Visual Art Level 1
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr S. Rogers.
Visual Art Level 1
You will develop practical skills in using a range of materials and processes. You will develop your understanding of art and artists within an Aotearoa context and use this knowledge to create increasingly complex images of your own. You will also be challenged and encouraged to make images that reflect the way that you feel, think and experience the world as you see it.
To see examples of work go to this link: https://thameshighart.weebly.com
Students who choose this course will not be able to take Visual Art Design Level 1. Students who choose Visual Art Design Level 1 will not be able to take this course.
Course Overview
Term 1
Getting up to speed / experimental skill building.
Begin internal (Navigation /Whakatere) (5 credits)
Term 2
Complete internal.
Begin external. (5 credits)
Term 3
External.
Term 4
Complete external
Recommended Prior Learning
There are no pre-requisites for Art in Year 11, but you do need to be passionate about it and prepared to invest time into it. Commitment is the key to success.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
$20 Class materials. Students supply their own drawing materials.
Gallery visit ($20 estimate)
Pathway
Creative thinking is what makes you unique. This uniqueness is your greatest asset when you leave school. Art aims to unlock your creativity and give you the confidence to really express yourself.
Assessment Information
One internal (5 credits)One external (5 + 5 credits)
This is a practical course where the emphasis is on skills and ideas.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 1.2 - Produce resolved artwork appropriate to established art making conventions
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 1.3 - Explore Visual Arts processes and conventions to inform own art making
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 1.4 - Create a sustained body of related artworks in response to an art making proposition
Pathway Tags
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Disclaimer
Courses outlined will only be available if sufficient students wish to take them AND appropriate staff are available to teach them.
Courses that do not run may be offered through distance learning and be supported by the Distance Learning Department.