Visual Art

2D Art

Students experiment with the media and techniques used to create a variety of two-dimensional (2-D) artworks through the development of skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and/or design. Students practice, sketch, and manipulate the structural elements of art to improve mark making and/or the organizational principles of design in a composition from observation, research, and/or imagination.

Photography

Students explore the aesthetic foundations of art making using beginning photography techniques. This course may include, but is not limited to, color and/or black and white photography via digital media and/or traditional photography. Students become familiar with the basic mechanics of a camera, including lens and shutter operation, compositional foundations, printing an image for display, and evaluating a successful print. Student photographers may use a variety of media and materials, such as 35mm black and white film, single-lens reflex camera, digital camera, darkroom, computer applications, filters, various papers, digital output, photogram, cyanotypes, Sabatier effect, and pinhole photography.

The following year-long courses are offered:

Beginning

• • Two-Dimensional (2-D) Studio Art 1
  • Creative Photography 1

Intermediate

• • Two-Dimensional (2-D) Studio Art 2
  • Creative Photography 2

Advanced

• • Advanced Placement (AP) Drawing
  • Advanced Placement (AP) 2-D Art & Design