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Our amazing Art students have been working hard showing off their skills from art class. Check out each teacher’s gallery of student work. We are proud of our Lancer artists!
Gallery of Student Work from:
- Mr. P. Christiansen
- Ms. A. Heidinger
- Ms. L. Matthews
- Ms. K. Warren
Art Shows & Important Dates:
- Granite District Artshow
- Springville
Important Forms:
- Sterling Scholars
Classes/Fees:
- 3D Art: $20
- (Sculpture Sampler) Experience the tantalizing, textural, terrific world of 3-Dimensional art! This course is a mustfor students who are interested in taking ceramics and additional sculpture classes. 3-D Design offers the opportunity to learn a variety of different types of sculp-tural techniques as well as how to talk about sculptural art. Wire, clay, and plaster are among the possible art materials explored. This course fulfills Fine Arts graduation requirements. This is a hands-on class and does not include graphic design on a computer. Fee: $20 Semester
- Animation: $20
- Animation A: Have you ever thought about learning to animate? This class will intro-duce you to the 2-D drawing and classical animation skills you need in order to be successful in a 3-D anima-tion program at Granite Tech Center or University/College programs. Students who jump into 3-D comput-er animation programs without 2-D drawing experience quickly find out that they need drawing skills. This class will strengthen your drawing skills and introduce you to the principles of animation. Students will begin to create a digital portfolio of their own animations which can be used to apply for jobs or advanced degrees. Weekly homework required: one hour sketchbook assignments (because practice is the key to success). Fee: $20 Pre-requisite: Beginning Drawing 1-2
- Animation B: Hooked on animation? This class will strengthen the 2-D drawing and classical animation skills you learned in 2D Classical Animation A (Drawing 3) and take you to the next level as you pre-pare to enter Granite Tech Center or University/College 3-D animation programs. Students who jump into 3-D animation programs without 2D classical animation drawing experience quickly find out that they need draw-ing skills. In this class you will learn more about the prin-ciples of animation and be introduced to special effects animation. Students will add to their digital portfolios created in Beginning Animation which can be used to apply for jobs or advanced degrees. Weekly homework required: one hour sketchbook assignments (because practice is the key to success). Fee: $20 Pre-requisites: Beginning Drawing 1-2 and 2D Classical Animation
- AP Studio Art : $40 per semester. (Year)
- Pre-requisite: Beginning or Intermediate Drawing or Painting Classes Sharpen your pencils and come will-ing to discover new drawing mediums and techniques. This is an experimental drawing class where you will explore mark making and develop your creativity skills. The focus will be to develop a portfolio which will be submitted to earn university credit, apply for scholarship applications, get a job or enter college/university. There is no written AP exam for this course. AP credit is earned by submitting a portfolio. AP Studio Art will encourage you to become an independent thinker who will contribute inventively and critically to your culture and generation through the making of art. Bi-weekly homework required: one hour sketchbook assignments (because practice is the key to success). Fee: $40 per semester. Pre-requisite: Beginning or Intermediate Drawing or Painting Classes
- Art Foundations: $15 Semester
- Earn art credit while learning to “talk-the-talk and walk-the-walk” of art! This class is for those who love making art, as well as for those who simply love art. Explore the elements and principles that make art and learn to cri-tique your own and other’s art work. Strengthen your reading and writing skills and become a more well-rounded artist as you explore materials and techniques used in creating both 2-D and 3-D art.
