Drawing and Painting I
Prerequisite: Studio Art
1 year-1 credit
Recommended Level: All
Recommended Grade: 10-12
Drawing and Painting is a comprehensive in
depth study of two dimensional art forms. Students will explore
a variety of techniques in both drawing and painting media.
Various artists and art movements will be discussed in
relationship to students’ projects.
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Drawing and Painting II
Prerequisite: Studio Art, Drawing and Painting I
1 year- 1 credit
Recommended Level: All
Recommended Grade-11-12
Students in Drawing and Painting II will
explore more advanced techniques and materials related to
two-dimensional art forms.
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Drawing and Painting III
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Sculpture I
Prerequisite: Studio Art 1 year-1 credit
Recommended Level: All
Recommended Grade: 10-12
Students will explore three-dimensional art
forms and work with a variety of media: clay, plaster, wood,
metal, and stone. Students will learn to construct, mold, model
and manipulate various materials into a completed art work.
Artist of the past and present will be discussed as they relate
to various projects.
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Studio in Sculpture II
Prerequisite: Studio Art, Studio in Sculpture I
1 year-1 credit
Recommended Level: All
Recommended Grade: 11, 12
Students in Sculpture II will explore more
advanced techniques and materials related to three-dimensional
art forms.
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Advertising Art
Prerequisite: Studio Art
1 year-1 credit
Recommended Grade: 10-12
This is an advanced course designed to help
students develop a knowledge and understanding of the esthetic
principles and skills involved in advertising design. Some of
the projects students will complete will be the creation of
original logos, the design of business cards, the packaging
design for products they invent, the layout of a brochure, as
well as the design of a CD cover.
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SUNY Art Course
Prerequisite: Studio in Art
1 year-1 credit
Recommended Level: Advanced
Recommended Grade: 11, 12
Average of 85 or higher in Drawing and Painting I
Drawing 105A is a college level course
offered through the University in the High School Program run by
the State University at Albany. Drawing 105A is a fundamental
drawing course taught through basic observation of the
still-life, landscape and figure. A wide range of drawing
materials will be explored as well as such concepts as
composition, perspective, light and shadow, foreshortening, and
proportion. This is a year-long course in which students can
earn three college credits towards any unit of the SUNY
system. No guarantee can be offered, but many other colleges
should accept such credits earned with at least a “C.” Fee
reductions based on documented need are also offered, with
qualified students paying only $25. Students will be
responsible for a large portion of their materials (e.g.,
sketchbooks, drawing tools).
This course will run every other year.
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High School Art Curriculum