12 Art Painting

Course/Course Content

This course focuses on further developing skills in painting practice. Students will continue to develop their understanding of painting and drawing techniques and conventions. They will use established artist models to inform their own practice and develop work along a chosen personal theme. Students will produce a body of work over the course of the year that shows understanding of painting ideas and conventions. 

This body of work will comprise of 2 internals (4 credits each) and an external folio (12 credits).

Objectives 

• To develop critical, lateral and creative thinking skills in painting.
• To develop a range of painting techniques appropriate to the theme studied.
• To extend knowledge of historical and contemporary art practitioners.
• To use the visual diary to establish a working process which includes research, drawing and mixed media to generate, develop, analyse and clarify ideas across a body of work. 

See 'Visual Art in Yr12' link below for more details.

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, community projects and scholarship.