PREREQUISITE:      Art I

DESCRIPTION:         The Loudoun County Public Schools’ High School Art Education Program infuses art production, art history, art criticism, and aesthetic critiques.  Art II is designed to further the skills and techniques acquired in Art I.  Also, this course is designed to challenge the student with higher level creative and critical problem-solving skills. Art II provides students with the opportunity to expressively and descriptively record and control visual perception, understand and use connections between ideas, emotions, and varied media.  Students will add to a continuing portfolio for the purpose of generating ideas, recording visual incidence, analyzing historical/professional examples and exploring imaginative/symbolic ideas.

MAIN TOPICS:         STUDIO PRODUCTION

Drawing Painting Sculpting Printmaking Assembling Imaging

ART HISTORY:  Recognizing (Art Periods, Art Styles, Artists, Works of Art)

AESTHETICS:  Questioning Articulating

CREDIT INFO:  Sussessful completion of this class will give you 1 Fine art course credit.  A fine or practical arts course is any state-approved course, grades 9-12, in art, music, drama, or vocational education. One credit is needed to graduate.