Drawing with Anatomy (FINA20035)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability(Quotas apply) | Summer Term Summer Term Winter Term July |
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This practice-based drawing subject focuses on developing skills and techniques in figurative drawing. It is designed for students who have little or no experience in visual art making.
Students will be introduced to specialist figurative drawing techniques through working from both life models and from anatomical specimens within the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience.
Lectures and writing tasks that explore the human figure in historic and contemporary visual art will complement the drawing program. By the end of the subject, students will have developed a comprehensive folio of exercises and finished works exploring the body in both its living and preserved states, highlighting the ways in which artistic practice can be used to examine these conditions.
Additional Costs
Additional costs will apply for the purpose of purchasing materials as relevant. Details will be provided to students approximately 1 month prior to the first class.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate drawing skills required to effectively represent the figure in both living and preserved states from direct observation;
- discuss how the human body has been represented in both historical and contemporary art and in the field of anatomy;
- use pictorial and technical experimentation to explore visual and conceptual ideas relevant to the representation of the human body;
- show technical development and proficiency in manipulating a range of media through practical experimentation and set tasks;
- demonstrate independent research in the field of figurative art;
- critically evaluate drawing processes, creative outcomes and their own development.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- display an awareness of the graphic possibilities of a variety of concepts, materials and practices;
- exhibit evidence of skill development both pictorially and technically as a means of independent image making;
- indicate evidence of individual research in the relevant area of practice;
- demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
- demonstrate practical skills in respect of critical analysis, problem solving; and
- demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas.
Last updated: 9 April 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 9 April 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Folio, requiring approximately 75 hours of work to complete, including all projects, finished drawing and paintings, trials, all life drawings, support work, visual diary, research and notes created throughout the subject.
| During the assessment period | 75% |
Written Assignment
| During the assessment period | 25% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement. | N/A |
Additional details
Ongoing feedback is provided to students through the subject's duration via individual and group discussion. Additionally, a progress review will take place midway through the subject, taking into account the following criteria: course engagement; work development.
Last updated: 9 April 2025
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of on campus lectures and workshops per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 18 January 2023 to 25 January 2023 Last self-enrol date 19 January 2023 Census date 27 January 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 February 2023 Assessment period ends 17 February 2023 - Summer Term
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of on campus lectures and workshops per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 30 January 2023 to 6 February 2023 Last self-enrol date 31 January 2023 Census date 10 February 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 February 2023 Assessment period ends 3 March 2023 - Winter Term
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of on campus lectures and workshops per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 26 June 2023 to 3 July 2023 Last self-enrol date 27 June 2023 Census date 7 July 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 14 July 2023 Assessment period ends 28 July 2023 - July
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of on campus lectures and workshops per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 4 July 2023 to 11 July 2023 Last self-enrol date 5 July 2023 Census date 14 July 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 July 2023 Assessment period ends 4 August 2023
Additional delivery details
Quota
This subject has a quota of 44 per availability, and places are limited. Places will be allocated until the quota is reached. Enrolment in this subject is not guaranteed.
Breadth Studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
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Enquire about this Breadth subject: vca-breadth@unimelb.edu.au
Last updated: 9 April 2025
Further information
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- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Non-allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors Breadth Track Drawing, Painting and Observation - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 9 April 2025