Workshop Studies (40 credits)
Workshop Studies is undertaken in the first semester of Level 4, introducing students to a range of practical disciplines available on the course: printmaking, painting, sculpture, installation and lens-based media. This module focuses on the development of each student’s practical skills through one-to-one and group sessions in workshops with tutors and technicians. Contextualisation of ideas and approaches underpins all learning on this and other modules through references to contemporary artists’ work in exhibitions, talks, books and journals.
Printmaking techniques such as etching, silkscreen and photo-silkscreen, woodcut, collograph and monoprint are introduced.
In the sculpture workshops, students develop 3-d ideas in a range of media including wood, plaster, life casting, metal and mixed media. A range of painting approaches are encouraged through practical studio works. Still photography, manipulation of image, installation and projection are examined through a range of approaches in lens-based media.
Studio Studies (40 credits)
In the second semester students undertake Studio Studies. Students still build on their practical knowledge and skills, but more emphasis is placed on individual research and ideas. They may continue to develop their practice through a range of media, or opt to focus on two disciplines from sculpture, installation, painting, printmaking, lens-based media and drawing. Students are encouraged to consider site-specific contexts, as well as positioning their work in relation to contemporary art practice.
Drawing (20 credits)
The drawing module underpins students’ learning throughout their first year of study. Regular life-drawing classes focus on a range of drawing approaches to subject and materials. Alternative concepts of drawing and largescale works are explored through site-specific and off-site drawing projects.
Historical Precedents (20 credits)
This theoretical module is studied throughout the first year. It develops students’ understanding of the historical precedents for contemporary art as well as extending knowledge of academic research, writing and critical thinking. All students have access to additional learning development support and academic workshops in the library as part of their studies.
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