This course provides the foundation for the visual arts high school program of study. Students will experience a variety of media and processes while exploring two- and three-dimensional art problems in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and mixed media. Critical and creative thinking skills will be integrated into all studio experiences.

The course will prepare students for further study in the area of fashion design, fashion illustration, textile design, and marketing while developing an understanding of the connection between design and drawing. Students will produce individual sketchbooks/breadth of their media experience, design concepts related to fashion design, and their growth in the drawing of the human figure. Students will be exposed to varied aspects of the fashion industry, including fashion design and related career opportunities.

The student will explore more advanced aspects of fashion illustration, fashion design, textile design, and marketing using visual arts media. Students will expand development of sketchbooks and portfolios related to fashion design and the drawing of the human figure. The resulting portfolio will show evidence of personal development through studio work, outside experiences, and sketchbook/journals. Students will be encouraged to make artistic choices that have been influenced by outstanding fashion designers leading to an individual style based on personal aesthetic criteria.

Photography and Digital Processes 1 is the introductory class for the study of photographic processes. Use of the digital camera/device and/or analog camera and the manipulation of student generated images on the computer will serve as a basis for exploring various media. The class is structured around creating photographic or digital imaging emphasizing visual arts principles. It will introduce the student to the principles of contemporary media as a verbal and visual means of communication in today’s society. Students will be challenged to solve art problems by studying the work of master photographers and digital artists. A sketchbook/journal will serve as a resource for technical information, processes, idea generation, and written commentary.

Photography and Digital Processes 2 courses builds upon skills, concepts and techniques developed in Photography and Digital Processes 1. Through experimentation, observation, and teacher direction, students will be challenged to create expressive works influenced by master contemporary photographers, digital artists, and other career connections. Students will expand their repertoire of software, styles, and techniques. Student’s original photographs serve as a source of ideas. All digital imaging should come from student generated artwork/ photography or family archival photographs. Further exploration of the Adobe Creative Cloud is part of the photographic process of the course. The curriculum is aligned with the MD State Dept. of Education Visual Arts Standards while embedding 21st century skills.

Photography and Digital Processes 3 builds upon skills, concepts, and techniques developed in Photography and Digital Processes 2. Students will solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative ways. Students will maintain a portfolio to include a concentration, and depth and breadth sections. Emphasis is placed on developing a personal vision and voice in their work. Students will continue to expand their repertoire of software, styles, and techniques as well as exploring other digital imaging devices. The curriculum is directly aligned with the MD State Dept. of Education Visual Arts Standards while embedding 21st century skills. Students will develop and demonstrate knowledge of content specific, academically based, and cross-curricular vocabulary and themes.

This course is the introductory course to two-dimensional art processes: drawing, painting, printmaking, crafts, and mixed media. Students will be challenged to develop a personal style by creating expressive works of art based on a variety of artists, art movements, and techniques. A process portfolio and sketchbooks/journals will reflect personal aesthetic choices in the development of a body of work.

In this course students will solve problems that focus on ways to approach two-dimensional design. Activities will include painting and drawing from life, ways to represent the human figure from observation, portraiture, printmaking on and off the press and contemporary crafts. Emphasis is placed on creative problem solving, use of the sketchbook/ journal and the influence of master artists and cultural exemplars.

The emphasis of this course is on developing a body of related twodimensional works (drawing, painting, printmaking, crafts, mixed media), based on a personal idea or theme. The resulting portfolio will show evidence of artistic development through studio work, influences by master artists, outside experiences and sketchbook/journals.

Students in this course develop their 2-D Design Portfolio according to the requirements of the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program. Portfolios will be developed that demonstrate sustained investigation and quality. Students will be encouraged to submit a portfolio for Advanced Placement credit.

This course is the introductory course to three-dimensional art processes: ceramics, sculpture, crafts, and mixed media. Through experimentation, observation and teacher direction, the student will be challenged to develop a personal style by creating expressive works of art based on a variety of artists, art movements and techniques. A process portfolio and sketchbooks/journals will reflect personal aesthetic choices in the development of a body of work.

In this course students will solve problems and focus on threedimensional art forms. Design solutions are explored in sculpture, contemporary crafts, and ceramics in traditional and non-traditional ways. The sketchbook/journal issued for recording ideas, influences from master artists and cultural exemplars, working out solutions to problems, and reflecting on results.