DRAWING & PAINTING 1 (year) Level: 10, 11, 12 Prerequisites: Year 1 Visual Arts course. This course is designed for students expressing a desire and displaying the ability to continue their art education in creative drawing and painting. The elements of art and prinicples of design will be discussed and implemented more in depth. Media covered are oil, acrylics, watercolors, collage, pencil, pen and ink, pastels, scratchboard, and mixed media. The student will learn about and experiment with different painting styles such as realism, naturalism, stylization, impressionism and abstraction. Art history as it relates to drawing and painting will be covered. This course satisfies the East Side Union High School District's Fine Arts/Foreign Language requirement. This course satisfies the Fine Arts requirement at California State University. This course satisfies 1 unit of the "F" requirement at University of California and 1 unit of the "G" requirement at California State University.
DRAWING & PAINTING 2 (year) Level: 11, 12; Drawing & Painting 2 offers advanced students in-depth opportunities to work with techniques in various media and imagery. Students will refine skills in evaluating their work and the work of other artists. They will study selected historical periods and styles of art. This course satisfies the East Side Union High School District's Fine Arts/Foreign Language requirement. This course satisfies the Fine Arts requirement at California State University. This course satisfies the "F" requirement at University of California.
DRAWING & PAINTING 3 (year) Level: 11, 12; offers advanced students in-depth opportunities to work with techniques in various media and imagery. Students will refine skills in evaluating their work and the work of other artists. They will study selected historcal periods and styes of art. Drawing & Painting 3 satisfies the East Side Union High School District Fine Arts graduation requirement. It is accepted as a Fine Arts entrance requirement of the California State University System and the "F" elective of the University of California system.