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ART 1UI3

MAKING ART AND UNDERSTANDING IMAGES

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Utilizing sketchbooks, collage, colour exercises and creative research, students will gain widely applicable skills in manipulating and analyzing the communicative power of images. No …

Winter 2026 · C02

Topics

  • Introduction to Making Art and Understanding Images
  • Show, Don’t Tell: The Formal Elements of Expressive Drawing
  • Last day for enrolment and course changes (drop/add)
  • The Figure in Context: Formal Principles and the Myths of Beauty
  • Seeing Through the Deceptions: Expressive Values and Observational Drawing
  • Relative Experiences of Colour: Introduction to Collaging
  • Deconstructing and Developing Imagery: Approaches to Visual Analysis and Design
  • Abstraction: Historical Contexts, Contemporary Approaches, and Collage Practices
  • On Gazes and Lenses: Identity, (Self-)Representation, and the Abject
  • On Inspiration, Appropriation, Reappropriation, and Theft: The Politics of Creative Borrowing
  • Received at least 20% of your overall grade.
  • Exploring Historical and Contemporary Approaches to Art Assessment
  • Last day for withdrawing from courses without failure by default
  • Project Statement Workshop & Group Meetings
  • The Group Assessment Activity
  • Test and Examination Restriction

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