Figure to Landscape: The Interplay of Form

 

Figure to Landscape: The Interplay of Form can be studied as a stand-alone course and it is an optional course for the Certificate of Higher Education in Art and Design at Aberystwyth University.

Key Facts

 

Language: English

Duration: 6 Weeks

Number of Credits: 10

Tutor: Paul Webster

Learning Method: Face-to-face

Level: This module is at CQFW Level 4

Module Code: XA16010

Fee: £160.00 - Fee Waiver Scheme available 

This course is available to book.

 

Overview

Using charcoal and dry pastels students will introduce and develop a series of interrelated images exploring the synthesis of landscape and figure

Programme

Emphasis will be placed on sound observational drawing as a base for re-interpreting the subject as a non-figurative image using composite shapes, texture, pattern, line and aerial perspective. Seminars on the abstraction of the figure in relation to the landscape will be placed in context through a series of discussions. There will be opportunities to view works by artists who have used such an approach and reference them in view of their own work.. It is strongly advised for students to show experience of life drawing and charcoal before embarking on this course.

  • Historical background with reference to British landscape and figure tradition
  • Lecture: The Figure in the Landscape
  • Detailed observational skills working from the model in a life class situation
  • Understanding proportions and basic anatomy
  • Linear and aerial perspective
  • Scaling up sketches
  • Workshop on abstraction of the figure
  • Tonal modeling
  • Line drawing
  • General charcoal drawing skills
  • Compositional Skills
  • Artists covered: Willi Baumeister, Andre Masson, Wilfredo Lam, Samuel Palmer, David Bomberg, Eric Ravilious, David Jones, Paul Nash, Roy Turner Durrant, John Piper, Graham Sutherland, Edward Bawden,, Gertrude Hermes, Peter Lanyon, Henry Moore, John Craxton, Keith Vaughan, 

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:  

  • Demonstrate an ability to freely interpret and abstract figure and landscape subjects using charcoal on paper.
  • Observe and interpret a subject using tone, line, pattern, shape, texture and tonal values.
  • Demonstrate a capacity to identify and remodel a variety of shared formal qualities present in multiple subjects.

Assessments

  • Portfolio 80% 
  • Visual Diary 20%

Reading Suggestions

Additional reading list available on request.

Entry Requirements

This course is for everyone. No previous experience is needed and there are no formal entry requirements.

What Do I Need?

A list of materials, not included in the course fees, will be available prior to the course start date.