Galicia PAU Artistic Drawing II / Dibujo Artístico II CIUG study guide
Galicia PAU Artistic Drawing II / Dibujo Artístico II CIUG · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Dibujo Artístico II is one of the optional subjects in the Galician university entrance exam (PAU/ABAU), administered under the coordination of CIUG (Comisión Interuniversitaria de Galicia). Candidates take it when they intend to apply to Fine Arts, Design, Architecture or other degrees where drawing aptitude is valued, and it can raise the specific-subject grade used in the admission formula. The Galicia PAU Artistic Drawing II / Dibujo Artístico II CIUG study guide has 7 sections and about 3,132 words.
01Expressive and communicative resources of drawing: line, value, texture, colour and composition
The CIUG Dibujo Artístico II paper reads a drawing before it is understood: first the overall tonal and chromatic organisation, then the quality of line and surface, then the composition's ability to hold the eye. This domain tests whether you control those variables deliberately rather than describing objects one by one, and whether you can name them in the written commentary with precise vocabulary.
481 words, about 2 min02Representation of form, space and volume: perspective, proportion, structure and modelling
This domain tests whether a constructed drawing stands up: whether objects share one ground plane in a consistent space, and whether volume is modelled by a single coherent light logic. Perspective, proportion, structure and modelling are four checks to run on any drawing before detail is added.
469 words, about 2 min03Human figure: anatomy, proportion, gesture, movement and portraiture
The exam tests whether you can build a believable body from the inside out - skeletal landmarks, canonical proportion, line of action - and keep a portrait structurally sound instead of copying features. Examiners check the mass distribution and the weight first, then the head construction, then the extremities.
510 words, about 3 min04Graphic-plastic techniques and procedures: dry media, wet media, mixed media and supports
The paper offers a choice of technique, and marks are lost when the medium is fought rather than used. You must know each medium's behaviour - drying, layering, erasure, value range - and pair it with a support that suits it.
446 words, about 2 min05Analysis and commentary of images and artworks: reading, interpretation and contextualisation
The commentary question tests disciplined looking. The expected order is description, formal analysis, interpretation and contextualisation, each supported by evidence from the image.
370 words, about 2 min06Creative process and project: ideation, sketches, experimentation and final resolution
Project-based exercises reward visible decision-making. The examiner wants to see that you can take an open brief, generate alternatives cheaply, test them, and resolve one at final scale while documenting why.
414 words, about 2 min07Drawing in contemporary art and visual culture: references, trends and interdisciplinarity
This domain tests whether you can place drawing in the present: what drawing does now, how it migrates into design, animation, architecture, science and digital media, and how to cite artists as evidence of procedures rather than as decoration. From the 1960s, drawing separates from its role as preparatory study and becomes an autonomous, sometimes conceptual practice.
442 words, about 2 min