Welcome to ART 10!!!!

This course aims to develop visual skills through exposure to a variety of art media and working processes.  It will promote the understanding and recognition of the elements and principles of design in both contemporary and historical works.  Students will use these elements and principles in their own art.  We will cover the following units: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, & Mixed Media.

EVALUATION:        

30% Understanding and Connecting with Time and Space

40% Creating, Making and Presenting

30% Perceiving and Responding

REQUIRED SUPPLIES

Students are asked to purchase the following and arrive with them DAILY:

• Sketchbook * with heavy paper, 9x12 preferred size
• Drawing Pencils and pencil sharpener
• Coloured Pencils
• White Erasers
• Glue Stick

*Occasionally, additional materials may be desired or required.

ROUTINES

• Due dates for studio projects will be assigned based on progress of the class. 
• The first 10minutes of class are extremely important: assignments submitted, attendance taken, the day’s instructions given, etc.  The door will remain closed during this period, so ARRIVE ON TIME!!!!
• The sketchbook will be used to take notes, work out project ideas, gather resources for future projects, etc.  Students are expected to take their sketchbook with them to class EVERYDAY!!!!
• The class will take part in critiques for the purpose of learning how to analyze art and how to make more informed decisions in their own art.  We will be critiquing both the work produced in class and the work of established artists.
• RESPECT is the key to creating a productive and comfortable artistic space.  Anything less will not be tolerated.