This art elective builds on art experiences and helps prepare students for the challenges of the high school art program. This elective offers experiences in a variety of materials and techniques focusing on painting, drawing and sculpture as disciplines. It provides opportunities for students with different learning styles. It encourages the discovery of untapped strengths, expands the meaning of creative work and explores visual communication through artistic expression. Assignments are structured as problem solving activities challenging students to explore possible solutions within defined boundaries. Modern and contemporary art exemplars serve as motivation for creative work and provide cultural insights.

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.

• Drawing

• Pre-painting

• Painting

• Printmaking

• Sculpture