Studio in Visual Arts I
Course code
KUA6751.FK
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Visuaalkunsti stuudio I
Course title in English
Studio in Visual Arts I
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To develop basic knowledge and skills in drawing, painting and composition and the ability to apply them in studio practice; and to develop the ability to generate artistic ideas, develop and visually express them, and analyse and interpret artworks.
Brief description of the course
The course is based on the foundations of drawing, painting and composition. Students practise basic elements, techniques, tools and papers in drawing; draw from observation, including still life, skeleton, skull, portrait and hands; and consolidate observation, proportion and form. In painting they focus on perceiving the world through colour, the use of opaque paints, the relation of colour, form and space, organisation of the picture surface, proportion, rhythm and depiction of materials, including portrait painting. In composition they study the management of artistic wholeness through density, value, light and shadow, colour, contrast, detail and generalisation, focus, repetition, rhythm, metaphor and symbolic meaning, and the relation of the work to temporal, spatial and cultural context. Independent work includes drawing, painting and composition assignments and the development and finishing of creative work.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the fundamentals of drawing and painting and applies them in practical work;
- depicts form, proportion, space and different materials on the basis of observation from nature;
- perceives human proportions and conveys character;
- uses painting tools purposefully and understands the relations of colour, form and space in organising the picture surface;
- composes the picture plane using rhythm, proportion, contrast, light and shadow and colour relations;
- formulates creative themes, develops them and finds suitable visual outputs;
- analyses and interprets artworks, taking their compositional integrity and cultural context into account.
- knows the fundamentals of drawing and painting and applies them in practical work;
- depicts form, proportion, space and different materials on the basis of observation from nature;
- perceives human proportions and conveys character;
- uses painting tools purposefully and understands the relations of colour, form and space in organising the picture surface;
- composes the picture plane using rhythm, proportion, contrast, light and shadow and colour relations;
- formulates creative themes, develops them and finds suitable visual outputs;
- analyses and interprets artworks, taking their compositional integrity and cultural context into account.
Teacher
Krista Simson
The course is a prerequisite
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