Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

Credit: One trimester = .5 credit

Major Outcomes: 

• Learn basic drawing skills: observation, proportion, perspective and shading

• Learn basic drawing techniques: pencil, ink, conte pastel and charcoal

• Draw from life

• Learn basic art history, aesthetic and art criticism

• Excellent starting point for other art courses

Projects, activities, etc.: Multiple drawings and sketchbook

Instructional Focus: Lab work

 

Prerequisite/Selection Process: Drawing I 

Intended Audience: Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12

Credit: One trimester = .5 credit

Major Outcomes: 

• Expand skills developed in Drawing I: color use, composition and figure drawing

• Expand techniques developed in Drawing I: pencil, pastel and color work

• Draw from life and imagination

• Continued emphasis on art history,aesthetics and art criticism

Projects, activities, etc.: Multiple drawings and sketchbook

Instructional Focus: Lab work

 

Prerequisite: Drawing II

Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11, 12

Credit: Course may be taken up to three trimesters, one trimester = .5 credit

Major Outcomes: 

• Offers students additional coursework to develop greater depth in studio discipline

• Continued emphasis on art history, aesthetics and art production

Projects, activities, etc.: Multiple drawings and sketchbook