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Course # 807 5 Periods 2.5 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all students Introducing class in materials and techniques. Fundamentals in drawing and paintings are stressed in combination with a wide variety of media and combinations of media. Open to all students regardless of experience or skills but who have desire to express themselves in an artistic manner. Students are required to complete daily, in-class projects that have been assinged by the teacher. It is strongly suggested that only self-motivated students with the abiity to work independently should enroll. |
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Course # 809 5 Periods 2.5 Credits Prerequisites: Successful completion of Basic Art Continuation of Basic Art with same consideration of fundamentals. Students are introduced to problems in color, design, perspective still life drawing, sketching and painting. A course designed for those students who may feel they wish to investigate more of their artistic skills. At the end of each term, students will be required to research an artist and make a presentation to the class. |
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Course # 810 5 Periods 5 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all students. Teacher approval required. This course will allow the student to develop skills step by step with exercises in contour drawing, gesture drawing, and the study of line, value, form, balance and composition. Subject matter will include, but is not limited to the natural world and the environment both immediate and vast. Students will be encouraged to allow a personal style to emerge as confidence and ability increase. Students will be urged to experiment with the concept of "abstraction" and "fantasy." Students need to keep a stetchbook, as well as complete the "final" drawings per term. Work outside the class will be required. |
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Course #812 5 Periods 5 Credits Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation (grades 11 and 12) A must course for those students who are definitely considering an art career. Art history is included to develop aesthetic awareness. Variety is stressed in style, approach and use of materials. Students upon completion of study must present a portfolio of finest work. |
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Course # 816 Course # 814 5 Periods 5 Credits Prerequisites: Successful completion of courses # 807, 809 and 812 and teacher approval. Student will choose four projects per term: • Imaginative Self-Portrait, any media and numbers, ink • New logo for a company or organization, ink • Four page travel brochure (layout, ink illustrations, paste-up) • Book jacket design, any media • Design a tissue box or shoe box, any media • Detailed drawing of a skull, any view, along with an illustration, which includes a skull, pencil One free choice (with instructor's approval) allowed as substitution for one project. A sketchbook of your ideas, miscellaneous sketches, unfinished work, doodles, etc. is to be passed in at the end of each term. |