Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

- Composition

- Colour theory

Skills

The candidate can/has:

- Use “learn to draw” methods and techniques

- Use a digital camera as a tool for drawing and image correlation

- Use Photoshop as an image editor

- Sketch, do life drawing and portraits

- Use sketching as a tool for ideas and idea development

- Use observation, imitation, ideas and imagination

- Analyse his/her own drawings and others' drawings

- Workshop experience and is familiar with safety measures

General competence

The candidate:

- Understands the importance of images and their formal structure and visually communicative properties

Course Description

The course consists of an introduction to the subject, theoretical studies, practical exercises and assignments. The importance of images, their formal structure and visually communicative nature, characterizes the course.

The course includes the following components:

- Composition

- “Learn to draw” methods and techniques

- The digital camera as a tool for drawing and working with images

- Introduction to Photoshop

- Sketching, life drawing, portraits

- Sketching as a tool for ideas and idea development

- Observation, imitation, ideas and imagination

- Students’ analysis of their own drawings and the drawings of others

- Experimenting with the imagery of comics and street art techniques

- Colour theory

- Clamping and preparation of canvases and paper

- Testing various types and qualities of paint suitable for using in schools

- Still life

All activities in this course have a didactic component; for instance, how can this be done in schools? Why should we do it? How does this relate to the current curriculum?

Teaching and Learning Methods

Individual work with images and supervision constitute the main teaching and learning methods. Assessment will generally be done in groups, and will be an important part of the instruction. Most of the exercises and assignments will be exhibited and presented and evaluated orally. Several of the course assignments include a written component. To a great extent, the course requires that the students are physically present and participate, since the teaching is dialogic. Work involving the theory of colour will be carried out in groups.

The course includes image pedagogy, communicating with images, aesthetic learning processes and other relevant theory. Apart from this, all the teaching will involve interaction between theoretical work, practical experimentation and creative activity.

Assessment Methods

The course is comprised of many components; therefore, students will be given information concerning the course requirements at an early point in the studies. These requirements may include:

- A written report of a practical assignment

- Sketches and process documentation

- Finished works

- Examples from teacher-led exercises

- Written tests

A final grade will be given on a scale from A to F, where A is the highest and E the lowest passing grade. For more information, please refer to Telemark University College Examination Regulations.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean