Course-unit Programme

(Regular Full-time Course Syllabus)

1. Course-unit details:

Name of course-unit (subject): Drawing Studies I.

Language of instruction (from sample unit): English

Name of course-unit in Hungarian (from sample unit): Rajzi tanulmányok I.

ETR (USRS) course-unit code (subject unit):

Validity of course-unit (from subject):

o date of launch of course-unit: autumn/spring term of academic year 2018/19

o Date of termination of course-unit: 2017/2018 autumn semester

Credit value of course unit (from course-unit element) : …5…… credits

Institute offering the course-unit  (from subject):

Instructor responsible for course-unit  (from subject):

o name: Gyula Július

o Ministry of Education Registry number*:
o SIN code*:

Course-unit group (subject DTL):

Course-unit type (subject unit):

o lecture
o practical class
o lecture and practical class to be completed together
o training
 Course-unit term requirements (subject unit):

o examination
o practical grade based on a scale from 1 to 5
o mid-term classroom test at practical class + exam (pre-condition of applying for the exam is at least a 50%
performance at the practical class)
o practical grade based on a three-grade scale

Number of contact hours attached to the course-unit (subject unit):

Number of theoretical classes (lectures): ……… classes/week

Number of practical classes (seminars): …4… classes/week

Number of training classes: ……… classes/term

Content features of course-unit:

 Teaching objectives of course-unit (description of 2-3 lines) (sample unit):

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The aims of the course: first of all, students can independently use the drawing tools, learn about the
potential of the assets and be able to depict the phenomenons of the material and natural world.
Furthermore, they can be able to show their subjective visual experiences, they have to know the
different modes of pictorial representation and use them according to the different tasks. Visual
representation of the human figure, developing the manual skills in drawing and art anatomy are the
most important topics of the course.

 The topics and detailed syllabus of the factual content of the course-unit in a weekly breakdown (sample unit):

1. week: topics

Group advanced: Study of the portrait. Making sketches of each other, using charcoals, pen, watercolor.

Group beginner: Regular angular forms. Making sketches from different perspectives, than select one and making a

bigger (paper size: 50x70 cm) construction drawing with pencil. The basic rules of perspective.

2. week: topics

Group advanced: Study of the portrait only with lines, using charcoals or pencil. Observing and studying the facial

details.

Group beginner: Angular and cylindrical forms. Top and bottom view, observing the distortions of circle and the
shadows that appear on the cylindrical surfaces. Practicing of the use of graphite.
3. week: topics

Group advanced: Study of half figure with tones. Studying the connection of the head, neck, shoulder, arms and the
tones that appear on the face. Practicing the use of the charcoals and chalk.

Group beginner: Cylindrical and spherical forms. Artificial and natural lighting, core/form shadow, cast shadow and
reflected light.

4. week: topics

Group advanced: Study of half figure. Artifical and natural lighting, The composition.

Group beginner: Still life, consisting of different materials. Crumpled paper on drapery. Differences between hard, soft,
smooth and rough surfaces.

5. week: topics

Group advanced: Drawing a sitting whole figure with lines. The proportions of the human body.

Group beginner: Still-life. Organic forms, fruits, vegetables and plants. Using coloured techniques (pastel, watercolour,
coloured pencils).

6. week:

Group advanced: Drawing a sitting whole figure with lines. The proportions of the human body.
Group beginner: Still-life. Organic forms, fruits, vegetables and plants. Using coloured techniques (pastel, watercolour,
coloured pencils).

7. week: topics

Group advanced: Drawing a sitting whole figure. Complecated composition with whole figure.

Group beginner: Still-life, consisting of different materials. Glass, metal, wood, textiles, paper. Differences between
hard, soft, smooth, rough, glossy and matt surfaces.

8. week: topics

Group advanced: Drawing figure in interior space. Using coloured techniques (watercolour, pastel).

Group beginner: Interior depiction. Drawing perspective, one, two and three-point-perspectives, distortion, depiction of
space. Using charcoals and pencil.

9. week: topics

Group advanced: Study of the half figure only with lines. Changing scale (paper size: 70x100 cm). Drawing and thinking
in unusual size

Group beginner: The human cranium. The skull as three-dimensional shape. Drawing sketches from different
perspectives.

10. week: topics

Group advanced: Study of the half figure with tonicity (paper size: 70x100 cm). Using charcoals and chalk, drawing with

bigger, pictorial tones.

Group beginner: Study of the portrait. Making sketches of each other, using charcoals, pen, watercolor and mixed

techniques.
 11. week: topics

Group advanced: Study of the akt. Studying the proportion of the human body and the definition of the contrapposto.

Group beginner: Study of the portrait only with lines, using charcoals or pencil. Observing and studying the facial

details.

