Class Drawing II

In this curricular unit students deepen their experience of Illustration and Drawing as artistic/ conceptual experimentation as also as a field of enquiry. Through exercises, exhibitions, field trips and discussions, students will address matters such as the entanglements between nature and artifice; sustainability in artistic production, or the revitalization of crafts.

Nature and artifice

The entanglements between ruderal plants and human constructions.

Spatial structures in various contexts.

Learning from trees - Exploring the Botanical Garden.

Craft as Drawing

Collecting and crafting in natural materials.

Crafting and installing expanded illustration objects.

Body and space

Entanglements between plant life and the human body. (Details and drawing qualities)

Human Figure - Body in space and performative portraits - the self and the other (human and non-human).

2D and 3D expressive approaches. 

Speculative approach in Drawing, about the relationship between humans and non-humans, through their inevitable connection to the urban landscape, but also by listening to experts such as botanists or biologists, in the context of field visits.

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. Chelsea, D. (1997). Perspective for comic book artists. US: Watson-Guptill.

. Edwards, B. (2012) Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Tarcher Perigee.

. Harrod, T. (2018). Craft. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Mit Press.

. Kaupelis R (1992) Experimental Drawing Techniques - 30th Anniversary edition. August- Watson-Gutpill

. Molina, J.J. (2006). Las Lecciones de Dibujo. Cátedra.

. Rattemeyer, C. (2013) Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. Phaidon