2ARP

Level 2 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. Students develop a theme of their choice and work with the teacher to extend their ideas visually. Idea generation and development underpin the production of artwork and presentation of a body of work for a portfolio. 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 and 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?

Any student with an interest in Art.  If new to Visual Arts, students must seek permission from the HOD of Visual Arts (Mr Hambridge), or students have gained 12 credits from either Level 1 Visual Arts or Level 1 Digital Media.

Exclusions: a maximum of TWO Visual Arts courses can 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.

Pathway

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.

Total Credits Available: 16
Internal Assessed Credits: 4
External Assessed Credits: 12
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91316 v2
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established painting practice


Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91321 v2
NZQA Info

Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting


Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 12
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 16
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0