Visual Arts

• This course is offered as a 200 hour elective.

• This course is offered as a 100 hour elective.

Course Description

This course builds on the art making and studying activities experienced by students in the Mandatory Course in Years 7 and 8 and provides further extension and depth of study in the Visual Arts.

Through the exciting learning opportunities provided in this course, students can develop their abilities to investigate the areas of their own interest in the Visual arts in more independent ways. By exploring the potential of various materials, techniques and styles, students will give form and meaning to their ideas, feelings and experiences about the world around them. This will help foster a positive self-concept.

Objectives of the course are:

Students can engage in many forms of art making. These can include:

Drawing Video

Printmaking Sculpture

Painting Computer Graphics

Ceramics

This course will enable students of any ability to develop creative skills in a wide range of art making practices and to develop their appreciation of art in critical and historical contexts.

The Course Topics