Grade 12 Visual Arts Online Course For Admission To Canadian Universities

Essential Question: To what extent does knowledge and understanding of the creative process inform an artist’s work?

In this unit, students will review the basic terms and processes necessary to analyze art. These include the creative process, the elements and principles of art, and the critical analysis process. Students will also review methods for photographing their art to share online and sketchbook formatting.

Essential Question: How can an artist’s portfolio reflect their responses to inner and outer worlds?

In this unit, students will apply their learning from the previous unit to begin planning their semester-long art portfolio. Students will expand their understanding of sketchbooks and will finally submit a detailed proposal for their portfolio.

Essential Question: Why are art collections important to our understanding of the world?

In this unit, students will learn about how Canadian artists (and one philanthropist) have explored the theme of collecting and they will complete their own artwork on this topic. Students will complete written and sketchbook-based research tasks and will complete one highly developed artwork of their own. Students will share their work, and reflect on it, mirroring the formal stages of the creative process.

Essential Question: To what extent does space (environment) affect the presentation of art museum collections?

In this unit, students will learn about how Canadian artists and architects have explored the theme of space (environments) and they will complete their own artwork on this topic. Students will complete written and sketchbook-based research tasks and will complete one highly developed artwork of their own. Students will share their work, and reflect on it, mirroring the formal stages of the creative process.

Essential Question: How do communities influence artists?

In this unit, students will learn about how Canadian artists and organizations have explored community connections and they will complete their own artwork on this topic. Students will complete written and sketchbook-based research tasks and will complete one highly developed artwork of their own. Students will share their work, and reflect on it, mirroring the formal stages of the creative process.

Essential Question: How can art contribute to positive change in the world?

In this unit, students will learn about how Canadian artists and organizations have explored the theme of activism and promoting causes, and students will complete their own artwork on this topic. Students will complete written and sketchbook-based research tasks and will complete one highly developed artwork of their own. Students will share their work, and reflect on it, mirroring the formal stages of the creative process.

30% of Final Grade

This project is the final evaluation of AVI4M online. This project will require students to reflect on their coursework. This project will be worth 30% of the final grade.

Essential Question: What camera basics can you demonstrate when creating a well-exposed, focused image with just the right depth of field?

In this unit, students learn how to expose an image in three different ways by altering the ISO, Shutter Speed or the Aperture of the camera. Students will learn how to create a shallow or extended depth of field (DOF) and how to capture motion.

Essential Question: How do Masters achieve their style? How important is it to take the socially acceptable image of injustice?

In this unit, students will learn about the legal elements of taking a photograph and will study three Masters of photography and write a visual essay about these Master photographers and their identifiable styles.

Essential Question: How can you combine exposure and composition elements to create photographic art?

In this unit, students will be introduced to composition guidelines and camera techniques to achieve an artful representation of their photography. Students will engage in snapping images for specific purposes, learning camera techniques that will increase their awareness of shooting in the shutter, aperture or manual priority. Students will be introduced to techniques like zoom blur and panning that use camera and lens movement along with camera settings adjustments that permit students to adjust for a specific purpose. Students will learn to convert colour images to black and white images, stitch images together, and blend several images together in post-production software. Students will learn compositional strategies to frame their subject and how to capture their subject and its shadow.

Essential Question: How do I demonstrate an understanding of the critical analysis process by examining, interpreting, evaluating, and reflecting on various artworks?

In this unit, students will learn how to write a criticism of an image they consider to be a work of art.

Essential Question: What is involved in creating style in photography?

In this unit, students will learn to blend compositional guidelines and will explore genres (Landscape, Macro, Abstract, Architecture, Nature, etc.), Sense of Place, Painting with Light, and direct a Fashion Shoot. Students will also learn about David Hockney and create a sample of media art using photographs shot as the medium.

30% of Final Grade

This project is the final evaluation of AWQ4M online. Students’ work in this assignment will showcase what they have learned in this course, as it is worth 30% of their final grade.