From Sketch to Painting

As a ritual of Sabanci University, Visual Arts and Visual Communication design students, taking VA 204 Language of Drawing II and VA 324 Advanced Drawing, are exhibiting their works on Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

In these two important courses given by Wieslaw Zaremba, students use both modern and traditional techniques. 

Date:  July 1, 2015 to October 1, 2015 (All day)

Where: FASS main staircase and ground floor corridors

In both of these courses students’ aim is to create compositions inspired by their memories and dreams, so they create their compositions with their own drawing styles accordingly. During their processes of drawing, they observe real models, objects and textures. Since anatomical analysis of live models are severely important for their works, they also reflect the photographs of the models on their canvases. Also in VA 204 they observe their own photographs and draw their self portraits with the same methods. 

After sketching the first drafts of their works, students continue with water colour for outlining and later on they use ink,dry pastels and acrylic paint. Apart from the appreciated realistic styles, creative and experimental styles in drawing are also welcomed in these courses. So it can be said that there are no limitations for the students. 

In these courses, talent and experience are not compulsory. The only motto is to work hard and experiment. Even the students who have no painting background at all can create masterpieces. It proves that, practice and working hard can compensate the lack of experience and talent. Also, since the timing is really important in these courses, students become more ambitious to be on time and with their hard work to achieve their goal they get experienced during the process of the works. 

Photo Gallery: From Sketch to Painting 


Student works exhibition from 1st of July at Sabanci University Campus, Tuzla. VA 204 students’ works will be exhibited also in open air theatre on 20th June 2015: Gözde E. Gümüşöz , Sernur F. Güney , Buse Haberal , Defne Kayserilioğlu , Ayçe Kelleci ,Dila N. Kılıç , Çiğdem Özkan , Ecem Özkara , Meha Shahid , Gülce Evinç , Ecem Güleç ,Elif İyigün , Başak Özçelik , Nil Şahin , Zuhal Uz , Güneş Ünal , Ece İ. Yenmez

VA 324 students’ works are being exhibited in FASS main staircase and ground floor corridors: İlke Alkan, Aqsa H. Baloch, Gülşah Cansever, Serçin Çabuk, Claudia Johanna Isabella de With, Pelin Doğrul, Dilara İlter, Pelin Maravent, Elif Nuhoğlu, Özge Onay, Ali Tezulaş, Olga Toivanen, Doğa Vurgun, Ecem Zengin,

VA 504 G: Sedef Uluğ

Course assistants: VA 324 Cagatay Tuna Ozkan, Dilay Ozguven VA 204 Aqsa Baloch, Zeynep Kaynar, Didem Erbas

Gallery assistant: İlke Alkan

Curator: Wieslaw Zaremba 

Date: July 1, 2015 to October 1, 2015 (All day)

Where: FASS main staircase and ground floor corridors