Sketching is an ancient artistic practice that over generations has been used by artists to create outlines but also as a work in itself. The course will allow students to get closer to the field of drawing and to have practical and experiential experience in its various aspects: classic and traditional technical practice, experience with contemporary techniques and forms in drawing, drawing as a tool for sharpening visual perception and expression, drawing as a tool for developing the thought and concept of projects. Later in the course we will deal with the interdisciplinary encounter between drawing and other visual practices. The class will include practical practice in the classroom, lectures and theoretical introduction to drawings, impressions and artists who use drawing in an interdisciplinary manner, homework, submissions and class review.

The final project constitutes a summation of the B.des studies. This large scope project, which spreads over a full academic year, gives prime emphasis on the research process, concept building and theory development. During this personal project, the students will select the discipline they wish to explore and work within. The submission of the final project at the end of the year will include: cultural, social and environmental references, research presentation analysis and results, development, sketches and models. The project will be presented before a wide panel. Passing grade - 70.

The question regarding the relation to the other is one of the most pressing questions facing us today, as it carries far-reaching social and political implications. During the course, we will examine the figure of the other as reflected in thought, art and cinema. In that context, we will examine figures such as the holocaust survivor, the refugee, the mad man and the stranger, and question the proper relation to the other. Consequently, we will be acquainted with notions related to the discourse of alterity such as bare life, the big other, ideology, ethics and the gift.

The objectives of this course are to provide drawing tools and develop the capacity to think through the plastic language. Course Subjects: Understanding 2D space, the power lines of a page and composition, Sketch – its significance, uniqueness and purpose, Different methods of perspective, Italian perspective laws, laws of describing 3D space, The structural uniqueness of the drawing of an object, Understanding the hierarchy and balance between general and particular, Space and depth, The connection between subject and material, The image layers of objects, The connections between sound, shape and material, Plastic formulae, Internal space, Drawing an internal space according to sections and floor plans, The structural characteristics of a naked human body, Proportions in body volume, A body shortened by perspective view, Quick drawings, motion Using various techniques and materials, Studying different approaches and methods for solving plastic problems according to the great masters of drawing: Sezanne, Giacometti, Schiele, Moore, Tiepolo, Lebedev, Daumier, Rodin, Matisse, Picasso, Scenery, Urban scenery, Flora.