‘Drawing Methodologies’ introduces you to a series of practices of drawing in Fine Art emphasizing the development of concepts of drawing. You will learn through practice and consider drawing as a way of seeing and a mode of thought. Over the ten weeks of the course, themes may include: Observation and perspective; drawing and the body; calligraphy, narrative and animation; surface and touch; gesture and trace; and, thinking and seeing through lines.

Taught classes will take place online 9.30AM-11.30AM on Mondays during term one. In Term 2, you will have two face-to-face, one-to-one tutorials with your tutor (to be scheduled at a mutually convenient time) whilst you work on and develop your portfolio of individual drawings for assessment.

Each session starts with an introduction to key concepts of drawing with examples from a wide and diverse range of artists.

In the first half of this course we shall cover the rudiments of drawing technique (such as observation, proportion, composition, perspective, etc), learn methods for expressing the dynamics of different textures and tones, and explore our own physicality whilst drawing.

The second half of the course will build upon this focus on technique and embodiment. We will go on to experiment with drawing as an investigative method.

Materials for in-class use will be sourced by the Slade. Students are responsible for purchasing a sketchbook and basic drawing tools for out-of-class work by the beginning of week 2 (suggested: unruled sketchbook at least A4 size, sharp pointed or mechanical pencil, graphite sticks, black fineliner pen or roller gell ink pen, charcoal, conte crayons).

The key objective of this course is to develop your capacity and enthusiasm to use drawing as a process and a tool that can be used to see things differently. The autumn taught course is designed to enable you to develop your own direction in drawing through a portfolio.

Priority on the module is given to students taking the BASc Arts and Sciences degree and we welcome applications from students from other departments across UCL. Application to the module is by admissions portfolio Inspection. Places on this module will be allocated after the portfolio inspections have taken place.

Your portfolio should include a small selection of drawings or work from sketchbooks (12 images in total) that demonstrate your experience and skills and interest in drawing.

Any students who enter SSFA0034 on Portico and who do not submit a portfolio of work for inspection will be rejected from the module. We are not able to give feedback on individual portfolios.

Application portfolios should be submitted via the UCL DropBox (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dropbox/) between the 4th April 2022, and 11.59pm (BST) on 15th May 2022 during early module registration period. Please ensure that your portfolio document is headed with your name, department and UCL student number. Please enter "Kuldip and Clare" as the Dropbox recipient name and "slade.tlo@ucl.ac.uk" as the recipient email address.

Please note that there is a £75.00 materials fee for this module. This is covered by the BASc department for BASc students. Students from other departments should check that their home department will cover this cost before enrolling on the module.