Drawing 1.1

Presentation

Basic drawing architecture

Programme

Architecture

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 6

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULP286-14439

Recommended complementary curricular units

There are no complementary curricular units

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

Drawing from life and drawing from memory; the images of the drawing; what we see, what we know and what we draw; visual sensors, perception and cognition; drawing from sight and by hand; inverted drawing; full and empty spaces; blind drawing and blind perception; perceptual image and graphic representation; drawing machines and photography; tonal values and contour drawing.

The Graphic Dairy; intuition versus reason: diagrammatic drawing and measured drawing; drawing with discipline; size and distance; proportion and scale; expertise and operational specification of sketches; sketch and study (detail); contour and inner contour; the absence of the line: direct stain and tonal values; instruments and props; dry media and liquid media; representation systems: systems and non systems; conical perspective; the axonometric systems; plans, sections and elevations; infography; atmospheric perspective; analysis of volume; hatching and cross hatching; constructed objects and organic objects

Objectives

The course Drawing 1.1, by promoting the observation of reality, its representation and the reflection on the images produced, aims to: develop observation and perceptual acuity for the different ways of drawing; promote dexterity in handling different tools and drawing techniques; create conditions for the student to take the act of drawing and designing with knowledge, agility and security, developing skills of understanding, mastery and ability to select the different ways of drawing depending on the goals outlined; sensitize students to the importance of the heritage of drawing and architecture; know, master and learn to apply the basic terminology of drawing.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

The syllabus will be developed according to a theorethical and practical class.

The lectures are intended to provide the materials, topics, examples and the theoretical foundations of practical exercises to develop in each phase of work and study.

Worksheets will be provided defining the theoretical and practical framework of each phase, as well as the regime of exercises and parameters of evaluation and critique.

The exercises the main reference, from which they promotes critical reflection on the students work and that of their collegues.

The focus is the contact between the teacher and student, subjects engaged in the interaction of knowledge and expectations, questions and answers.

Evaluation without final exam, based on individual assignments; continuous evaluation, implying the systematic presence of the students in all the classes and it is considered as a limit to obtain attendance at least 75% of the classes given.

References

Arnheim, Rudolf (1973). Arte & Percepção visual. São Paulo: Livraria Pioneira,.

Arnheim, Rudolf (2001). La Forma Visual de la arquitectura. Editorial Gustavo Gilli, Barcelona.

Edwards, Betty (1994). Aprender a dibujar cone el lado derecho del cérebro (Drawing on the right side of the brain). Barcelona: Urano.

Gombrich, E. H. (1996). Art & Illusion, A study in the psychology of pictorial representation (18th edition). London: Phaidon Press Limited.

Hale, Robert Beverly (1969). Drawing lessons from the great masters. New York: Watson-Guptil Publications.

Massironi, Manfredo (1996). Ver pelo Desenho. Lisboa: Edições 70.

Nicolaides, Kimon (1969). The Natural way to Draw, Boston: Houghton  Mifflin Company.

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