Drawing for Design
The concept of teaching is methodically developed through two main approaches. The first focuses on familiarizing students with the challenges of reproducing objects, spaces, figures, and compositions. The second approach introduces the "Drawing Laboratory" course, which aims to create a space for a broader understanding of drawing as an independent medium, not exclusively reproductive, where students engage in solving individual drawing projects in connection with their specific field of study.
1st and 2nd YEAR
The aim of the Drawing course for first- and second-year students is the gradual development and subsequent application of basic drawing skills directed towards the students' own, personal artistic expression. The teaching progresses from drawing simple, basic objects, gradually moving through studies of body details to mastering figure drawing, and finally to the development of a personal, authorial drawing style.
1st Semester
Students are intensively guided towards basic drawing literacy and mastering drawing. A strong emphasis (considering the specific requirements of the field) is placed on understanding and applying the rules of perspective, which is given ample space and regularly practiced.
Mastering the drawing of real objects (from simple basic objects, still life, architecture). Learning the foundations of proportional vision, combined with artistic shorthand in accordance with perspective, and the depiction of the relationship between light and shadow, composition within a given format. Getting acquainted with light and shadow, first attempts at capturing volumes, and creating depth and space. Students will be able to depict three-dimensional reality on a two-dimensional surface in the medium of drawing.
- Drawing from observation, real objects, still life.
- Mastering drawing techniques using charcoal.
- Linear drawing.
- Basics of measuring.
- Ability to compose a simple drawing within a chosen format.
- Instruction on artistic shorthand in form creation.
- Skill and discernment in handling drawing materials.
2nd Semester
In the second semester, the study of real objects is gradually supplemented by the drawing of parts of the human body, skull, and later skeleton, various plaster casts (portrait, hand, foot), leading to live model drawing using experiences from the first semester. The study focuses on anatomy, proportions, composition within the format, space, and perspective.
3rd Semester
First intensive experiences with figure drawing. Students are confronted with a live model when drawing the full figure. Study drawing will progress from portraiture to half-figure, and eventually to the whole figure (nude), from smaller sketches to life-size (1:1). Practice in proportional vision, anatomy of the human body, and mastering composition. From anatomically correct drawing to proportionally and compositionally accurate representation of movement. The course aims for an authorial understanding of drawing, seeking connections with personal studio thinking.
4th Semester
In addition to mastering the drawing of the human body, the focus shifts from study to experimentation, with a drive to find an authorial expression through the medium of drawing. The development of creative thinking in drawing the human body. Mastering figurative drawing through various chosen authorial approaches. This semester is an opportunity to recognize drawing as a fundamental expressive language for artists. The core of the course is the development of drawing skills and their coordination within the scope of previous dimensions, reflections, and the possibility for debate. The focus is on self-reflection, as well as an excursion into post-20th century art, with a desire for experimentation and the ambition to express oneself in a new dimension of self-realization.
3rd YEAR
The Drawing course for the 3rd year aims to create a space for a broader understanding of drawing as an independent, not just reproductive medium. "Drawing laboratory". The figure is no longer the goal, and drawing is no longer tied exclusively to copying reality (although it can be), but the emphasis is on the authorial artistic intention. Authorial interpretation.
Teaching occurs through consultations, lectures, workshops, and creative assignments, where students are confronted with different approaches to the medium of drawing. Students work from their records, research, sketches, and various collected materials, responding to a given thematic framework, and pushing it further through the medium of drawing into new artistic and conceptual contexts.
The Drawing course for Design and Architecture contributes to a broader understanding of drawing as an independent, not just reproductive, medium. Students will be capable of realizing their own authorial and artistic intentions in the medium of drawing. They will be able to understand and consciously transcend the boundaries of their study field in an effort to push their own limits and perception of drawing.