Year 11 Multi Media Art
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms L. Kidd.
Course Description: This course will allow students to work in a variety of different media, including one or all of Painting (and digital art), Photography, Design, Sculpture and Printmaking. Students will be exploring the foundations of art making and using that knowledge to create some sustained projects around specific themes. This course is perfect for students who enjoy experimenting with a range of ideas and media. Students will have access to the Adobe Design package including Photoshop and Illustrator during this course.
Topics include:
- Creation of works for an exhibition in Term 2 around a specific class theme.
- A workbook project that lets students explore a theme using a variety of media to develop ideas.
- A one panel Folio that develops a body of cohesive artworks (this can be in any media).
Please note:
Students can only take one Visual Arts Subject in Year 11, it is recommended that students who want to explore more than painting and drawing take this course.
Compulsory Materials needed: 1 A3 ring bound workbook. Art Kits with a range of specific art making products are available on the Gordon Harris Schools Direct website.
Recommended Prior Learning
Open to all students
Pathway
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 1.1 - Use practice-based visual inquiry to explore an Aotearoa New Zealand Māori context and another cultural context
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Visual Arts 1.2 - Produce resolved artwork appropriate to established art making conventions
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Visual Arts 1.3 - Explore Visual Arts processes and conventions to inform own art making
Disclaimer
Courses offered will be subject to sufficient students taking them up and are not necessarily guaranteed to run.