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Art: Creative Painting (Elective)

“For the Christian, God is the supreme artist … God looked at His creation as it progressed and saw that it was good; when He had completed it, He said it was ‘very good’… The Great Artist was evidently much pleased with His world.” Clyde S. Kilby

Overview

Painting introduces students to a range of painting and drawing materials, skills and concepts.  Art provides opportunities for imaginative exploration, development and communication of ideas.  Students are encouraged to make creative, innovative and personal art responses to specific tasks.  Through experimentation of the selected material, students develop and refine skills in painting and drawing.  The role of the Artist in society is investigated and the use of art elements and principles in the creation of artworks.

Aims

Creating and making

  • To manipulate arts elements and principles to effectively realise student’s ideas
  • To demonstrate a level of technical competence in the use of skills, techniques and processes
  • To develop artworks which reflect personal art responses to specific tasks

Exploring and responding

  • To critically analyse and interpret artworks using appropriate arts language
  • To describe the stylistic, technical, expressive and aesthetic features of artworks created by a range of artists
  • To comment on the impact of the Artist in society

Topics Include

  • Acrylic painting on canvas board
  • Watercolour painting on professional watercolour paper
  • Artists and their artworks in society

Time Allocation

  • 5 periods per cycle for Semester 1

Prerequisites

  • None

Requirements

  • Booklist Items
  • Levy Cost

Assessment

  • All class work; research and developmental work, practical projects and finished artworks
  • Written work and assignments

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11