Applied arts foundation course (MANAA)

MONTPELLIER - TOULOUSE
COURSE STUDY TIME: 1 YEAR - STUDENT STATUS


The Foundation year provides a stepping stone to higher education. It is a year during which students have the opportunity to discover and orientate themselves. Even if talent is not taught on the curriculum, this year gives students the chance to "discover themselves" and master techniques which will help them to be creative. The apprenticeship depends on artistic and graphic workshops being set up, staffed by drawing and visual arts teachers. By decompartmentalising the artistic and general subjects, the foundation year offers flexibility and a synergy which is essential to the students' development.

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  • Bureau of Design and Visual Communication: Introduction to the Visual Communication BTS teaching programme: Logos, website design guidelines and signs, product presentation, publishing, typography, advertising campaigns ...
  • Bureau of Design and Interior Design: Introduction to the Interior Design Degree programme: outlay of preliminary designs, designing plans, model production, model design for the furnishing industry...
  • MCR (Conventional Means of Representation): Line, value, colour, volume, instruments and techniques, geometral representation; definition and drawing up of a plan, section, elevation, axonometry, isometry, perspective...
  • Visual Expression: The study of the visual field, articulation between different elements, interaction between background and shapes, visual rhythms...
  • Drawing: Learning how to use basic tools and techniques: lines, charcoal, water colours through observation drawing, intention, analytic and sketching. Transcribing shapes and groups from observation (objects, naturalist drawings, architecture, the human body...), how to show the effects of light, transformation of space and time...
  • Colours and Shapes: Colour theory, colour and language, chromatic research, research of materials, shadows and light, the study of different materials, the use of geometrical shapes...
  • Art History