Can the collection of art works for overseas students be copied? Can the collection of overseas works of art be completed by copying? Absolutely not! British and American countries pay attention to the display of the overall process of student portfolio projects, and need to see the inspiration source - propose topic selection - screening - sketch - research - deliberation - practice - finalization and other processes. The purpose is to examine students' creative thinking and logical thinking. Australia and Canada emphasize the diversity of portfolio projects, including various art forms as far as possible, and value students' basic skills, practical ability, imagination, etc.

When it comes to copying, it must be familiar to all students who have been exposed to painting. For students studying art design, it is a link that "cannot escape".

Judging from Guangguang Jun's years of work experience, in fact, most of the students who apply for art study abroad, and more than 70% of the children who apply for graduate education, have basic painting learning experience. In other words, almost 70% of them have participated in the domestic art examination, and copying is a common way of learning. In the application of undergraduate stage, the proportion of students who have painting foundation and participated in the domestic art examination has declined, but the number is still about 60%.

We must admit that during the basic course, Copying is a very good way to learn By copying the master's sketches, sketches, oil paintings, watercolors, Explore body structure, perspective principle, color matching, light shadow relationship These basics. Find your own problems in practice, and constantly correct them to improve.

In addition, a large number of exercises can also exercise students' hand eye coordination and contrast ability, quickly grasp the large size of objects in sketching, and get a picture with accurate large shape and harmonious color. In foreign art museums and museums, you can often see that many people, or people who set up easels or sit on the ground, copy masters' works in close proximity, and art museums and museums also encourage the audience to do so, so that people can study works more deeply in copying.

Students majoring in design may also have some Experience of copying design works For example, copy a poster, an effect picture, or a short film to produce an almost identical one. Although it is a copy, it is not easy for beginners to complete it. During the exercise, Students can have a better understanding of the basic principles of composition and the rational application of design elements, At the same time, you can also be familiar with the various functions of the software and improve your proficiency in drawing.

So this way of learning

Is it also applicable to

What about the collection of works created when overseas art schools applied?

Let's take a look at the art schools in various countries

Requirements and preferences for collections

British and American countries pay attention to the display of the overall process of the student portfolio project, and we need to see Inspiration source - propose topic selection - screening - sketch - research - deliberation - practice - finalization and other processes. The purpose is to examine students' creative thinking and logical thinking.

Australia and Canada emphasize Diversity of portfolio projects Try to include all kinds of art forms, and value students' basic skills, practical ability, imagination, etc.

France and Italy, which most prefer pure art, do not require students to put into the production process, but they are all Emphasize not to put the copied works in the early stage of study 。

Considering the requirements of the above collection of works, consider whether the collection of works can be copied? Or, whether the copied work can be put into the work collection. The answer is obvious,

Absolutely not applicable!

First of all, let's take an objective look at the status quo of domestic art examination and art design majors. In fact, most students are In a relatively "unified" mode To learn the basic art painting course. At this time, in the process of copying, many problems surfaced due to insufficient cognition. For example, some students just mechanically "copy and paste", only imitating a large shape, and ignoring the most important step in copying: Contrast thinking.

As we said earlier, copying is not just painting like a picture, but learning only when you draw like every stroke of the master, In copying, the most important thing is actually comparative reflection Skill comes from familiarity, appraisal comes from appreciation, and approval comes from evaluation. Instead of blindly copying this action, the copying that really makes people fruitful uses the brain, and the eyes and hands only assist the brain.

You may have seen the news of an oil painting village in China. There are more than 20000 painters in this village. Everyone can paint a picture of Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso in 20 minutes, and it can only be sold at the "cabbage price".

Then look at the students in the art examination mode, Most of the works try to cater to the style of the college, The most obvious is the various targeted studios. The studios near Yangmei are all in high gray, and the studios near Guomei offer bright tone color matching secrets. Finally, students lost their personal characteristics in their blind pursuit, bright colors became impetuous if they didn't draw well, and advanced grays became dull if they didn't draw well.

However, in the application for art study abroad, one of the key points of the review of the collection of works, It is the uniqueness of student works. In the past admissions officer activities of natural light, many admissions officers' opinions on the collection of works are almost centered on "personal characteristics" and centered on creativity.

For art schools that train designers and artists, they must want to see The uniqueness of students, their attitude to art, and even their charm beyond ability. The collection of works is the first business card that students hand to the admissions officer, The admissions officer would like to see students' interests, ideas, what they like and what they are studying in their works.

Secondly, copying is only applicable to early learning in most cases, so that students can master basic skills in copying, The ultimate goal is to enable students to have the ability of independent creation and self review.

In other words, we should know what kind of works are good and where they are good in the in-depth study of works. Then jump out and compare your own works, promote the basic ability of painting with critical thinking, and get new inspiration to create new things.

Let's review Overseas art schools, Many colleges and universities also have basic painting courses, but they do not give priority to copying. Overseas colleges and universities focus on students' self creation ability, so even basic painting classes will guide students to spread their own thoughts.

stay RISD , students Painting is regarded as an essential basic ability for art and design, and also as a way to explore a larger art world. The drawing course is completed in a very challenging studio. Here, painting is not just to draw on paper with a pen, but to study more possibilities of painting with more experimental properties, to observe things with imagination, and to stimulate more creativity.

Between students in class Close cooperation in the form of groups And give feedback to each other while emphasizing rigorous critical research and independent learning. The purpose is to encourage students to explore and question others' creation, or support and encourage others' creation while showing their own works in this way. In this process, by discussing the inspiration and process of creation, the ability to express the thoughts and feelings in the works can also be exercised. This is a good start for students' thoughts and works of art.

And in Creative Drawing Class Students will practice their basic painting ability under the drawing learning mode of overseas colleges and universities.

Creative and observant painting means that the author expresses something with his own visual language after observing it. Different from ordinary sketching, creative observation painting combines the author's own "internal treatment", including Think, examine, study, compare, classify, refine, etc. Through these personal observation processes, students will find the subtle differences between the same things, and show what they find under the surface in the form of art.

This course Connecting the teaching mode of overseas art colleges It is based on the observation method of classical painting and the teaching system of classical painting, combined with the experimental innovation spirit of modernist painting, and improved according to the needs and characteristics of each student.

The main objectives of the course are Use painting as a tool to help students build their own observation ability and artistic thinking, And can have enough expression to transform the image in the brain into the picture.

The course is completed in the studio mode, and students stimulate each other's creativity in the studio. At the same time, the teacher will also take into account the personal development of each student and give targeted advice and guidance.

Because each student pays attention to different points and expresses in different ways, the purpose of the course It also has personality and self. The final output of the curriculum is not limited to "realism" and "standardization", but more to the pursuit of personalized works after learning, absorption and digestion, which is the most important significance of observational painting in the curriculum system. Each student's work output can also be directly put in the work collection as Observational painting Works submitted.

Today's summary

From copying

It can reflect the differences in the concepts of art education at home and abroad

Domestic art education tends to have a solid foundation

Such as composition, perspective, large shape, color, etc

Natural light and overseas art colleges

More focused on students' entrance and employment

Long term artistic path and personality development

Our support as students

Will continuously optimize the most scientific education model according to the characteristics of students

Provide more space for students

To do truly valuable art and design

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