Fine Art - Eesti Kunstiakadeemia / Estonian Academy of Arts

Drawing
Study load: 3 CP, 3 CP / 4.5 ECTS, 4.5 ECTS
Location in curriculum: I and II semester
Objective: Development of visual thinking, cooperation of eye and hand, basics of independent
creative work. Basics of plastic anatomy for drawing of human body.
Content: Introduction to drawing - movement from simple geometric forms to complicated form - human
being. Geometric forms - skull - head - living head - limbs - torso - figure - nude - moving from form to
content. Proportions, skeleton, external body forms.
Method: Practical work and individual instruction
Theoretical part: lectures of plastic anatomy with modern visual tools (plaster forms, skeleton, tables,
muscle man and textbooks for independent work).
Assessment: grading
Drawing
Study load: 3 CP, 3 CP / 4.5 ECTS, 4.5 ECTS
Location in curriculum: III and IV semester
Objective: Fixing of skills and knowledge gained during first course. Moving from imitation to
expression, basics of creative drawing. Development of the ability to set task. Improvement of technical
skills.
Content: Nude, figure, independent sketches; portrait;
Method: Practical work - drawing after model and by heart.
Assessment: grading
Drawing
Study load: 2 CP, 2 CP / 3 ECTS, 3 ECTS
Location in curriculum: V and VI semester
Objective: Development of personal creative style through model drawing, improvement of drawing
skills.
Content: Stress is laid on large-format long-term drawing, in order to develop planning and concentration
skills. Short-term drawings are preparation for long-term. Use of different techniques (charcoal, pencil,
pastel, china ink). Attention to colour drawing as a tool. Large format is used, except sketches.
Method: Practical drawing, various tasks. Independent work and individual instruction. Analysis of works.
Assessment: grading
GENERAL COMPOSITION
Study load: 2 CP / 3 ECTS
Location in curriculum: I sem.
Objective: Provision of basic education: abstract organisation of level surface with basic elements: lines,
surfaces, figures, their combinations. In parallel, spatial thinking is developed, which at the end will enable
to create the illusion of multi-dimensional space on level surface.
Content: Lectures include theoretic presentations and subsequent practical work.
Themes of I semester: 1) Emptiness; 2) One line; 3) Two lines; 4) Rhythms of lines; examination.
Themes of II semester: 5) Lines and surfaces; 6) Own space; 7) Spatial ornament; 8) Space and time.
Examination.
Method: Drawing in black-white colour on paper, in two last tasks computer can be used. Short essays are
written upon treatment of some themes. In practical part of lecture music is used for perception of theme.
Assessment: Grading of practical works exposed as integral composition together with analysis of written
papers.