Studio Arts 11 : Drawing and Painting 11, version 01 (4 credits)

It is recommended that students complete:
• Grade 10

Studio Arts 11 is designed for students who might have an interest in entering the commercial art field. There is an emphasis on lettering, poster design, and figure drawing.

There are four modules in Studio Arts 11, but completing any two modules will satisfy the new graduation requirement for Fine Arts 11 in Foundation Studies. To receive the full four credits, all four modules must be completed.

Module 1:

Section 1: Poster design, using poster paints
Section 2: Effect of colour in poster design
Section 3: Collecting reference material for your portfolio
Section 4: Planning the layout
Section 5: General rules of design

Module 2:

Section 1: Layout
Section 2: Design with slogan
Section 3: Colour
Section 4: Colour
Section 5: Techniques in advertising illustration

Module 3:

Section 1: Lettering
Section 2: Lower case Gothic letters
Section 3: The round-tip lettering pen
Section 4: The roman alphabets
Section 5: The classical built-up roman letters

Module 4:

Section 1: Figure drawing
Section 2: Figure drawing
Section 3: Development of figure drawing towards illustrative use
Section 4: The human figure in advertising design
Section 5: Drawings of the human head

No textbook is required for this course.
There are no tests for this course.

Supplies provided by students: calligraphy pens with different nibs or fine-tipped and chisel-point felt pens or speedball pen with nibs HB, 2B, 6B, 2H lead pencils art eraser #4 and #10 brush tracing paper (21.5 x 28 cm) light cardboard or plain white paper
(21.5 x 28 cm) paint box (with extra discs of red, yellow, white) white drawing paper (21.5 x 28 cm) set square, compass

Students who cannot acquire some of these materials should contact the Distance Education School about a mail-order service that is available.