Prerequisite: None This art class is designed to provide introductory experiences working with various art forms. The students will learn beginning techniques in various materials and produce art forms such as sculpture, painting, and drawing. Students continue to examine artists and their work and their cultural and historical aspects to encourage student understanding and ultimately expression and production of art as well as an increased awareness of the purposes and value of art; to communicate, to express, and to enhance aesthetic awareness.
Three-Dimensional Art Course No.: 20110
Course Length: 1 semester
Credit: 1
Course Begins: Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: Art Exploration with a C or above This course will give students the opportunity to
develop skills in the creation of art using height,
width, and depth. Materials used in class will include clay, papier-mâché, plaster, wood, wire,
found objects, and combinations of these media.
Three-dimensional techniques include both
additive and subtractive methods of building. Students will build on existing knowledge of these materials and process and improve their skills and proficiency while exploring new techniques to enhance their ability to communicate and be creative.
Two-Dimensional Art Course No.: 20105
Course Length: 1 semester
Credit: 1
Course Begins: Fall, Spring
Prerequisite: Art Exploration with a C or above This calls will focus on giving students solid understanding, and skill development, in the fundamentals of producing ‘flat’ art. This course is designed under the philosophy that all students who have the basic coordination to legibly write, should be able have success in producing 2D artworks. Emphasis is on learning to see as an artist and then applying this skill to both dry and wet media. 2D Art begins with basic perception exercises and builds up to using various advanced techniques and media. The topics covered in 2D Art are fundamental to success in creating all forms of visual artworks.
