Level 3 Visual Arts - Painting
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms W. van Heeswijk.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES: Students engage in practical work including drawing and painting. Students choose to work with acrylic, water-colour, oil paint OR digitally paint on a wacom tablet. Idea generation and development underpin the production of artwork and presentation of a body of work for a portfolio. Students develop a theme of their choice and work with the teacher to extend their ideas visually. Students engage in cycles of research and investigation of pictorial ideas related to a thematic focus for the duration of the course.
The development of practical, investigative, creative and critical thinking skills this course leads to are; the creative industries, the study of fine arts, graphic art, photography, architecture, design, spatial design, education, game and animation art design, film industry, art director for film or television, museum and gallery curator, textile design, jewellery design, magazine and book design, illustrator, advertising, visual effects artist.
Who would be interested in this course?
Students who have previously earned 12 credits from either Level 2 Visual Arts Painting, Level 2 Design, or Level 2 Photography. Students with no prior art experience must seek HOD's (Mr Glynn Hambridge) approval.
Exclusions: a maximum of TWO Visual Arts courses may be taken.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
All course related materials for use in class will be supplied by the school. However, a recommended list of materials for use at home is as follows. A3 heavyweight stock sketchbook, Selection of shading pencils that include HB, 2B, 4B, a basic acrylic painting set, a watercolour set and a selection of paint brushes.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Painting 3.3 - Systematically clarify ideas using drawing informed by established painting practice
NZQA Info
Painting 3.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that integrates conventions and regenerates ideas within painting practice
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 18
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.