Visual Art - Painting Level 3	Enquiries: Ms L Koehn
Prerequisites
Completing Level 2 painting is a prerequisite for this course.

This course is assessed using:			This course is:
	●	Achievement Standards		●	Internally assessed
		Unit Standards		●	Externally assessed

Course Information

This course offers students the opportunity to follow their personal interests in greater depth as a result of having successfully completed Level 2 painting. They are required to explore painting issues that relate to a chosen area of interest and as a result, formulate their own theme study for the duration of the year. The majority of the year is spent generating, analysing and clarifying drawings and paintings that explore ideas, techniques, processes and methods arising from their theme study.

Course Cost

Course Fees $120 – all drawing and painting materials, workbook and clear-file and access to colour printer.

Standard	Title	Credits	Int/Ext
AS 90659	Research and analyse approaches within established painting practice	4	Internal
AS 90663	Investigate and use ideas and methods in the context of a drawing study in painting	6	Internal
AS 90667	Produce original work within painting  to show extensive knowledge of art making methods and ideas	14	External
Maximum Credits Available		24

Why this course?

Any students considering Tertiary study in the Visual Arts, Architecture or Design courses are recommended to take at least one Art course. Further, research suggests that Art education is important for developing thought processes and perceptual awareness which is helpful in developing creative thinking. This of course can be applied to any field of endeavour.