Course Number: 708A/708B
Offered: Every year
Open to grades 10, 11, and 12
Prerequisite: Visual Art Foundations or Elements of Studio Art (previously or concurrently)
Two Quarters - 1 Credit
Credit Group: Elective
Portfolio Prep: Drawing and Digital Illustration is a course focusing on design foundations and technical skills in drawing and illustration. Drawing is a critical method for creative endeavors in art, language, communications, engineering, and design. PP: Drawing and Illustration is designed to help give designers the basic concept and perspective of drawing before digital. Students will learn the fundamentals of drawing, typography drawing, sketching human forms, layout design, and other essential assets needed to help further their skills as designers.
Aligned with Chippewa Valley Technical College's Drawing & Illustration Concept course (a requirement in the CVTC Graphic Design Program), this course prepares students for post-secondary Art & Design programs and careers in the Arts, Entertainment, & Design Career Cluster (specifically Design & Digital Arts and Fine Arts) as well as the cross-cutting Digital Technology Career Cluster.
Portfolio Prep: Drawing and Digital Illustration fulfills prerequisite for Advanced Placement (AP) Art and Design: Drawing Portfolio.