Whangarei Girls’ High School

Year 11 Art - Visual

Course Description

Students will respond to the environment of Whangarei Heads. Students will focus on subject matter within their own world. Students will be able to readily test media and develop skills when using a variety of different art-making techniques. Explore a sub-theme relating to either identity and creatively develop their ideas with an understanding of contemporary art practice.

Learning Opportunities

In this course you will need to:

Develop these skills:	Explore this content:
Creativity: You will be challenged to think of alternative solutions, use your own art-making experience to inform your next steps, use media with flair, re-interpret imagery in your own way, and apply media in diverse ways.	Drawing, Etching, Watercolour, Cyanotype, acrylic paint, collage, Photo manipulation.
Decision Making: You will focus on extending your media knowledge, select artist models that extend your learning and make decisions about media, scale and technique.	Finished final work, along with your documentation of research, ideas and process in a workbook.
Interpersonal Skills: You may work with others to develop your ideas and work together to achieve a final outcome.
Visual Literacy: Use images to describe and express your ideas. Your work will relate to your own interpretation of the set theme.

Year Levels/Departments:

Year 11, Art

Resources Required

All resources are supplied for use in class. * If students wish to have their own supply of material to use both in class and at home they may purchase the following: Paint Palette and Lid, No. 0 Taklon Round Paintbrush, No.4 Taklon Round Paintbrush, 2B and 6B Pencil, Black Fineline Pen (Available from Office Max)