Course detail

Basics of Study Drawing 1

FaVU-1ZSKAcad. year: 2024/2025

The course is designed as a series of consecutive practical drawing exercises. Within the individual lessons, the students will be introduced to the method of depicting simple geometric objects in successive steps, either arranged individually or later composed into still lifes. The hygiene of drawing will be explained to the students – distance from the object and the picture surface, perspective, methods of measuring objects, light principles and light interaction, composing in the picture surface, etc. After mastering the drawing of simple square and cylindrical objects, the course will cover drawing from plaster casts of heads and limbs. These more challenging exercises are a direct precursor to drawing from live models.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et MgA. Ján Lastomirský

Department

Department of Traditional Media (KTM)

Entry knowledge

No previous studio drawing experience is assumed.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

For credit to be awarded, there is a condition of active participation in class (3 permitted unexcused absences) or submission of an assignment based on an alternative assignment after agreement with the teacher.

Classes take place in the drawing room of the Cabinet of Traditional Media of the FFA BUT in the hours determined by the schedule. Minimum participation is 80%. Make-up for missed classes is done by agreement with the teacher in the form of alternative assignments.

Aims

The aim of the course is to offer the acquisition of the basics of studio drawing. The level of knowledge in this area varies considerably for students entering their first academic year. In some cases it is non-existent, which leads to great difficulty in mastering the more demanding drawing disciplines they will encounter during their studies. The course will build and reinforce the ability to successfully master studio drawing as a method of exploring reality and then transferring information about the three-dimensional world onto a two-dimensional pictorial surface. The goal of the course can also be characterized in winged words: "Sure eye, steady hand".

The course will enable beginning draughtsmen to gain experience in studio drawing, which is a prerequisite for mastering more demanding drawing disciplines.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hampton, Michael. Figure draving: Design and Invention. 1. vydání, Michael Hampton 2009, ISBN-10: 0-615-27281-9
Parramón, José María. Jak malovat zátiší. 2. vydání, Praha: Jan Vašut, 2001, ISBN 80-7236-040-X
Smith, Ray. Encyklopedie výtvarných technik a materiálů. 3. vydání, Praha: Slovart, 2013, ISBN 978-80-7391-482-0

Type of course unit

Practical class

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et MgA. Ján Lastomirský

Syllabus

1.+2. Introduction to the subject – application of geometric shapes to the human figure in linear perspective 3.+4. Square geometric shapes with application of linear perspective, drawing on a smaller format 5.+6. Drawing at the easel – angular geometric shapes, larger format Hygiene of drawing – spacing from the subject, spacing from the picture surface, laterality, position of the subject – easel – draughtsman, methods of endorsement 7.+8. Geometric shapes with circular cross-section with application of linear perspective, drawing on smaller format 9.+10. Drawing at easel – geometric shapes with circular cross section, larger format 11.+12. Composition of several angular objects 13. Composition of several objects with circular cross-section