Subject matters include still life, landscapes, figure drawing, and portraits. Realism, Impressionism, Cubism, and Abstract Expressionism are among the art styles explored through museum tours and art prints. This course continues to build and refine the skills and appreciations introduced in Drawing and Painting 1. With extra work, students may develop an Advanced Placement Art Portfolio. In this class elements of composition and color theory are combined with the study and application of typography in solving various design problems.
Students explore relief, intaglio, and serigraph printing processes.
Photography, layout, inking, and paste-up techniques are introduced. Students learn calligraphy as well as the manipulation of computer type as they develop an appreciation of type as an art form. Students produce posters, cards, monograms, and signs as they learn design principles. In this art survey course, art history provides the inspiration to explore many different forms of artistic expression. After students see examples of art ranging from cave painting to contemporary art, they produce similar art work.