Year 13 Visual Art - Painting

Course Description:  Based around Curriculum Level 8, this course will develop students’ ability to: 

• Work with selected painting materials, techniques, technologies, processes and procedures
• Extend and refine painting skills
• Systematically generate, analyse, clarify and regenerate ideas through a body of work
• Research and analyse to investigate contexts, meanings, intentions and technological influences related to making and valuing artworks, including their own work

Assessment: This is an NCEA Level 3 course (up to 20 credits available). Internal and External Achievement Standards including a 3 Panel Folio Submission worth 14 credits.

Prerequisites: 12 credits from Level 2 Painting Folio preferred. Students can take this subject without Level 2 but will not be able to do the external Folio.

 Contribution: $50 towards take home components.

Please note: Art Kits with a range of specific art making products are available on the Gordon Harris Schools Direct website.