Learning outcome

The student will master the following skills:

• Drawing objects showing good three-dimensional representation of their forms.
• Perspective drawing using Renaissance and modern techniques.
• Drawing human portraits using a variety of sketching techniques.
• Drawing with pencils, charcoal, pens and brushes and mastering hatching and shading techniques.
• Applying important principles/approaches in working with lines, surfaces and volumes which involve values, proportions and composition.
• Creating visual art with a) realistic representations, b) expressive effects and c) formal aesthetic abstraction.
• Formulating the desired thematic content based on figurative and formal aesthetic competence, including the use of visual metaphors, practicing the coordination of a picture’s elements, etc.
• Consciously varying methods in creating visual art, using creative, intuitive and analytical approaches.
• Using technical terms to mediate and discuss subject material, and also to communicate in discussions and reflections using visual means.
• Painting and creating representations with water-colours/gouache and/or tempera/acrylic, crayons and mixed media.
• Applying basic visual-art skills from drawing classes to coloured mediums and colour theory from the syllabus.
• Working with graphic techniques such as metal/cardboard prints or lino prints.

Course Description

The main focus the course is the students’ own creative activities, creative processes and reflection. These will be related to various forms of expression within 2- and 3-dimensional art, including drawing, colour theory/painting, sculpture and graphics. The course will have a theoretical basis in which alternation between creative activities and theoretical material will provide a foundation for understanding, evaluating and developing ideas in the visual arts.

Teaching and Learning Methods

The course is characterised by an interaction between theory and practical work in materials. Students will develop their ability to explain professional practices. The course includes lectures, demonstrations, seminars, study groups, project work and visual presentations. It also includes attendance at exhibitions and other cultural activities.

A considerable part of the course requires obligatory attendance; information is given in the year-plan/semester plan/period plans.

Students will be responsible for their own learning. This means that each student must keep themselves updated with respect to the syllabus literature and seek professional guidance. The acquisition of knowledge will, to a large degree, depend upon supervision of the learning processes and learning through action. Attendance and participation in an active, creative workshop environment is a fundamental and vital condition for gaining maximum benefit from the course.

Portfolio assignments

The course is organised through portfolio assignments designed by the teaching team. Each assignment includes specific learning objectives which correspond with the content of a particular course unit and specific area. The portfolio assignments reflect the course’s expectations in terms of active and consistent student participation throughout the academic year. These assignments will also reveal the structure of the course and the students’ progress. The assignments, which will be specified early in the course, are intended to build basic skills that will provide the qualifications necessary for solving increasingly more complex problems.

Through working on the portfolio assignments, students will receive guidance and feedback on the work they produce, exhibitions and presentations, sketches, their studies and written commentaries. The portfolios will document the students’ progress, results and thoughts through written and practical work, thereby gradually building up awareness and understanding of their own developmental and learning processes in this field of study.

Assessment Methods

Students will submit their portfolio assignment before the deadline; the portfolio will include products, presentations of products, process description and their reflection on practical training. The course will be assessed on a pass / fail basis.

Please refer to Telemark University College’s examination regulations for more information.

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