Kaiapoi High School Kaiapoi High School

Level 2 Painting and Printmaking

L2ARPN
Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mx R. Goldstein.

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.

This is a very practical, hands-on course. 

Students will choose painting or printmaking and will develop their own ideas and themes over the year, in consultation with the teacher. These are based on the students’ own  interests. 

Students will be challenged to explore their relationship with pictorial space, surface, risk-taking, and possibilities. 

Students take inspiration from established artists’ ideas, methods, and techniques. 

There are two internal assignments available to students, worth 4 credits each. Student can choose to complete one or both as the same time.

There is one portfolio exam worth 12 credits, which is produced throughout the year.

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:
Painting explores observational drawing, collage, found materials, and sometimes expanded painting three-dimensional work.
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 expanded printmaking three-dimensional work. Students will learn Akua printmaking processes like intaglio and relief printmaking methods to vary production.

Faculties:

The Arts


Pathway

Level 3 Painting and Printmaking

Career Pathways

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 2024, 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.