Overview
In this unit, you will develop competence and confidence in drawing so that it may form a key activity in your creative practice. You will use drawing as a direct and expressive mode of communication, and as a primary creative design tool. Whilst developing the ability to apply fundamental drawing concepts in a range of media and approaches, you will also develop knowledge about how drawn marks can be translated into graphic languages. This knowledge will be transferrable to other studio disciplines. As well as improving your ability to draw with confidence, this unit is designed to develop your ability to see and think like a visual artist and to develop an on-going relationship with the act of drawing.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student unit evaluation.
Assessment.
Review requirements of Assessment 1 Learning log. Provide specific resources which support the research of content required by learning log.
- Reflect on various modes of drawing and how they may be beneficial to the contemporary visual artist
- Exhibit a fundamental understanding of the relationships between mark-making, human perception and meaning generation through drawing and reflective writing
- Integrate drawing elements and concepts including line, tone, shape, texture, pattern, proportion, space, perspective and emphasis to produce drawn documents with descriptive and suggestive power
- Generate drawings which apply concepts relevant to observational, interpretative, expressive and preparatory drawings.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books - 40% | ||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 60% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books - 40% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 60% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Landscapes: John Berger on Art 1 (2016) Verso London, NA, England ISBN: 13:978-1-78478-584-0
- Edition: 1 (2016)
- Authors: Author: Berger, John. Editor: Overton, Tom.
- Verso.
- London London , England
- ISBN: England ISBN: 13:978-1-78478-584-0
- Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Copies can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
p.connor@cqu.edu.au
Week 1 - Basic Analytical Drawing
Begin Date: 09 Mar 2020Module/Topic
- Are there different kinds of drawings?
- Analytical and constructive drawing as a strategic, step-by- step process.
- 'Ghosting' and drawing at an easel.
Chapter
- Reading #1 'Landscapes: John Berger on Art'; Chapter 2, To Take Paper, to Draw - (for week 2 class discussion.)
- Week 1 study guide.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Intoduction to CART11015
(Unit Overview and Unit Learning Outcomes).
• Familiarisation with CART11015 Assessments.
• Drawing Fundamentals, week 1 study guide.
NB: There is no Learning Log week 1.
Week 2 - Mark-Making and Line
Begin Date: 16 Mar 2020Module/Topic
- Common drawing media and supports.
- Line and how might it function in a drawing.
Chapter
Week 2 study guide.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Drawing Fundamentals
• Week 2 study guide.
NB: There is no Learning Log week 2.
Week 3 - Hatching and Tone.
Begin Date: 23 Mar 2020Module/Topic
- Tone and value.
- How might linear and tonal systems be used in tandem?
- How do groups of marks make meaning?
Chapter
- Reading #2 'Landscapes: John Berger on Art'; Chapter 3, The Basis of all Painting and Sculpture is Drawing - prepare for week 4 class discussion.
- Week 3 study guides.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Drawing Fundamentals week 3 study notes.
• Learning Log Week 3. Briefly explain how human perception is critical to making meaning from drawn marks (no more than 500 words).
Week 4 - Human Anatomy and Figure Drawing.
Begin Date: 30 Mar 2020Module/Topic
- Human skeletal and muscular systems.
- Generic proportions of the human figure.
- The significance of the spine.
- Line weight when communicating gravity.
Chapter
- View video tutorials
- Read week 4 study guide.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Reading #2 'Landscapes: John Berger on Art';
(Chapter 3, The Basis of all Painting and Sculpture is Drawing - discuss continued relevance of such an approach.)
• Learning Log Week 4. Briefly explain the significance of interpreting the position of the spine and considering the action of gravity when completing life drawings. (no more than 250 words)
Week 5 - Contour Lines, Rhythm and Gravity
Begin Date: 06 Apr 2020Module/Topic
- Contour lines and what they may communicate.
Chapter
- Video tutorials
- Read study guides.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Drawing Fundamentals and Graphic Languages week 5 study notes
• Learning Log week 5. Briefly explain the purpose and benefits of both preparatory drawing and thumbnail drawings (no more than 250 words).
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 13 Apr 2020Module/Topic
NA
Chapter
NA
Events and Submissions/Topic
NA
Week 6 - Interpretive Drawing.
Begin Date: 20 Apr 2020Module/Topic
- Interpretive drawing. (Developing a personal, graphic language.)
Chapter
- View video tutorials.
- read study guides.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Interpretive drawing.
NB: There is no Learning Log week 6.
Week 7 - Expressive Drawing
Begin Date: 27 Apr 2020Module/Topic
- Expressive drawing. (Exploring your expressive potential.)
