ART I & II (Period 6)

Prerequisite: None

Grade 11, 12 (1 Year)

The Fine Arts Department stresses the theme “Art is communication.” The teacher emphasizes perception and expression of the student’s personal and communal world. The students explore various media while learning fundamental techniques of design, composition, form, and color. The students are introduced to drawing with an emphasis on various styles. The student will also be introduced to the basic fundamentals of portraiture, landscape, and still life. The media to be used are pencil, charcoal, pen, ink, watercolor, pastels, collage and calligraphy. Art II explores advanced techniques in artistic media. The student builds on techniques already developed and experiments with additional mediums such as: painting, printmaking, fabric design, graphic art, glass etching and stencil making. This course fulfills the art requirement for graduation.