Visual Art 2022 Course Outline
Ms. Deck started teaching in 1992. She joined PVSD in 2010.
For more information about the instructor, please visit: www.shelleydeck.com
Making Your Commitment agreement/goal setting
Class fee $30
Safety Quiz
These are the supplies you will need for our class. Items marked * will be provided at school as part of your $30 class fee:
cheap sketch paper (ie. photocopier paper)*
cardstock (thicker, more expensive and better quality paper)*
pencils* (various hardness/softness encouraged)
sketchbook* (we can make it in class with a duotang and copy paper)
color pencils*
erasers* (various)
ruler*
scissors*
exacto knife*
needles (various sizes)
internet access/school email*
optional - camera (for recording your work in process)
water container (for drinking)
coffee cup (optional)
plastelina*
plaster of paris*
stretched canvas*
acrylic paint and brushes*
watercolor paint and brushes*
Required Modules (Integrated):
Ideas and Inspiration
Popular Culture and Mass Media
Cultural Communities of Canada
Optional Modules:
Spiritual Images and Visual Art
Good Design is Good Business
Sculptural Forms
Differing Perspectives
Engage in artistic risk-taking with ideas, media and image development strategies to achieve meaning.
Experiment with a variety of visual art practices (e.g., drawing, painting, crafting, printmaking, digital technologies, sculpture) to explore ideas derived from various sources of inspiration including perspectives of First Nations and Métis people in Saskatchewan.
Create art works, using various practices (e.g., drawing, painting, crafting, printmaking, digital technologies, sculpture, installation), that respond to diverse worldviews.
Use inquiry to create a work of art inspired by the work of national and/or international artists.
Analyze factors (e.g., inspiration, technology, culture, environment, events, government policies) that influence art-making practices around the world, past and present.
Reflect on, and critically respond to, self and peer art works in progress to enhance ideas and convey meaning.
Investigate art works from around the world that address the human rights of Indigenous and various cultures.
Investigate how artists from around the world incorporate and manipulate media, form and content in interdisciplinary work.
3 Investigate opportunities in arts communities and visual art-related practices and careers in Saskatchewan, Canada and the world.