Chapter
- View video tutorials.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Expressive drawing.
NB: There is no Learning Log week 7.
Week 8 - Experimental Drawing: Collage and Frottage
Begin Date: 04 May 2020Module/Topic
- Experimental drawing. (exploring frottage' and collage and a surrealist approach.)
Chapter
- View video tutorials
- View Powerpoint presentation.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Experimental drawing.
NB: There is no Learning Log week 8.
Week 9 - Major Drawing Project
Begin Date: 11 May 2020Module/Topic
- Research and identify your approach to the major experimental drawing project.
Chapter
- Conduct individual research.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Major drawing project
• Learning Log Week 9.
Briefly explain:
A) whether your major, experimental drawing project is based on a concept, subject, media or process (no more than 100 words) and
B) through the writing of a short synopsis (no more than 200 words), what the general intent of the drawing will be.
C) what drawing support/s, drawing media and other resources you will need to complete your drawing project. (please develop a complete list of items).
Week 10 - Major Drawing Project
Begin Date: 18 May 2020Module/Topic
- Develop your major, experimental drawing project.
Chapter
NA
Events and Submissions/Topic
NB: There is no Learning Log week 10.
Week 11 - Major Drawing Project
Begin Date: 25 May 2020Module/Topic
- How might various approaches to drawing be useful to the contemporary visual artist.
- Students continue developing major, experimental drawing project.
Chapter
Reflect on the ways various drawing types may be useful to the contemporary visual artist.
Events and Submissions/Topic
• Major drawing project
• Learning Log Week 11.
Briefly explain how preparatory drawings, observational drawings, interpretative drawings, expressive drawings and experimental drawings may be beneficial to contemporary visual artists (no more than 500 words).
Week 12 - Major Drawing Project
Begin Date: 01 Jun 2020Module/Topic
- Complete and submit Assessment 2: Drawing Folio.
- Complete and submit Assessment 1: Learning Logs.
Chapter
NA
Events and Submissions/Topic
Portfolio of Drawings Due: Week 12 Thursday (4 June 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 08 Jun 2020Module/Topic
NA
Chapter
NA
Events and Submissions/Topic
NA
Exam Week
Begin Date: 15 Jun 2020Module/Topic
NA
Chapter
NA
Events and Submissions/Topic
NA
1 Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books
In weeks 4, 5, 9 and 11 you will complete learning logs in Moodle. These learning logs will require research so that you may adequately respond to the learning log tasks for those weeks. The requirements for each learning log are clearly outlined in the weekly Moodle sections for this unit.
You may receive feedback on your learning logs, advising if improvements should be made. Final submission of all improved and completed learning logs are due in week 12.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Complete the Learning Logs in Moodle. All final submissions due Friday, week 12 @ 11:45 pm.
Exam Week Thursday (18 June 2020)
Results via Moodle
1. Evidence of research and integration of theoretical perspectives. (25%)
2. Structure. (10%)
3. Writing standard. (25%)
4. Attention to requirements of task. (25%)
5. Referencing (15%)
- Reflect on various modes of drawing and how they may be beneficial to the contemporary visual artist
- Exhibit a fundamental understanding of the relationships between mark-making, human perception and meaning generation through drawing and reflective writing
- Communication
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Portfolio
The portfolio of drawings requires the submission of:
1). 5 observational drawings drawn between weeks 2 and 7.
2). Your three experimental drawings drawn between weeks 8 and 12.
To submit your portfolio of drawings you must use the Portfolio of Drawings template provided and submit it via Moodle by the due date.
Week 12 Thursday (4 June 2020) 4:00 pm AEST
Both a hard copy and an electronic copy of your folio should be submitted. The hard copy should be submitted at the conclusion of your last class and the electronic copy should be submitted via Moodle.
Exam Week Monday (15 June 2020)
Results and feedback available via Moodle.
PART A (Observational Drawings)
1. Use of line. (10%)
2. Use of tone and suggestion of form. (10%)
3. Drawing structure and compositional arrangement. (5%)
4. Keenness of observation and accuracy of proportions. (10%)
5. Process and approach. (5%)
6. Creative and innovative use of media. (5%)
7. Attention to requirements of drawing task. (5%)
PART B (Preparatory Drawings and Experimental Drawings)
1. Line quality apt for purpose. (10%)
2. Process and approach. (15%)
3. Experimental, creative and innovative use of media and supports. (25%)
- Integrate drawing elements and concepts including line, tone, shape, texture, pattern, proportion, space, perspective and emphasis to produce drawn documents with descriptive and suggestive power
- Generate drawings which apply concepts relevant to observational, interpretative, expressive and preparatory drawings.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
