S1 / S2 Course
Why We Study Art?
Everyone watches TV,
video or films, looks at illustrations and photographs, is influenced by
posters and advertisements.
Our
environment is affected by the actions of people all around the world. We
live in buildings, decorate and furnish our homes, buy clothes and use
products designed and manufactured by industry.
Art and
Design is concerned with developing understanding of the visual world in
which we live and in helping individuals express and communicate their ideas
and emotions.
The
Subject Skills
Art and
Design helps us understand what we see, develops imagination and creativity
and provides the practical skills with which visual work can be produced.
Knowledge and our ability to comment in artistic terms is developed through
critical work.
The
Content of The Art and Design Course
1.
Pupils will be taught to observe and to record
what they see.
2. Pupils will learn to control tools, materials
and techniques: pencil, brushes, paint, clay, printing, photography,
computer graphics etc.
3. Pupils will learn about the basic visual
language of Art: colour, line, shape, texture, perspective, etc.
4. Pupils will be taught to solve design problems
in an imaginative way.
5. Pupils will have opportunities to express their
ideas creatively.
6. Pupils will be introduced to the work of artists
and designers, past and present.
7. Pupils' work will be concerned with topics such
as the Human Image, the Man-Made Environment, Media Communications, and the
Natural Environment.
8 . Pupils will be expected to do practical and
written homework as support for their work in class.
Assessment
There are three main project topics per year plus two
short School based units. All work produced is kept in individual pupil
folios. At the end of each project an assessment of work completed is made
with performance recorded on a pupil profile. Assessed elements include:
Expressive Skills, Design Skills, Critical Skills, Behaviour and Effort.
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