Course Overview
This is a practical course for people who enjoy art making. All you need is an interest and a willingness to create and keep creating.
In level one you will develop skills in drawing and wet media based around a theme of identity, culture and/or place. We will learn from established artists with a focus on painting and an option for printmaking.
Level two explores painting techniques and conventions. You will choose a theme to sustain a body of work that evolves as you learn from artist models and develop your style.
Year 11 students not taking NCEA are able to enrol in this course. For those who are - it is assessed at L1 and 2
The Teacher
Angela McAlpine
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Kia ora, my name is Angela McAlpine and I am excited to be offering this course in Visual Arts. I have been teaching Visual Arts for 14 years, specialising in Painting but also teaching Senior Photography and Printmaking. I have also my own art practice in ceramics, mosty making organic forms. I am currently living at Kaka Point in the beautiful Catlins and enjoy living by the sea, cycling and playing the ukulele.
Course Details
| Standard No * | Standard title | credit value | Internal/External | Completion |
| 91912 v4 | Use practice-based visual inquiry to explore an Aotearoa New Zealand Māori context and another cultural context | 5 | Internal | |
| 91913 v3 | Produce resolved artwork appropriate to established art making conventions | 5 | Internal | |
| 91914 v4 | Explore Visual Arts processes and conventions to inform own art making | 5 | External | |
| 91915 v3 | Create a sustained body of related artworks in response to an art making proposition | 5 | External | |
| AS91306 v2 | Demonstrate an understanding of methods and ideas from established practice appropriate to painting | 4 | Internal | |
| AS91311 v2 | Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to painting | 4 | Internal | |
| AS91316 v 2 | Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established painting practice | 4 | Internal | |
| AS91321 v2 | Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting | 12 | External |
Learning Exchange
1.00 placement
OR Cost
$2371.00
