Fine Arts (Visual Arts

VISUAL ARTS

Drawing

Elective, 9th -12th Grade, Full Year, 1 credit This course is designed for all beginning drawing students. If you can write your name, you can learn to draw what you see. Students learn how to visually measure objects, how to enlarge images using a grid system, and other techniques to improve drawing skills. Subject matter is from life. Drawing exercises focus on contour lines; positive and negative space; visual measurement and proportion; value, form and contrast; and illusion of depth and space. Students complete major drawings including a self-portrait, still life, and landscape. Various media are used including graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, content crayon, oil, pastel, watercolor pencils and ink.

Curriculum: Barnes & Noble Books, How to Paint & Draw Videos: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Learn to See, Learn to Draw

Design Elements

Elective, 9th -12th Grade, 1st semester, 0.5 credit Students learn and apply the elements of design and experiment with them through imagination and creative application of a variety of two and three dimensional art media. Students also gain understanding of commercial career applications.

Curriculum: Davis Publications, The Visual Experience, Teacher's Edition

Design Principles

Elective, 9th -12th Grade, 2nd semester, 0.5 credit Students learn and apply the principles of design and experiment with them through imagination and creative application of a variety of two and three dimensional art media. Students also gain understanding of commercial career applications.

Curriculum: Davis Publications, The Visual Experience, Teacher's Edition

Painting

Elective, 9th -12th Grade, Full Year, 1 credit This course is designed to encourage painting competency in both watercolors and acrylics. The majority of class time is spent on studio work, experimenting and discovering the possibilities of these mediums. Outline includes properties of color, hue, value, intensity, and color theory. Students will explore art historical periods with studio work relating to these studies and painting in a variety of media. Course outline includes overview and exploration from realistic painting, Baroque, Regionalism, Fauvism, Impressionism, Post Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Hard Edge Painting, and Pop Art. Self-evaluation, art criticism, and art history are explored. Research includes investigating historical periods in art and the artists who created them.

Curriculum: Crystal Productions, Acrylic Painting

Pottery

Elective, 9th -12th Grade, 1st semester, 0.5 credit Emphasis is on three-dimensional design. Students learn the fundamentals of clay construction through hand-building (coil, slab, and pinch), as well as an introduction to the pottery wheel.

Sculpture

Elective,9th -12th Grade, 2nd semester, 0.5 credit Students learn and explore different types of sculpture (freestanding, relief, and mobile) and create using a variety of methods (modeling, carving, assemblage) utilizing an assortment of different media.

Digital Photography

Elective, 11th-12th Grade, Semester, 0.5 credit This is a basic course in photography designed to offer experiences with digital devices and cameras. Various camera settings will be learned to offer greater creative and technical control. This course builds the foundation for visual literacy regarding both form and content of photographic images. The elements and principles of design as they relate to photographic composition are emphasized. Students learn framing within the viewfinder and explore various compositional principles. Students also learn to examine images critically through weekly critiques of their own and classmates photographs. . Digital processing techniques are also introduced using Adobe Photoshop.

Curriculum: Teacher-Generated Materials

Media Production

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Digital Citizenship or Technology Applications. Personal iPhone for filming and collaboration purposes. Elective, 10th-12th Grade, Semester, .5 credit Students will develop their storyboarding, filming, editing, and screenwriting skills through practical learning and the creation of several short film projects, both as individuals and as members of a group. Students will explore the many different elements of the film industry, creating many different types of short films present in today’s traditional and digital media industry.

Curriculum: Teacher developed materials.