"Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache." - David Hockney

Module details

  • Offered to 1st years
  • Tuesdays 16.00-18.00
  • 8 weeks (autumn or spring term)
  • Planned delivery: On campus (South Kensington)
  • Non-credit only
How to enrol

On this practical art module you will be introduced to drawing, one of the foundational elements of studio arts practice, and be given instruction on the way in which you can use various drawing media and techniques to transfer, or codify, your experience of the three-dimensional visual world around us into a two-dimensional image on paper.

Your starting point will always be your own visual experience, and how you see the world around you, but the aim of the course is to help you to develop visual and technical skills in the techniques of drawing to help you describe and express what you see through drawing. This will include fundamental techniques, such as how to create the illusion of three-dimensions, place objects in space and use shading to create a sense of volume, as well as using drawing techniques expressively to convey ideas of movement and emotion.

The use of colour in drawing will also be explored and you will be asked to reflect on your creative practice each week using a Personal Development Log.

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Got any questions?

Contact the Module Leader
Dr Vicki Kerr
v.kerr@imperial.ac.uk