Description and Goals of the Course:
This course provides students with the foundation skills and techniques necessary to communicate their ideas effectively through drawing and design. It includes gaining a practical grasp of how perspective and foreshortening of forms in space work so that students can gain confidence in quickly expressing their ideas visually, as a mode of design communication. Building Creative Problem-Solving Skills through visualizing and drawing from imagination, are indispensable skill in visual communication. Effective visual communication skills can be learned and acquired through practice. This course provides an in-depth study of the elements and principles of visual arts and the creative process through the creation of a variety of two-dimensional media.
I use Google Classroom for all assignments. Your student is capable of working on the assignments from any internet-capable computer. As a guardian, you are not able to directly sign into the classwork, but your student can at any time on any day. Please ask your student to show you their work. Images of All student Projects will be posted in ArtSonia.
Artsonia is the world's largest collection of student art, published by teachers and students from around the world. Parents and family can view the art online, leave comments, and order keepsakes featuring the artwork.
Pre-Requisites: UMC College in High School students must maintain a minimum UMC GPA of 2.0 each term to continue enrollment at UMC; a one-term suspension will follow each term with a GPA below 2.0.
Students must successfully complete Drawing & Painting and must be a junior or senior in high school to enroll in this class.