*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.
