This art elective expands the experience and knowledge students were introduced to in the introduction to Visual Art. This course is designed for students with various skill levels. This elective offers experiences in a variety of materials and mediums specific to two-dimensional design such as drawing and painting. The course focuses primarily on the instruction and execution of artistic technique as it pertains to the desired medium. Students will embark on an extensive study of color theory and its application to a variety of fine arts projects in combination with strengthening drawing skill from direct observation and ideas of perception and interpretation. Students are able to explore artistic challenges while striving to incorporate the formal elements of art and the formal principles of design into a two-dimensional composition. Historical, Modern, and Contemporary art exemplars will serve as motivation and inspiration for creative work and provide cultural insight to society and the world at large.

The studio content of the art program focuses on the following: art history, the formal Elements of Art, the formal Principles of Design, representational skills, composition, expression, technique, function and imagination.

• Visual Art I