Online Foundation Course
Drawing, Sketching and Perspective
Duration: First Year | 1 Semester | 4.5 Months
Observational drawing built up in sequence — geometric objects and composition, then tone, light and shadow, the figure, the head and its details, and perspective — closing with a project file of finished sheets.
Structure
How the course runs
- Four months of weekly live online sessions, sixteen weeks in total.
- Each month closes with an interim assessment of the work produced.
- A fifteen-day project file completes the semester.
Curriculum
Month-by-month programme
Detailed programme (month breakdown)
Month 1
| Week | Study |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Geometric object drawings (line, pattern explanation) |
| Week 2 | Composition by looking (with 3-5 objects drawings) |
| Week 3 | Imaginative object-composition studies |
| Week 4 | Introduction to tone, light-shadow, perspective |
Interim evaluation of the studies
Month 2
| Week | Study |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to figure studies |
| Week 2 | Hand and foot drawings |
| Week 3 | Torso drawing studies (Male/Female) |
| Week 4 | Introduction to live model studies |
Interim evaluation of the studies
Month 3
| Week | Study |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Bust drawings (by looking at) |
| Week 2 | Head drawings (front-back-side pose) by looking at |
| Week 3 | Face detail drawings (eyes-lips-nose-ears) |
| Week 4 | Introduction to drawing human measurements and proportions |
Studies Interim Assessment
Month 4
| Week | Study |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Figure, skeleton detail drawing studies |
| Week 2 | Perspective representation and drawing |
| Week 3 | Human-object relationship drawings |
| Week 4 | Live model studies |
Interim assessment regarding the studies
Half-month project file (15 days)
- Object, head, torso, shading, figurative, perspective studies
- Drawings of 2- and 3-person object/figure relationships (7-8 sheets)
Continuing into the second semester
This work may continue in the 2nd semester with additions, changing with the lessons taught at the beginning, figure/perspective studies.