Art
Art students at CFHS will be encouraged to use and develop their creative thinking skills. With a variety of art materials we learn to communicate our ideas and experiences as we work. Whether in drawings, paintings, sculpture or computerized images our art speaks for us as individuals. And as we create art of our own we also learn to look at our world, and the art of others, with more educated eyes. Visual art will provide a unique and important dimension to your high school education.
#2101 - ART I
1/2 Credit
Grades 9 – 10 (Grades 11 & 12 that still need an art class for ½ credit)
Art I is an introduction to what the art department has to offer. This class will touch on drawing, design, painting, ceramics, sculpture, crafts and art history. After several media have been introduced, students will explore a chosen medium to a level of mastery.
#2102 - CERAMICS I
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
This course starts at the beginning with pinch, coil, slab, and basic wheel techniques, and concludes with some interesting design and glazing problems. There is a $10.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: None, but Art I is highly recommended.
#2103 - CERAMICS II OFFERED IN 2021-22
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
In Ceramics II you will have an opportunity to use new techniques on projects that emphasize creative original designs. Advanced work will center on hand and wheel building, raku and black firing, glaze formulation, kiln construction, plus the processing and firing of clay. There is a $10.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Ceramics I
#2104 - CRAFT DESIGN
1/ 2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
Craft objects refer to a category of art that tends to be more functional than, for example, a painting or a sculpture. After an introduction to many designing techniques, this course allows us to experience a variety of media that fall into this category. Weaving, batik, rug making, cast and fabricated jewelry, and mosaics are among those areas that will be explored. Good craftsmanship and exciting ideas will be our goal, with patience and time for homework our only prerequisite. There is a $10.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: None, but Art I is highly recommended
#2105 - DRAWING & DESIGN I
1/2 Credit
Grades 9 -12 (9TH Grade needs Instructor approval)
This course lays down the basic foundation for all aspects of art through an introduction to several drawing techniques and media and a variety of projects involving line, shape, form, color, value, texture and space. Drawing and Design I is intended to help students build confidence in their drawing skills.
Prerequisite: None, but Art I is highly recommended.
#2106 - DRAWING & DESIGN II OFFERED IN 2020-21
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 -12
Being an advanced studio course, Drawing & Design II is for students who have a strong commitment toward drawing as a satisfying mode of self-expression. Some of the areas explored in this course are: figure, portrait and abstract images with work from still-life, student models, and reproductions and most important, the imagination. Toward the end of
the semester, students will have the opportunity to excel in specific media and subjects of
their choice.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Drawing & Design I
#2113 – GRAPHIC DESIGN OFFERED IN 2020-21
1/2 Credit
Grades 11 - 12
In recent years the computer has evolved as an important design tool for the artist. This course uses electronic media to develop designs and products seen in our society. Some of our work ends up on the wall as 2-D art, while other pieces are used for their commercial application. With these designs, finished products (illustrations, ads, 2 and 3-D models) are created.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Drawing and Design I
#2111 – HONORS HUMANITIES: MODERN WORLD
Full Year Course=1 Credit (1/2 credit Art and 1/credit Communications)
Grades 11-12
Over the centuries the existence of humankind on this earth has been recorded in many ways. Writing, art, music and architecture can give us special insights into how people lived and thought. Through such records we can gain a special awareness of our ancestors, and ourselves. This course will not be restricted to western thought, but will provide a multicultural approach to our foundations as a society. With this in mind, Humanities is being offered as an advanced level course, presented by two instructors, and intended for college bound or above average students (same course as offered in the Communication/Language Arts department course listings).
Humanities: Classical World will be offered in 2021-22 school year.
Instructor approval is required for this course.
#2107 - PAINTING I
1/2 Credit
Grades 10 - 12
This course offers students a basic knowledge of the tools and techniques used in painting through an extremely versatile medium, polymer acrylic paint. Areas to be studied include: advanced color theory, preparing a surface to paint on, and an introduction to the techniques of impasto, collage, mixed media, and hard edge. There is a $10.00 lab fee for this course.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Art I or Drawing and Design I.
#2108 - PHOTOGRAPHY I
1/2 Credit
Grades 11 - 12
This introductory course deals with traditional black and white film photography as well as digital photography. It teaches basic functions of both the SLR film camera and the digital SLR camera. Proper camera handling, developing film and prints, darkroom procedures, the basics of Adobe Photoshop, and digital editing will also be taught. We will concentrate on photographic design as it relates to landscape, portraits, fast action, and close-up photography in relation to composition and the elements and principles of design. Students will learn how to control light to produce an aesthetically pleasing image. Be prepared to spend a great deal of time outside of class and in the photo lab. There is a $10.00 lab fee for this course.
#2109 - PHOTOGRAPHY II OFFERED IN 2021-22
1/2 Credit
Grades 11 - 12
Photography II is designed to teach both the artistic and technical merits of photography. In this course, you will be working almost exclusively with digital imaging. There is a $10 lab fee and having your own digital camera is highly recommended.