Smoky Row Elementary School – PAINTING 1-2 (L)

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

AP Studio Art is a course for students who want to develop their portfolio for college applications. These students should be serious about developing their artwork in a concentrated area through the improvement of 3-D techniques and design skills. The focus will be on developing the quality, concentration, and breadth of sculptures that follow the requirements of the AP Studio Art Program. Creative thought is essential,  combined with the investigation of concepts, issues, and personal themes  and subject matter through individual research and involved decision making.  Students are challenged to become independent thinkers. Students develop ideas through their sketchbooks,  explore artist connections, and present their work through critiques and exhibitions. Students must be willing to accept the committed challenge of a rigorous studio art program.  This course is one of the course choices required for the Art Concentrator Pathway. AP STUDIO ART Advanced Placement: DRAWING Portfolio (4048) Classification: Advanced Placement, Pathway Option Prerequisite: Drawing 4, or 4 semesters of crafts classes and teacher approval. Open To: 11,12 Credit: 2 FW Studio Art-AP is a course for students who are serious about developing their portfolio of drawings in a concentrated area through the improvement of technique and design skills. The focus will be on the quality, concentration, and breadth of work produced. Creative thought is essential,  combined with the investigation of concepts, issues, and personal themes and subject matter through individual research and involved decision-making.  Students are challenged to become independent thinkers who will contribute inventively and critically to their culture through the making of art. Students will develop ideas through their sketchbook, explore artist connections, and present their work through critiques and exhibitions. Students must be willing to accept the committed challenge of a rigorous studio art program, and formal evaluations will be made according to national standards of performance through an examination of completed portfolio work. Along with the chance to receive college credit and/or advanced  placement for college, Studio Art-AP offers the advanced art student a rewarding opportunity to develop artistic skills while building and preparing a portfolio of art for college or work.  This course is one of the course choices required for the Art Concentrator Pathway. AP STUDIO ART Advanced Placement: 2D DESIGN  Portfolio (4050) Classifications: Advanced Placement, Pathway Option Prerequisite:  Drawing 4, or 4 semesters of craft classes (or teacher approval) Open to:  11, 12 Credit:  2 FW Studio Art-AP is a course for students who are serious about developing their portfolio of mixed media and conceptual designs in a concentrated area through the improvement of technique and design skills. The focus will be on the quality, concentration, and breadth of work produced. Creative thought is essential,  combined with the investigation of concepts, issues, and personal themes and subject matter through individual research and involved decision-making.  Students are challenged to become independent thinkers who will contribute inventively and critically to their culture through the making of art. Students will develop ideas through their sketchbook, explore artist connections, and present their work through critiques and exhibitions. Students must be willing to accept the committed challenge of a rigorous studio art program, and formal evaluations will be made according to national standards of performance through an examination of completed portfolio work. Along with the chance to receive college credit and/or advanced  placement for college, Studio Art-AP offers the advanced art student a rewarding opportunity to develop artistic skills while building and preparing a portfolio of art for college or work.  This course is one of the course choices required for the Art Concentrator Pathway. CERAMICS 1-2 (4040) (Hand Building) Classification: Regular, Pathway Option Prerequisite: None Open to: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1-2 RW Ceramics I introduces students to ceramic hand building techniques and the elements and principles of design. Coil, slab, and drape molding are essential building and construction skills that will be mastered. Glaze application, sgraffito, and stain application will be introduced. Ceramics 2 is a continued study in advanced hand-building techniques and formal design.  Experimentation in texture and surface design, as well as glaze application, will be explored.  This course is one of the course choices required for the Art Concentrator Pathway. CERAMICS 3-4  (L)(Handbuilding and Pottery Wheel Throwing) (4040) Classification: Regular, Pathway Option Prerequisite: Ceramics 1-2 Open to: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1-2RW Ceramics 3 is an advanced hand building course and is designed for the serious ceramics student. The students will have an opportunity to work with different clays and decorative methods. There will be opportunities to work on the pottery wheel. Ceramics 4 is a continuation of the advanced hand-building and wheel-throwing skills learned previously in Ceramics 1-3. The students will have the opportunity to explore personal themes and experimental techniques in this course.   This course is one of the course choices required for the Art Concentrator Pathway.