12PTG

Level 2 Visual Arts - Painting

Course Description

This course builds on the skills and knowledge gained in your Year 11 Visual Arts class. You will explore a range of artistic conventions, ideas and techniques in Painting, both historical and contemporary, and then apply that to your own portfolio project. Your internal assignments will contribute towards the external assessment, and the project will a year long investigation into your subject matter. Your project will allow you to investigate topics that matter to you, and will allow you to express your original ideas, wrapped around the pictorial issues of your chosen artist models. We will explore a range of media including sketching, painting and a range of printmaking methods.

If you have not taken Level One Visual Arts, but have relevant prior experience, either at at school or otherwise, please see Miss Bell to get permission to enroll in the course.

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Recommended Prior Learning

An interest in drawing, painting or digital arts. Year 10 or 11 Visual Arts. Private lessons or tuition in drawing, painting or sculpture, design or printmaking.

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

Art pack prices to be confirmed. Students may not need to purchase all items if they have them already.
Printing costs: as required by students. Course fee: $65.00

Pathway

If you’re the creative type there’s a multitude of opportunities in this industry, from working in visual and performing arts to roles in communications and events. People in this industry are cultural ambassadors for the country, they tell our stories and help shape the future.
Career pathways include Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Animation/Gaming Design, Web Design, Fine Arts, Museum and Education, Film and theatre production, and so much more!
See the Youth Guarantee Vocational Pathways website for more information.
https://youthguarantee.education.govt.nz/initiatives/vocational-pathways/

Assessment Information

You will have two internal assessments, and one external assessment.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

This course is eligible for subject endorsement.

Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91311 v2
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.2 - Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to painting
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91316 v2
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.3 - Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established painting practice
Level: 2
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91321 v2
NZQA Info
Visual Arts 2.4 - Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within painting
Level: 2
Internal or External: External
Credits: 12
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Disclaimer

Course selection will depend on the option lines and student numbers. There is no guarantee that the courses you select now will all be available for you in 2024.