YEAR 12 STUDENTS
Using allegory and metaphor, you will begin your artistic pursuit of visual splendour. The artist studio has been an alluring mysterious space where the artist is viewed as the avant-garde, a prophet highlighting the future of civilization. You will visually explore a theme and develop a range of inspirational images.You will develop ideas around a theme and style, and explore a range of drawing techniques within your chosen field of practice (Painting, Printmaking or Sculpture). After developing initial ideas as part of the internal assessments, you will use these ideas as a basis for developing work for your external folio assessment.
Look inside a mysterious box and find a source of artistic inspiration from which to develop a portfolio of photographic work. You will follow the creative process and use contemporary artists and photographers to inspire and model your own practice in order to create a range of amazing art works.You will learn to use cameras and Photoshop to make and digitally manipulate quality images. For the two internal standards students explore different types of photography, lighting, lenses and photography a variety of themes to create series of works. Once a successful theme has been developed, students use this as a starting point to create their two panel Folio for external assessment. There will be one trip during the year to visit a relevant exhibition. There is now an option to present a digital portfolio for the external standard for those interested in film, animation or time based projects.
Demonstrate your creativity through this course. You will select a brief and explore design ideas and solutions to fulfill the underlying intentions of the brief. You will look to gain inspiration from a range of sources and designers and explore a range of media including digital and traditional forms to help aid the creative process.You will learn to use Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign to design publicity for a project, event or business of your choice. You will explore various elements of design which include typography, illustration, image-making, product branding, website design, user experience design, and animation. By the end of the course you will be able to understand how to visually communicate your ideas to a wider audience. There is now an option to submit your work as a digital portfolio for the external standard for those interested in animation or time-based projects.