Epsom Girls Grammar School
Level 2 Art Design
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms L. Murphy.
Digital and graphic design skills are highly visible and important in today's society. Design, illustration and typography are everywhere around us and they make up much of our digital environment. Level 2 Art Design is a fun, creative course which will develop practical and conceptual design skills including:
- Adobe software skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign)
- Creative problem solving and critical thinking
- Typography, Logo and Layout design skills
- Illustration/Image making skills
- Layout design skills e.g. Magazine, Poster, Website.
At the start of the year the class works through a range of intro tasks together. Students then decide on their folio board focus for the year (within a certain brief). Students are guided to investigate design and illustration styles that suit their strengths and use these to inform the development of a logo design, image making, poster and double page spread design throughout the rest of the year. All of their design work, builds towards a folio board submission in Term Four. There are regular check in dates to help students to manage their time and progress throughout the year.
Students are encouraged to use paper and digital design journals to develop their ideas and thinking skills throughout the year. Creative experimentation. practice with computer skills and regular visual research looking at designers and artists are all important to help students to extend their ideas and skills.
Course Overview
Term 1
Intro to design and Adobe applications.
Typography and Logo Design basics.
Drawing and creative thinking tasks.
Developing an idea for your folio board.
Internal Assessment: 2.2
Term 2
Illustration and image making to convey your idea.
Poster Designs.
Internal Asessment 2.3
Printing your folio board work so far
Term 3
Layout Designs (Double page spread)
Editing and improving your 12 credit folio board and printing your work.
Term 4
Finalise and submit your 12 credit folio board with your developed idea and design pieces on it.
Recommended Prior Learning
Year 11 Art, Year 11 Photography, Year 11 Graphics
Students are able to apply for entry into the 12ADE course if they completed 10ARC or 10 ART. See the TIC of design Ms Murphy.
Course Costs and Equipment/ Stationery requirements
Students taking this course will produce products that will be taken home and therefore will be asked to pay the Take Home Contribution of $50 for the cost of printing paper and materials. In addition we strongly recommend that students need to purchase a USB or Hard Drive to save their digital work and purchase design equipment as listed in stationery.
| Description | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Take Home Contribution | Voluntary | $30.00 |
| Optional Folio Board Printing Cost | Voluntary | $50.00 |
| $80.00 | ||
Pathway
The Year 12 Art Design course is a prerequisite for Year 13 Design and Visual Art Design Scholarship. The conceptual and creative thinking processes and self management skills which are taught explicitly alongside computer skills and visual will enhance any career, but in particular Art Design can lead to careers in Architecture, Web Development, Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Coding, Graphic Design and Visual Arts including Spatial, Product, Interiors, Digital, Multi-Media, Moving Image, Animation, Illustration, Jewelry, Media, Fashion, Film and Television, Publishing.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to design
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established design practice
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within design
Pathway Tags
Architecture, Design and Visual Arts including Spatial, Digital, Multi-Media, Moving Image, Interior, Jewellery, Media, Fashion, Film, Publishing, Web Development, Advertising, Marketing,
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Disclaimer
We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.
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