NUMBER OF CREDITS: UP TO 20
Entry Recommendations:
NCEA Level 1 Visual Arts or entry in consultation with the Head of Visual Arts Faculty.
Course Outline:
This course will involve two parts:
Workbook studies and practical submissions covering artist research, drawing and media studies and idea development.
Portfolio – an externally assessed two-panel folio which is thematically linked and demonstrates a range of media and development of ideas.
Skills developed in the course:
Understand and analyse the influences of contexts on the characteristics and production of art and their own work.
Apply and extend understanding of a range of conventions from art practice, using appropriate processes and procedures.
Develop technical understanding of a range of art media.
Generate, anaylse and extend ideas, showing understanding of art practice.
Research and analyse how artworks are constructed and interpreted to communicate meanings.
Course Costs:
$200 to cover Art materials, workbook, and printing.
This course leads to:
NCEA Level 3 Printmaking, NCEA Level 3 Painting.
Assessment:
Components of this course will be selected from the following standards to suit individual learning needs.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
AS91316 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established painting practice - 4 Credits - Workbook - Assessment Period - Term 2, Week 10
AS91311 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to painting - 4 Credits - Workbook - Assessment Period - Term 2, Week 10
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
AS91321 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting - 12 Credits - Portfolio - Assessment Period - Term 4, Week 2