Tawa College

Level 1 Art Digital 101

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs S. Perera.

Recommended Prior Learning

While satisfactory performance in Year 10 Art Digital would be helpful, students may be given entry without the completion of Year 10 at the Head of Department’s discretion. Students and their parents are welcome to contact the HOD of Art to discuss details of the course.

Art 101 Digital

This course focuses on teaching and extending both traditional and contemporary art making techniques. The course will include an element of drawing and collage as well as photography and digital design. With reference to works by national and international artists, students will create explore their subject matter through a series of drawings and photographs and then extend on these ideas to create resolved digital compositions for display ready artworks, illustrations, posters etc. This course does not need any previous experience in Art.

The main focus will be to create a series of multi-media artworks. Students complete one internal Achievement Standard.

This course may lead on to Level 2 Visual Art Design and Photography. These disciplines continue as separate subjects in Level 3 for University Entrance.

Students are able to take– either 101ART Digital and/or 101ART Practical. Below is student examples of panel 1 of a folio for ARD101

Talamahina Mitipelo 2023

Brooke Hawkins 2023

Course Overview

Term 1
Internal assessment AS90914 (1.2): 4 credits
Use drawing methods and skills for recording information using wet and dry media.

Term 2
Internal assessment AS90915 (1.3): 6 credits
Use drawing conventions to develop work in more than one field of practice.

Term 3
External assessment AS90916 (1.4): 12 credits
Produce a body of work informed by established practice, which develops ideas, using a range of media

Term 4
External assessment AS90916 (1.4): 12 credits
Produce a body of work informed by established practice, which develops ideas, using a range of media

Learning Areas:

Arts

Pathway

NCEA Level 2 Art 201, NCEA Level 2 Art Design 201, NCEA Level 2 Photography 201

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

There is a $40 donation to cover a portion of the materials used in class. Students will also be expected to purchase $20 credit for all individual printing and copying.