Introduction to Fashion Design (3 NA/NT)

Tampines Secondary School

This is an introductory course specially customised as an elective module for students who would pursue such a career path or any other comparable design careers. It is a highly applicable course with hands-on in illustration of garment design.

Students were taught figure drawing of human models and sketching of subjects for design applications. Next, they applied their ideas and concepts of the subjects chosen onto the human figures. Techniques of Manipulation and Stylization were applied to realise the final designs in mixed media.

Mask-making (P6)

Tao Nan School

Pupils learned advanced techniques of Paper Sculpture with understanding of Form, Texture and Depth in this course. They applied these techniques on mask-making based on theme of Culture & Ethnicity (national education/NE). Finalwork are realised as masks with designs adapted from our 4 cultures.

In-school Courses in Term 3

New Courses

1. Tao Nan School
- Mixed Media – The New & Old (Art Club)

2. Park View Primary School
- Collage/Mixed Media: Naïve Art (P3)
- Collage/Mixed Media: Cubism (P4)

3. Haig Girls’ School
- Mixed Media: Post-impressionism/Nanyang Art (P4)

4. Bukit Timah Primary School
- Patterning of Nature (P1)
- Mask-making (P2)

5. CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)
- Paper Collage (P4)

6. West Grove Primary School
- Paper-cut: Cultural Motifs (P5/P6)

7. Edgefield Primary School
- Plasticine Relief Work: Patterns (P1)

8. Tampines Secondary School
- EM: Fashion Design (Lower Sec.)

9. Zhenghua Primary School
- Mixed Media: Nature (P1)
- Mixed Media: Buildings (P2)

Courses cont. from Term 2
1. Tao Nan School
- Paper Sculpture: Cultural Masks (P6)

2. Park View Primary School
- Art Appreciation: Artists & Art Styles (P5)
- Installation Art: Our Wonderland (P6/Art Club)

3. Rosyth School
- Mixed Media using Recycled Materials: Composing Nature (P4)

3. Ngee Ann Primary School
- Cartooning/Manga (P5)

Installation Art (Sec. Level)

Bedok North Secondary School

This Installation is collaborated with Art Club students. They were exposed to its contexts before experiencing Mobile Installation with theme on 'Friendship'. Elements of  'Love', 'Bond' and 'Human' were used as visual mobiles. This Installation was actualised at its main iconic spiral stairways with a clear dome-shaped sky-ceiling.

Elective Module: Cartooning (Lower Sec.)

Guang Yang Secondary School

In this course, students were exposed to contexts and references of Cartooning before creating their own Cartoon characters with story-boards. Finalwork as rendered in colour-pencil and marker were presented in 4 to 5 plates along with their narratives.

Travelling with Hot-air Balloons (P4)

East Coast Primary School

Pupils were led on an Art adventure with theme of ‘Travelling with Hot-air Balloons’. Upon designing their own hot-air balloons, they placed them in places of their desired destinations with distinctive landmarks. They have learnt design techniques with compositional skills and their finalwork were realised in mixed media/collage.

Art Exposure Course: Artists & Art Styles (Sec. 2)

Yusof Ishak Secondary School

Students were exposed to 3 main Art Styles in this workshop:
- Post-impressionism
- Abstract Expressionism
- Pop Art

International, Asian and local contexts were covered with the following artists and their work introduced:
- Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Georgette Chen, Liu Kang
- Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Thomas Yeo, Goh Beng Kwan
- Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Luo Brothers, Justin Lee

They were led to compare and contrast all the Art Styles and the artists’ work with attempts to interpret Artwork using the Feldman’s model.

As part of their Art appreciation, they have also produced hands-on work adopting the 3 Art styles with topics on Still-life, Abstract Image of Buildings and Pop Portrait.

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