Art

 

 

Introductory course introducing students to a variety of media incorporating the elements and principles of design. Projects may include painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.  Projects are more advanced and students will use art history references, multicultural images and nature to create their own designs.  This is a prerequisite for advanced art courses.  Appropriate studio behavior is required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all students and instructors in the art classroom.

 

 

In this course, there will be a focus on basic drawing skills and color theory.  Students will complete a drawing project and painting project.  Students will be given the opportunity for personal exploration of art materials and media, incorporating the study of art history as a resource.  Students will use critical, analytical and evaluative thinking skills. Appropriate studio behavior is required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all students and instructors in the art classroom.

 

 

In this course, students will continue mastery of drawing and painting skills.  Each student will have an opportunity for personal exploration and growth as an artist as they interpret original ideas through a variety of media and techniques. Students will incorporate the study of art history as a resource and continue to use critical, analytical and evaluative thinking skills. Appropriate studio behavior is required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all students and instructors in the art classroom.

 

 

Continuation of Art III.  Each student will have an opportunity for personal exploration and growth as an artist as they interpret original ideas through a variety of media and techniques.  Students will incorporate the study of art history as a resource and continue to use critical, analytical and evaluative thinking skills. Appropriate studio behavior is required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all students and instructors in the art classroom.

 

 

This course is an introductory class to watercolor.  Students will learn color theory and basic watercolor techniques and vocabulary through the completion of a series of paintings.  Masterpiece artists’ work will provide the framework.  Appropriate studio behavior is required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all students and instructors in the art classroom.

 

 

This is an introductory course in graphic design.  Students learn how to apply the elements and principles of design to the creation of logos, advertisements, posters, billboard designs, and a variety of other practical applications.  Students create projects on the computer using current graphic design software. 

 

 

This is an intermediate course in graphic design.  Students learn how to apply the elements and principles of design to the creation of logos, advertisements, posters, billboard designs, and a variety of other practical applications. Students create projects on the computer using current graphic design software.  Students are building on the skills they learned in Computer Graphics I.

 

 

This is an intermediate course in graphic design.  Students learn how to apply the elements and principles of design to the creation of logos, advertisements, posters, billboard designs, and a variety of other practical applications. Students create projects on the computer using current graphic design software.  Students are building on the skills they learned in Computer Graphics II.

 

 

This is an intermediate course in graphic design.  Students learn how to apply the elements and principles of design to the creation of logos, advertisements, posters, billboard designs, and a variety of other practical applications. Students create projects on the computer using current graphic design software, a digital camera, and a digital scanner.  Students are building on the skills they learned in Computer Graphics III.  

 

 

 

The AP Art History course engages students at the same level as an introductory college art history survey. Such a course involves critical thinking and should develop an understanding and knowledge of diverse historical and cultural contexts of architecture, sculpture, painting and other media. In this course, students examine and critically analyze major forms of artistic expression from the past and the present from a variety of cultures. While visual analysis is a fundamental tool of the art historian, art history emphasizes understanding how and why works of art function in context, considering such issues as patronage, gender, and the functions and effects of works of art.

 

 

 

An introductory course on clay and clay properties.  Students will hand build using fist, pinch, slab and coil techniques to create and design pottery and sculpture.  Students will also be learning to work on the ceramic wheel to throw pots and cylinders.  Students will use underglaze and glaze to finish their works.  All work will be fired in the kiln.  Students will be instructed in all safety procedures involving clay and the kiln.