Students in my class have three options for visual arts and one for Applied Design Skills and Technology in the arts.
Art Studio is a survey class designed like art nine and eight to introduce students to a variety of materials and projects.
Studio Art 2D has students begin to design their own projects with traditional drawing and painting and print materials.
Studio Art 3D sees students working mostly with clay or other materials to create free standing sculptures or pottery.
Media Arts is designed to let students create the school yearbook while understanding industry technology.
Art Studio is a survey class designed like art nine and eight to introduce students to a variety of materials and projects.
Studio Art 2D has students begin to design their own projects with traditional drawing and painting and print materials.
Studio Art 3D sees students working mostly with clay or other materials to create free standing sculptures or pottery.
Media Arts is designed to let students create the school yearbook while understanding industry technology.
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art studio a survey class designed to introduce students to a variety of materials and projects.
DrawingFigure drawing is an important part of capturing the part of life you want to remember, like the post-impressionists like Van Gogh. What people are important to you? Can you draw them?
SculptureUntil the 1800's all sculpture was created after the Greco-Roman style of naturalism. Rodin was more of a post-impressionist and sculpted human figures to capture the dignity and simplicity of life.
Print MediaContinuing our theme of people who changed the artistic world, we have Robert Rauchenburg, creator of the "Combines" and precursor to well known "pop art."
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PaintingSurrealists like Salvador Dali were interested in what your dreams could be trying to tell you. We are going to illustrate our dreams, or nightmares, just like Dali did.
CeramicsBernard Leach created the differentiation between pottery that was decorative, or that was sturdy, utilitarian, and built for a function.
IllustrationTraditionally political cartoons have been used as a vehicle for artists to combine artistic skill, hyperbole and satire to critique political figures or corruption.
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Studio art 2D students begin to design their own projects with traditional materials
ResearchArt is a continually evolving field. When you research one artist, you'll see that they are typically influenced by someone contemporary to them, or from history.
Brainstorm IdeasBy this level I hope you start to realize that you are an ARTIST! This means any of your thoughts, emotions or experiences can become "art." Here are two ways of recording your ideas in a sketchbook or journal for maximum brainstorming and art making.
CritiqueI will give feedback while you're working through your project so you know if you're on a good track, but at the end of the piece I want you to get official feedback from a friend or peer in the class.
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Explore materialsPart of this class is to figure out which materials you like best, and why. Experiment before each big piece with a couple of different mediums to start making informed choices, rather than happy accidents.
PortfolioYour portfolio will be a collection of the BEST pieces you've made during the semester. We will take some good quality photos of your favorites so you could use them in a portfolio. Usually schools, guilds or galleries will take up to 3 year old artworks.
ReflectionEvery time you finish a piece of art that you're totally positively happy with, fill out this reflection form. It has questions that are similar to what post-secondary applications will ask.
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Studio Art 3D students will work mostly with clay or other materials to make 3D pieces.
Media Arts
themeThe theme is the most important part of the yearbook. Whether you're in semester one or two you have to build ideas that will contribute to the central theme of the book. What story do you want to tell this year? What is important to you? Your peers? The school?
programsGrade 10's will be expected to become experts at Photoshop. You will learn to open photos you've taken, edit them so they look perfectly real or manipulate them so they look positively crazy!
editingEvery time you finish a spread we will print off a colour copy for you to look over "with a fine tooth comb." You are looking for: Misspelled names or words, alignment issues, fuzzy pictures or colours that didn't come out quite right. Also check that your spread is well composed. Annotate your ideas all over the page and hand them to a grade 12 student or Mrs. A for a final look.
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technologyTo create the yearbook we'll use a variety of programs, software and hardware. Grade 10's should practice with the camera do get an example of each of these different shots throughout the semester: Close Up, Over the Shoulder, Bird's Eye, Worm's Eye, Framed, and Depth of Field.
layout designLayouts can be simple, but I want you to think of how each page can carry at least 5 elements of our theme and how we can arrange every page according to the Principles of Design.
As a group we will make a physical collage of ideas for each spread before you create the first draft of them digitally.
revisionAfter someone peer-edits your work, do the necessary revisions so that each page looks as good as it can. Double check the following:
Every facet of our theme is carried through on your spread. There are a variety of pictures used and students aren't repeated too many times. There is a combination of picture and text on your pages. |