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Monday, February 18, 2013

NAC-AEP (Visual Art) Courses 2013/2014

*Courses eligible for 50% Tote Board Art Grant.

Images of Food

 










This course taps on ‘Food’ as the main theme for Art-making. Students will be exposed to Art based on subjects of ‘Food’ such as those done by Wayne Thiebaud, Sanchez Cotan, Claes Oldenburg etc. They will study chosen type of food before conceptualizing their work using various Principles of Design. Work could be realised in 2D/3D with chosen media such as Acrylic paint, Collage, Mixed Media, etc. with certain Art style adopted.

Faces in Cubism
 











In this course, students will be introduced to Portraiture in Cubism. They will be exposed to some Cubist Artists’ work such as those by Pablo Picasso & George Braque.

Upon practice on sketching and drawing of human faces, students will manipulate and distort portraits done in cubist forms. Finalwork will be assembled in Collage and/or Mixed Media with understanding of Shape, Texture and Pattern.

Cultural Masks


 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
In this course, students will learn techniques of Mask-making with understanding of Form, Texture and Depth in creating Artwork based on theme of Culture & Ethnicity (national education/NE).

Final masks could be realized using techniques of Paper Sculpture, Paper Mache and/or Mixed Media.


Figurines in Paper Mache


 




Students will learn techniques and skills of Paper Mache in forming 3D work. All figurines will be made from scratch using recycled materials. They will be guided throughout the whole Paper Mache making process.

Final-work will be hand-painted using Acrylic/industrial paints. Possible themes to work on could be Animals, Imaginative Creatures, Human Forms and even Non-living Things.


Clay/Plasticine Relief Art

Students will learn to use clay or plasticine in creating reliefwork. They will be introduced to Principles of Design in creating interesting compositions for their work with possible themes such as Patterns, Nature, Animals, Sea World etc.

Elements of Art such as Form and Texture will be emphasized in these lesson to effectively relief the pictures.

Paper Sculpture

 
This course will introduce students to context and techniques of Paper Sculpture. They will be taught various skills in folding, bending and manipulating paper to form 3D/semi-3D effects. Upon mastering the basics techniques, they will compose their finalwork with application of Principles of Design such as Balance, Dominance, and Rhythm based on specific theme selected.