12. week: Creative week

List of practical tasks required to fulfil the term requirements of the practical class:

o Classroom test
o Presentation
o Essay to be submitted

Detailed description of the methods applied to evaluate and grade student performance at a lecture:

o Option to take a preliminary exam the last week of term-time

o Written exam
o Oral exam
o Complex exam (written and oral)
 Details:
o Other
 Details:
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Reading material necessary to complete the course-unit:
 List of mandatory readings:
o Printed publications:

 Author(s): Jenő Barcsay

 Title: Anathomy For The Artist
 Publishing House: Metro Books
 Place of publication: -
 Year of latest edition: September 2001
 Pages: 342 pages

 List of recommended readings:

o Printed publications:

 Author(s): David Hockney

 Title: Secret Knowledge (Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters)
 Publishing House: Studio
 Place of publication: -
 Year of latest edition: Expanded edition,October 5, 2006
 Pages: 336 pages
 Author(s): Bammes, Gottfried
 Title: The Artist's Guide to Human Anatomy
 Publishing House: Chartwell Books
 Place of publication: New Jersey
 Year of latest edition: 1994 (1990)
 Pages: -

 Author(s): Johannes Itten

 Title: The Art of Color: the subjective experience and objective rationale of color
 Publishing House: John Wiley & Sons
 Place of publication: -
 Year of latest edition: 1 edition (December 1997)
 Pages: 160 pages

 Author(s): Bridgman, George Brant

 Title: The Book of a Hundred Hands
 Publishing House: Dover Publications
 Place of publication: New York
 Year of latest edition: 1971 (1920)
 Pages: -

 Author(s): George Brant Bridgman, Howard Simon

 Title: Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
 Publishing House: Sterling Publishing Company
 Place of publication: -
 Year of latest edition: 2001
 Pages: 350 pages

 Author(s): Dunstan, Bernard

 Title: Painting Methods of the Impressionists.
 Publishing House: Watson-Guptill Publications
 Place of publication: New York
 Year of latest edition: 1983
 Pages: 160 pages

 Author(s): Franck, Frederick

 Title: Life Drawing Life
 Publishing House: Great River Books
 Place of publication: -
 Year of latest edition: 1 edition (January 1, 1995)
 Pages: 128 pages

 Author(s): Sarah Kent

 Title: Composition (Eyewitness Art)
 Publishing House: DK ADULT
 Place of publication: -
 Year of latest edition: March 15, 1995
 Pages: 64 pages
 Author(s): Ernest R. Norling
 Title: Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction)
 Publishing House: Dover Publications
 Place of publication: Mineola, New York
 Year of latest edition: 1999
 Pages: 224 pages

 Author(s): Goldfinger, Eliot

 Title: Human Anatomy for Artists: the Elements of Form
 Publishing House: Oxford University Press
 Place of publication: USA, New York
 Year of latest edition: 1991
 Pages: -

 Author(s): Hale, Robert Beverly

 Title: Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters
 Publishing House: Watson-Guptill Publications
 Place of publication: New York
 Year of latest edition: 1977
 Pages: -

 Author(s): Hale, Robert Beverly

 Title: Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
 Publishing House: Watson-Guptill Publications
 Place of publication: New York
 Year of latest edition: 1989 (1964)
 Pages: -

 Author(s): Leonardo da Vinci (Author), Jean Paul Richter (Editor)

 Title: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art, Book 1)
 Publishing House: Dover Publications
 Place of publication: Mineola, New York
 Year of latest edition: 1970
 Pages: 367 pages

 Author(s): Perard, Victor

 Title: Anatomy and Drawing (Dover Art Instruction)
 Publishing House: Dover Publications
 Place of publication: Mineola, New York
 Year of latest edition: Annotated edition edition (May 5, 2004)
 Pages: 224 pages

 Author(s): Schider, Fritz

 Title: An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists (Dover Anatomy for Artists)
 Publishing House: Dover Publications
 Place of publication: Mineola, New York
 Year of latest edition: 3rd edition (June 1, 1957)
 Pages: 192 pages
  Author(s): Jenő Barcsay
 Title: Drapery and The Human Form
 Publishing House: Corvina
 Place of publication:
 Year of latest edition: First Edition edition (1958)
 Pages: 87 pages

 Author(s): Jenő Barcsay

 Title: Form und Raum
 Publishing House: Corvina Verlag
 Place of publication: Budapest
 Year of latest edition: 1966
 Pages: 194 pages, German language

 Author(s): Gottfried Bamme

 Title: Der Nackte Mensch: Hand- und Lehrbuch der Anatomie fur Kunstler
 Publishing House: Veb Verlag Der Kunst, Dresden (1982)
 Place of publication: Dresden
 Year of latest edition: 1982
 Pages: 480 pages, German language

o Online reference: http://learninganatomy.tumblr.com/