Thames High School Thames High School

Visual Art Level 1

ART1
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr S. Rogers.

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. 

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

Learning Areas:

Arts


Assessment Information

One internal (5 credits)
One external (5 + 5 credits)
This is a practical course where the emphasis is on skills and ideas.

Pathway

Photography Level 2, Visual Art Design Level 2, Visual Art Level 2

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.

Career Pathways

Animator/Digital Artist, Architect, Architectural Technician, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Artist, Tattoo Artist, Textile Process Operator, Urban/Regional Planner, Fashion Designer, Graphic Designer, Interior Designer, Industrial Designer, Jeweller, Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Media Producer, Florist, Game Developer, Landscape Architect, Photographer, Cabinet Maker



			
					
					Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
										
$20 Class materials. Students supply their own drawing materials.



Gallery visit ($20 estimate)

										

								


				





    

        
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.