Love to draw? Wish you could draw? Build your drawing skills by looking at and drawing real objects and spaces. Learn to use various drawing tools, surfaces, and techniques. Use these skills to share your ideas with others by drawing from your imagination. Classroom activities concentrate on contour, gesture, mass, and perspective drawings. Expand your drawing skills and use a wider range of media: pen and ink, colored pencil, pastels, charcoal, conté, crayon, graphite, and markers. Explore your creativity by investigating styles of master and contemporary artists. This course also allows you to experiment with media and styles. Try your hand at abstraction, surrealism, and expressionism.

Make your own mark on the world! Who influences your style? Explore the line that connects historical influences and your own work. Learn to express what you want to say in your art and explore a variety of styles and artists. Use your mastery of drawing techniques and media while exploring forms from direct observation. Develop your own personal aesthetics. A sketchbook and portfolio will record your improvement and evolution of ideas. Present and defend a body of work that supports your growth and development as an artist.

Discover a world of color. Explore painting by mixing your own hues and working with primarily wet media. Learn about traditional and experimental painting techniques, tools, and surfaces. Materials used may include tempera, watercolor, acrylic, and oil. Composition, color theory, and developmental skills will be emphasized. Uncover the secrets of the Masters through the study of painting throughout art history.

Is painting only done on paper? If you answered "No" then this is the class for you! Learn to construct your own surface by making your own stretched canvas. Also use alternative methods for surface preparations such as painting on boards, paper, and other non-traditional surfaces. Historical and cultural aspects will be explored.

Paint out loud. What is your personal vision? Now is the chance to experiment with your preferred media and create your own style. Learn to think more critically about art by researching artists of the past and present. Develop the confidence and ability to make your thoughts visible and present your work like a pro. See how the critiquing process helps your ideas become bigger than life. A sketchbook and portfolio will record your improvement and evolution of ideas. Present and defend a body of work that supports your growth and development as an artist.

Studio Art AP is designed for junior and senior students who combine exceptional ability with a high degree of interest in the practice of drawing and painting. This section of the AP Art and Design Portfolio Exams offers students the opportunity to make and present works of art and design based on an in-depth investigation of materials, processes, and ideas, known as a Sustained Investigation. Selected works will be submitted to the College Board for review, as a portfolio.Summer Sketchbook Required.

Here is a chance to get your hands dirty. Experience the thrill of clay by using hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. Create original three-dimensional forms. Learn the difference between functional and non-functional ceramics. An emphasis will be placed on the elements and principles of design to plan and create your pieces. Spinning round and round? Or are you feeling more grounded? Either way, this is the class for you! Spend your time on the potter’s wheel, hand building and combining the two. Reduction, low and high firing techniques will be covered. Create vessels, mugs, and plates on the wheel. Sculptural, non-functional pieces will also be designed.

Dig into your passion for the organic qualities of clay. Reinforce your love of form and investigate ceramics as a career. What does a production potter do? How do you load and fire a kiln? Techniques in this class will cover alternative firing methods, various surface embellishments, mold making, and distinctive finishing processes. Understand the influence of culture on ceramic art and measure its impact on your own work.

Bling! Bling! This class involves the design and creation of jewelry and other metal art. You will create contemporary jewelry from various metals, stones, and experimental materials. Students will use jewelry tools for the traditional basic processes of sawing, piercing, filing, soldering, annealing, forming, cleaning, and polishing metal. Emphasis will be on sound creative design and fine craftsmanship. This class rocks!

Polish your skills and advance your techniques. This class involves advanced problem solving in the creation of metal art. Learn casting, mold making, and be introduced to enameling. Individuality in the creative process will be stressed. Learn about various historical and cultural styles of jewelry!

Forging ahead...take a more independent approach to designing fine art jewelry. Utilize metal, glass, stones, and clay to explore the infinite possibilities of the art of jewelry making. This class will allow you to explore the divergence of cultural and historical influences. Strong consideration of surface enhancements, kinetic connections, and sound craftsmanship skills will be emphasized. A sketchbook and portfolio will record your improvement and evolution of ideas. Present and defend a body of work that supports your growth and development as an artist.

Occupy real space! Construct three-dimensional forms in clay, wood, plaster, paper, wire, metal, and mixed media. Learn the four processes of casting, carving, modeling, and assemblage. Sculpture is a tactile and physical experience that allows you to work with a variety of tools. Course Length: 1 semesterGrade: 9-12Credit per Semester: 1Prerequisite: Sculpture 1Credit type: Humanities or ElectiveGPA Scale: 4College/Workforce: None Now is the chance to create larger-scale three-dimensional forms! study the figure and hone your skills in both representational and abstract renderings. Investigate different types of sculpture, relief, as well as in-the-round. Finished work may include mosaics, busts, "life-size" armatures, and cast pieces.