10 Art (Full year course)

The full year course provides opportunity for in-depth investigation and exploration using a range of different Art making mediums. These include Mixed-media, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Design, Sculpture and Time-based Art. Students will develop ideas and explore visual communication within a variety of contexts.

Course Objectives

• A wide range of skills and art processes are explored through a range of disciplines including Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Design and time based Art
• Students will generate and develop ideas in response to a variety of motivations and artist models
• Students will analyse and evaluate how artworks and processes are used to communicate meaning
• Students will investigate the relationship between art and its social context, and begin to make connections

Course Content
Includes investigation with wet media and dry media, collage and etching / printmaking. Observational drawing and research into personal whakapapa /history/ local environment. Students will explore working with clay to explore visual story-telling in a 3-dimensional way. Students will also complete a mixed media painting using stencilling and painting mediums to investigate a current issue meaningful to the student. In term four students taking this course will explore stop motion animation.