Glendowie College
11 Art Practical
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Year 13 (2025) students are required to attend Subject Confirmation on Thursday 23 January to finalise their timetable.
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms A. Whittaker.
In Visual Arts education, students develop visual literacy and aesthetic awareness as they manipulate and transform visual, tactile, and spatial ideas to solve problems. They experiment with materials, using processes and conventions to develop their visual enquiries and create both static and time-based art works. An understanding of Māori visual culture is achieved through exploration of Māori contexts. The arts of European, Pasifika, Asian, and other cultures add significant dimensions to New Zealand visual culture.
Course/Course Content
This course focuses on further developing skills in drawing, painting, printmaking and mixed media practice. Students will learn different mark making applications and mixed media techniques to further their understanding of artists and art forms. They will develop observational and creative skills in a range of media to produce a series of work. Students will have the opportunity to take a field trip to collect photographic images for their project.
Objectives
- Understanding the Visual Arts in context: Share ideas about how and why their own and others’ works are made and their purpose, value, and context.
- Developing practical knowledge: Explore a variety of materials and tools and discover elements and selected principles.
- Developing ideas: Investigate visual ideas in response to a variety of motivations, observation, and imagination.
- Communicating and interpreting: Share the ideas, feelings, and stories communicated by their own and others’ objects and images.
Content
Learning and Assessment | Description |
Drawing and Conventions | Students will collect own source material which they will then use as the inspiration for their drawing and planning for new works in wet and dry media. Students will investigate artists and art history to build understanding of the conventions within art. They will continue to develop practical skills through an exploration of these artists. |
Painting | Students will continue to use established painters to develop their own ideas which they will then use as a basis for a series of work. |
Printmaking and Mixed Media | Students will explore printmaking practices and extend this with mixed media and collage to create a series of work. They will also plan and execute a piece of work for an exhibition. |
Resolved Work Tūrangawaewae A Sense of Place | Students will work towards an independent project based on their own strengths and interests. This could be: Painting or Mixed Media Exhibition Work, a Mural or Sculpture Installation. This will cumulate in a collaborative end of year presentation with the Arts Faculty. |
See 'Visual Art in Yr12' link below for more details about pathways in this subject.
Extra curricular activities that can extend students in Visual Arts include:
GDC_arts - Ongoing competitions, external Art and Photography competitions, Art lunchtime activities, Summerfest, School Art Exhibition, displays, assisting with School Production, and community projects.
Subject and Associated Costs
Course Costs: $50.00 Materials fee (this includes art materials, visual diary and carry pack).
Pathway
Studying Applied Arts or Fine Arts could lead to a career in:
Automotive Designer, Industrial Designer, Landscape Designer, Product Designer, Toy Designer, Urban Designer, Advertising art director, Art therapist, Commercial art gallery manager, Community arts worker, Conservator, Exhibition designer, Fine artist, Graphic designer, Illustrator, Museum/gallery exhibitions officer, Printmaker, Secondary school teacher
Assessment Information
Year 12 Painting Guideline(s):Successful completion of Year 11 Art Practical.
Pathway Tags
Animator/Digital Artist, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Artist, Artistic Director, Film and Video Editor, Dancer, Beauty Therapist, Tattoo Artist, Entertainer, Film/Television Camera Operator, Graphic Designer, Interior Designer, Musician, Event Manager, Jeweller, Make-up Artist, Curator, Demonstrator, Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Visual Merchandiser, Exhibition and Collections Technician, Media Producer, Lighting Technician, Game Developer, Hairdresser/Barber, Model, Photographer, Private Teacher/Tutor, Signmaker,
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Disclaimer
It is important that you complete your option selection by the due date to enable you to have your preferred course of study. Course availability is dependent on numbers and staffing, and course entry will be confirmed at the beginning of the school year.
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