VAS Methodology :
Drawing
a) Free hand Drawing
b) Objects and Nature study
c) Different Techniques:
- Proportion, Volume
- Visual Perspective
- Eye Level & Vanishing Point
- Horizontal and Vertical lines
- Bold and Rhythmic lines
- Relationship between lines
- Value and Texture
- Sketching from different angles
d) Indoor sketching.
e) Medium - Pencil, Charcoal.
STILL LIFE
Introduction to various techniques.
Study of foreground and background with drapery.
Texture study with different materials like cloth, wood, glass, bronze, mirror, china clay, terracotta, etc.
Selection and arrangement of objects.
Eye level, source of light, tonal variation, composition.
Drawing from different angles.
Details about light & shades.
Medium - Pencil.
FIGURE DRAWING
Freehand drawing from human figure to study proportion.
Stick drawing and Block drawing.
Basic anatomy, Head study from different angles.
Full figure study.
Quick sketching and Finished sketching.
Sketching practice of different parts of body.
LANDSCAPE
Basic intoduction with theory.
Selection of artistic view with picture frames.
Detail study of variation in sunlight.
Addition and elimination, simplification, eye level and Vanishing Point.
Perspective, balance and rhythms in composition.
Study of Cityscape and Seascape.
PORTRAIT
Technical details, measurements.
Detail study of skull, character and expression.
Space dividation with geometrical sketch.
Super realistic portraits through graphic techniques.
NATURE STUDY / FOLIAGE
Basic introduction with theory.
Detail study of different trees, leaves, flowers.
COMPOSITION
Principal of design, distribution of space.
Importance of line, tone, texture, colour, form, content.
Negative and Positive Designing
Design exercise in different media.
Different figurative composition practice
USE OF MEDIUM IN DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES
1. H.B. Pencil & Shading pencil
Shading Gradations
20 Shades with single pencil
Light to dark technique
Dark to light technique
2. Charcoal
Drawing with charcoal stick.
Life drawing and portrait.
Reverse painting with eraser.
Use of cloth and cotton.
THEORY Part - I What is Art?
Indian Art
Western Arts (Only rudiments of these topics will be covered.)
Part II Aesthetic
Introduction to Indian Aesthetic
Elements of art
Concept of Beauty and Rasa.
Six limbs of Indian Art
Contemporary artists of India
Great artists of West
Part III Method & Medium
Importance of methods and materials
Nature and characteristics of painting mediums
Part - IV Exhibition and Display
Selection of Suitable Art Gallery
Booking
Catalogue Designing and Printing
Display of art work
Lighting
Art critics
Invitations
Arrangement