- Ceramics: $30-60
- Ceramics 1: (Clay Explorations) Come explore the basic skills need-ed to construct three dimensional forms in clay. Stu-dents will learn wheel throwing and a variety of hand building techniques. Glazing, firing, and art appreciation will also be covered while students produce finished art-works to take home. This course is a perfect follow-up after taking 3-D. Fee $30 Prerequisite: 3-D Design SEMESTER CLASS
- Ceramics 2: (The Exciting Clay Sequel to Ceramics 1) This is the perfect class for those students who took Ceramics 1 and want to improve their throwing skills and sculpture techniques. Students will have a degree of artistic choice while they pursue a variety of new and challeng-ing projects and techniques. This class can be repeated and this encouraged for ceramics 3-4. Fee: $30 Prereq-uisite: Ceramics 1 SEMESTER CLASS
- Ceramics 3-4: (Perfect Your Expertise!) Ceramics 3 is a studio class for serious potters or ceramic sculptors who want to build a portfolio of work for art shows, competitions, and schol-arships. Conceptual art will be emphasized and more in depth experiences with firings, building techniques, and glazes will be a part of this course. Students will have specifically assigned project goals in the first semester while designing and completing their own independent project for second term. Fee: $60 Prerequisite: Ceram-ics 1 & 2. YEAR CLASS
- Digital Photography
- (You have a fantastic camera…now what? Take ART 1050 CC (Photography for Non-Majors). You’ll learn the basic operations of a dSLR (Google it). This class introduces you to the art, mechanics, application and history of photography. You’ll complete shooting assignments, learn visual rules of composition and conduct research. Mr. Carlisle has Canon T3i dSLR cameras for you to borrow during class, but you’ll learn more if you OWN your own camera. And it’s a college class, so you MUST purchase an $85 textbook, too.
- Drawing: $15
- Beginning Drawing (Semester): Are you curious about drawing? This class will give you a solid foundation in drawing. Drawing focuses on black-and-white or monochromatic rendering from life, pic-tures, masterworks, and imagination. The Principles and Elements of Art will be reviewed for use in composition and art critiques. Students will learn how to talk and write about artwork. Fee: $15
- Beginning Drawing (Year): Are you curious about drawing? Do you want to learn the basics? This class will give you a broad range of approaches to art through sketching and formal drawing techniques. Drawing focuses on black-and-white or monochromatic rendering from life, pictures, master-works, and imagination. The Principles and Elements of Art will be reviewed for use in composition and art critiques. Students will learn how to talk and write about artwork. Fee: $25
- Intermediate Drawing (Year): Are you looking to push your drawing skills to the next level? This class is full of information to help you achieve that goal. This class is designed to increase your individual creativity, representational and imaginative drawing skills. Various media will be used. The Principles and Elements of Art will be reviewed for use in composition and art critiques. Students will talk and write about artwork. Fee: $20 Prerequisite: prior drawing experience
- Advanced Drawing (Year): Pre-requisite Beginning or Intermediate Drawing or Painting Classes Sharpen your pencils and discover new drawing mediums and techniques. This is an experimental drawing class where you will explore mark making and develop your creativity skills. The focus will be to develop a portfolio to apply for scholarship applications, get a job or enter college/university. Advanced Drawing 5-6 will encourage you to become an independent thinker who will contribute inventively and critically to your culture and generation through the making of art. Bi-weekly homework required: one hour sketchbook assignments (because practice is the key to success). Fee: $40 per semester. Pre-requisite Beginning or Inter-mediate Drawing or Painting Classes
- Painting: $30 Year
- Beginning Painting: This class introduces students to the operations of color and various painting techniques and styles. It is de-signed to help students utilize such media as watercolor paint, acrylic paint and oil pastels in the rendition of a limited range of subjects. Emphasis will be placed on the elements of art and design. Students will learn how to talk and write about artwork.Fee: $30 per Semester Prerequisite: drawing experience helpful. Year
- Intermediate Painting: Do you love pushing color around? This class will provide more color experiences using water-color, acrylic and oil paints. Take your painting/studio skills to the next level by learning more about abstrac-tion, the elements and principles of design, the rule of thirds, the golden section and other design processes. If you love painting this class is for you. Weekly homework required: one hour sketchbook assignments (because practice is the key to success). Fee: $40 per semester. Pre-requisite: Beginning Painting 1-2, Watercolor or Oil Painting
- Painting 5-6: Do you want to learn more about water color and oil media paintings? Students will create water and oil media paintings using the elements and princi-ples of design. Weekly homework required: one hour sketchbook assignments (because practice is the key to success). Fee: $40 Pre-requisite: Art Foundations
- Sculpture: $50 Year Class
- (If you loved 3-D Design, this is the course for you) If you are excited about activating space with your creative work this is the class for you. This is a continuation of the techniques and concepts you learned in 3-D Design and Ceramics 1. Glass, stone, and found objects are among the potential additions to your material explora-tions. We will also have more time to view sculpture and critique our own work and learn to discuss others’. At least one fieldtrip will be included in this course. Fee: $50 Prerequisite: 3-D Design and Ceramics 1