Level 1 Visual Art

This course is about discovering and making artworks. This is a very practical, hands-on course. Students explore combinations of art areas that include drawing, collage, painting, printmaking, and mixed media, and extend their art into three-dimensional work. 

Students follow a programme, but essentially create their own theme and developmental focus. Students are encouraged to be innovative, study artist role models for inspiration, and explore art-making which is relevant to their own interests. 

There are four internal credits and 12 external credits. The external two-panel Art exam is a cumulative display of the year’s work. Students can be offered an optional additional four literacy credits for an artist research assignment if they are not undertaking Digital Art. If a student is completing the Digital Art course, they must sit the exam in this course.