Level 1 Visual Art

Ko wai au? Who am I? The themes for the year's work is based on students' identity and personal interests. 

The themes and subject matter explored in this course, will consist of drawing in from subject matter and developing and generating ideas from Tūrangawaewae, the landscape, figures, the environment, Whakapapa, personal identity, personal and cultural images, still life, personal and cultural images or symbols or icons, Whatatuiki, storytelling. Works should show that ideas, techniques or conventions from artists' works have been used.

This is explored visually, through a range of wet and dry media and different art-making techniques, and processes. This course encompasses the following fields of Art practice during the course of the year - Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Digital Media. 

This course is intended to give students a model for the development and production of visual images and ideas, which they can build on in the future. Much of the year is spent improving practical techniques, developing ideas and creating final artworks for the external folio. (12 credits.)
Students will work in consultation with their teacher to devise an individualised, personal learning and assessment programme which will compromise of up to a maximum total of 20 credits. 

Students will document their ako/learning and studies of chosen subject matter in their A3 workbooks. 

Art works should be linked to each other in the way that you develop your ideas, techniques, methods and artist works studied.

Internals are assessed from the learning evidence gathered in student's workbooks.