ARTICULATION DOCUMENT
T274 Drawing
MODULE STRUCTURE
Module Category: Specialisation
Level (year of study): Year 1
Credit Units: 4 Modular Credits
Curriculum Hours: 90
Contact Hours: 60 over 15 weeks (4 hours per week)
Module Assessment: Continuous Assessment: 60%
- 15 Daily Grades
Summative Assessment: 40%
Understanding Test 1: 10% (open book, online)
Understanding Test 2: 10% (open book, online)
Understanding Test 3: 20% (open book, online)
SECTION 2: MODULE OVERVIEW
This module covers the fundamentals of drawing: line work, shading, perspective, and point
of view. Through observation, life studies, field work, and extensive hands-on practice,
students will develop the ability to see and render the human form, objects, architecture,
and nature, enabling them to express ideas in visual form with confidence and clarity.
Emphasis will be on the development of observational and rendering skills - improving the
ability to see well (and to draw accurately), to correctly render basic geometric shapes (both
flat and with volume), to see that nearly all objects can be rendered using these basic
shapes in one form or another, to draw objects (including the human forms) and scenes
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with confidence, and to re-draw their own existing scenes/renderings from various
perspectives and points-of-view relatively quickly.
MODULE OUTCOMES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
Allocated time per day
Module Coverage
Discussions in
Study Cluster
Skills Development
a) Fundamentals of Drawing /
Geometric Forms
b) Complex shapes and forms
c) Organic Forms
d) Fundamentals of Figures
Application
e) Field Work I (Urban Sudies)
f) Field Work II (Figuratives)
g) Field Work III (Life Drawing
Animals)
Resource
gathering
and team
work
Skills acquisition
and practice
NA
NA
NA
NA
3
2
1
3
12
8
4
12
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
1
1
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
8
15
60
g) Portfolio piece
Total = 15 problems = 75 hrs
TEACHING AND LEARNING
The students will be introduced to the fundamentals of drawing. The application of these skills
will be in the visualization aspects of their specific diplomas. The course is structured to be a
broad survey of the fundamental skills and concepts related to the discipline of observing and
drawing.
There will be a balance between drawing from observation and drawings based on
construction and concepts. This is in order to equip the students with both the ability to
document visual data as well as to visualize their ideas.
This module is a fully technical module based on taught skills. This will be done through
facilitator demonstrations and individualized coaching. Students are also encouraged to keep
sketchbooks for recording of their visual ideas to be discussed and shared in class.
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This is enhanced by field trips to provide a platform for drawing from different observational
contexts.
Stronger students with prior drawing experience will be given more challenging assignments
during and after class to stretch their capabilities.
LEARNING RESOURCES
NA
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