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‘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 at the Slade School of Art (Gower St) on Monday evenings during term one. In Term 2, you will have two face-to-face, one-to-one tutorials with your tutor to help you develop your own 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, line, composition 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 fine-liner 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 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, 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.

For continuing students,

Application portfolios should be submitted using this application form (https://forms.office.com/e/Vr1eQBnq5B) betweenÌýthe first day module selection opens in AprilÌý,Ìýand 11.59pm (BST) on the last day modules selection closes in MayÌýduring early module registration period. Please check Õ¬ÄÐÊÓƵ official student module selection website for the exact date every year.

For new students,

Application portfolios should be submitted using this application form (https://forms.office.com/e/Vr1eQBnq5B)ÌýbetweenÌýthe first day module selection opens in SepÌý,Ìýand 11.59pm (BST) on the Tuesday of the main induction week in September. Please check Õ¬ÄÐÊÓƵ official student module selection website for the exact date every year.

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Please ensure that your portfolio document is headed with your name, department and UCL student number. Please enter "Slade TLO" Ìýas the Dropbox recipient name and "slade.tlo@ucl.ac.uk" as the recipient email address.