light & shade, texture & colour
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TUTORIAL 7:Exercise 7.1: Copying exercise
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 7:Re tutorial:Edwards, B, 2012, (prescribed textbook)
Re lecture:Color On! Magazine Colour theory 101 articles “The artist as neuroscientist“, Patrick Cavanagh. Nature. 3/17/2005, Vol. 434 Issue 7031, p301-307. |
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Week 8 |
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LECTURE 8:Cartooning: contexts and heritage |
TUTORIAL 8: Introduction to cartooning
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 8:Assessment:Assessment item 1, Drawing Exercise Portfolio due |
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Week 9 |
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LECTURE 9:Fantasies become actualities
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TUTORIAL 9: Exercise 9.1: Three-dimensional primitives
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 9:From Hogan's Alley to Coconino County - Four Narratives of the Early Comic Strip: The Business of the Strips, by David Westbrook Seduction of the Innocents and the Attack on Comic Books: The Comic Book Villain, Dr. Fredric Wertham, M.D., by Jamie Covillex Assessment:Assessment item 4, Quiz #3 opens |
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Week 10 |
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LECTURE 10:Renaissance revisited |
TUTORIAL 10:Exercise 10.1: Primitive animals
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 10:A short excerpt from “The Simpsons” Complete Seventh Season DVD. Video stream of intervew with creative team from PDI via about.com Assessment:Assessment Item 2 Concept Visuals due |
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Week 11 |
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LECTURE 11:Illustration and info rmation visualisation |
TUTORIAL 11:Exercise 11.1: Make a colour wheel using only 3 coloured pencils
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READINGS, ACTIVITIES 11:Re tutorial:Web links provided on tutorial web page Re lecture:"Why Illustrations Aid Understanding" David Kirsch 2002. Assessment:Assessment item 4, Quiz #4 opens |
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Week 12 |
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LECTURE 12:Anatomy of an underground mine rescue: case study of info-graphics |
TUTORIAL 12:There are no set tutorial exercises for Week 12. Use the time to work on assessment item 3. | ACTIVITIES 12:Assessment:Assessment item 3, Comprehensive Storyboard Visual due next week Assessment item 4, All quizzes close next week |
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