This course enables students to further develop their knowledge and skills in visual arts. Students will use the creative process to explore a wide range of themes through studio work that may include drawing, painting, sculpting, and printmaking, as well as the creation of collage, multimedia works, and works using emerging technologies. Students will use the critical analysis process when evaluating their own work and the work of others. The course may be delivered as a comprehensive program or through a program focused on a particular art form (e.g., photography, video, computer graphics, and information design).
Unit Content and Courses of Delivery
Art Theory and Graffiti Art (15 hours)
Engage in personal reflection on creativity and art production.
Solve visual and conceptual problems through exercises in creativity.
Use appropriate art terminology in their oral and written work.
Understand and explain how the elements and principles of design are reflected in a specific work.
Learn about Graffiti art and its impact in society and politics
DRAWING (25 hours)
Learn how to use a variety of drawing tools and materials effectively.
Engage in studio activities to promote their ability to draw what they see.
Understand sighting techniques rendering accurate proportion of the form.
Explore techniques of drawing shadow and light using value and line.
Practice their knowledge of composition and drawing techniques through the production of a large composite drawing.
Water color (15 hours)
Learn the review of color scheme
Learn about landscape and the perspective rules applied there.
Explore the basics of water color and the rules for the technique
Create a land scape piece through application of what they learned
Surrealism and Hand (25 hours)
Learn about the history of the surrealism and famous artists such as Salvador Dali or Rene Magritte and …
Review the basics and rules of Surrealism
Practice drawing the hand and its anatomy
Explore all these in creating a drawing piece in which the hand drawing is involved
ACRYLIC PAINTING (25 hours)
Learn basic studio safety practices as well as proper maintenance of art tools.
Produce accurate examples of basic colour theory using acrylic paint.
Explore techniques of painting using acrylic paint.
Demonstrate an understanding of chromatic colours through the creation of realistic painting.
Practice their knowledge of composition and colour through the production of painting on canvas and in Chalk pastel.
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