Kaiapoi High School
Level 2 Painting and Printmaking
Course Description
Head of Faculty/Teacher in Charge: Mx R. Goldstein, Mr B. Morrison.
This is a very practical, hands-on course. Students will choose painting or printmaking and will develop their ideas and themes over the year, in consultation with the teacher. These are based on the student's interests.
Students will be challenged to explore their relationship with pictorial space, surface, risk-taking, and possibilities, and to take inspiration from established artists’ ideas, methods, and techniques.
Opportunities arise each year for students to publicly exhibit their work and enter competitions.
Course Overview
What is taught in courses varies from year to year. This course could include:
The course starts with drawing revision and different exercises to challenge your ways of working.
The course progresses with each student choosing the styles, themes, and subject-matter they want to work with for the year. There is a lot of experimentation and risk taking, and trying out different methods and techniques.
Painting explores observational drawing, collage, found materials, underpainting or deadpainting, and sometimes three-dimensional work.
Paint can poured, scraped, splattered, blended, matched, layered, glazed and carved back. Students will learn acrylic and oil painting processes, and methods to vary production.
Printmaking involves exploring observational drawing, mono-printing, woodcuts, collage, found material prints, and sometimes three-dimensional work.
Students will learn Akua printmaking processes like intaglio and relief printmaking methods to vary production. Students can also use traditional waterbased printing inks and explore layered methods or reduction printmaking and Chine collé.
Recommended Prior Learning
To be accepted for this course, students must have earned 14 credits from Level 1 Visual Art, or have received HOF approval.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
1x 6B pencil
1x fine line black pen
1x A4 spiral visual diary 50 leaves.
Pathway
Assessment Information
There are two internal assignments available to students, worth 4 credits each. Students can choose to complete one or both at the same time.There is one portfolio exam worth 12 credits, which is produced throughout the year.
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.
External
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to painting
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established painting practice
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Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting
Click on a career pathway tag to explore more....
Artist, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Artistic Director, Tattoo Artist, Interior Designer, Jeweller, Make-up Artist, Curator,
Disclaimer
Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it. Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.
Costs
The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2025, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.
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