Course detail
Modelling
FSI-YM1 Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The subject is focused on the basic topic of teaching modeling, that is the head, which is a classic object for practicing the sense of building mass in space. The semester is divided into three tasks, the first is a modeled skull according to the model, which is a necessary starting point for the subsequent two modeled heads according to plaster busts with an emphasis on proportions, capturing the character, movement, details and modeling technique.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Theoretical knowledge of perspective and drawing geometric bodies by model are a prerequisite.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Conditions for gaining credit: attendance at seminars, submission of assignments in specified dates. The final assessment is counted as an average grade from the three projects. The classification is determined by the ECTS scale.
ECTS evaluation degrees / Pts. rating / Numeric rating: A / 100 – 90 / 1 / Excellent; B / 89 – 80 / 1,5 / Very good; C / 79 – 70 / 2 / Good; D / 69 – 60 / Satisfactory; E / 59 – 50 / Sufficient; F / 49 – 0 / 4 / Failed.
Participation in seminars is compulsory. Seminars are based on weekly schedules. Determining ways to compensate for missed lessons is the responsibility of the supervisor.
Aims
The graduates will be able to model an object according to a model in scale 1:1 with an emphasis on volume construction, proportions and character of model. The subject develops the ability to observe and analyse visual elements and cultivates art predisposition for individual creative activity in the area of industrial design. To acquiring the sense of space, plastic shape, estimation and measurement of dimensions. Knowledge of the necessary technical basics of working with modelling clay and modelling equipment. The development of artistic sense of construction of 3D objects and practical knowledge of anatomy of head.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Bachelor's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Studio work
39 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
Modelled skull by model
Symmetry, proportions, mass construction, work with spatulas and other sculpting tools
Modelling of the head according to the plaster bust
Principles for its construction, basic mass, movement
Characteristic features, working with details
Evaluation, analysis of strengths and weaknesses of individual works