Entry Requirements:  NCEA Level 1 Visual Arts is required or entry in consultation with the Head of Visual Arts Faculty.

Course Outline: The course will involve two parts:

1. Workbook studies and practical submissions covering artist research, drawing and media studies and idea development.
2. Portfolio, an externally assessed two-panel folio which is thematically linked and demonstrates a range of media and development of ideas.

Skills developed in the course:

• Understand and analyse the influences of contexts on the characteristics and production of design and their own work.
• Apply and extend understanding of a range of conventions from design practice, using appropriate processes and procedures.
• Develop technical understanding of a range of design media.
• Generate, anaylse and extend ideas, showing understanding of design practice.
• Research and analyse how designs are constructed and interpreted to communicate meanings.

Course Costs: 

$100 – materials, printing

$8 – Adobe Creative Cloud annual subscription

$140 Adobe Photoshop workshop – 2 days

$140 Adobe Illustrator workshop – 2 days 

This course leads to: NCEA Level 3 Design.

Assessment: Components of this course will be selected from the following standards to suit individual learning needs.