Scotch College

Art [Semester Unit] Year 10 — 2010

Rationale

Art promotes creativity and imagination, exercises the emotions and intellect simultaneously, encouraging self expression and individuality while promoting social skills and responsible actions.

Student Outcomes

• develop sensitivity to the environment through discriminatory selection
• stimulate development according to each student’s potential
• encourage lateral thinking and communication skills
• allow a student to gain confidence in his ability, cultivating his individuality
• clarify and extend students’ conceptual knowledge
• establish standards and values relating to his cultural heritage

Course Content

The course will explore a wide range of art materials and techniques to find visual solutions to a problem or theme set for the class. Whilst painting and drawing in their various forms are central to the course, students will create a major work drawn from the following areas: sculpture, ceramics, three dimensional studies, printmaking, airbrushing. All students will complete a unit in investigating photography and printing techniques. Editing of images is done on Photoshop. The theoretical aspects of Art deal with gaining an appreciation for fine art in contemporary society as well as from past cultures.

ICT Skills

Fine Art theory will be related to the particular practical activity being undertaken. The students will be required to use the Internet to research artists and art movements, presenting their work as a Microsoft Word and/or PowerPoint Display. Editing of images is done on Photoshop.

Assessment

• Finished Art Work/Folio
• Design and Development Journal
• ICT Application/Research Assignment
• Examination