Intro to Art
Available to students grade 9-12
This foundational course uses many two-dimensional and three-dimensional media for drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and graphic design. The curriculum builds upon what students have already learned in middle school, but introduces a higher level of knowledge and understanding of contemporary visual arts practices. This course emphasizes exploration, artistic behavior, intellectual curiosity, analysis, and student responsibility in the artistic process. Students are encouraged and directed to creatively solve problems and take risks in their art making. They are expected to ask and answer questions regarding their creative work. Students will learn vocabulary, techniques and critical reasoning to analyze the elements and principles of art and design. Students will learn to create depth and value in a two-dimensional form, as they practice observation, abstraction, invention, and expression. A sketchbook is required for in-class assignments and homework.
This foundational course uses many two-dimensional and three-dimensional media for drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and graphic design. The curriculum builds upon what students have already learned in middle school, but introduces a higher level of knowledge and understanding of contemporary visual arts practices. This course emphasizes exploration, artistic behavior, intellectual curiosity, analysis, and student responsibility in the artistic process. Students are encouraged and directed to creatively solve problems and take risks in their art making. They are expected to ask and answer questions regarding their creative work. Students will learn vocabulary, techniques and critical reasoning to analyze the elements and principles of art and design. Students will learn to create depth and value in a two-dimensional form, as they practice observation, abstraction, invention, and expression. A sketchbook is required for in-class assignments and homework.