High Digital Art Imaging 1

Major Topics and Concepts: Segment 1 

• identify characteristics of digital imaging
• explore how technology has changed art as well as opportunities to experience art
• recognize how artists demonstrate personal responsibility, ethics, integrity, and respect for intellectual property
• identify shape, color and its properties, line and space
• analyze the meaning of a work of art
• use the artistic process to create shapes and colors and layer them using digital art software
• demonstrate the use of shape and color in a digital image
• create an artist statement to reflect on your work and how it conveys the intended meaning
• explore career opportunities in the visual arts
• explore how to take digital photographs with basic photographic techniques
• use the artistic process to create a digital image
• demonstrate the use of emphasis, ethics, line, and space in a digital image
• create an artist statement to reflect on your work and apply feedback to digital images
• identify texture and movement
• explore how to take digital photographs with lighting techniques and various perspectives
• demonstrate the use of movement in a digital image
• identify emphasis
• explore the history of and experiment with photo manipulation
• experiment with digital editing tools

Major Topics and Concepts: Segment 2

• identify balance and how artists use it in digital collages
• experiment with digital collage techniques and typography
• identify rhythm and typography
• describe characteristics of typeface categories and typographic techniques
• explore how to create and edit text
• create an artwork that includes personal symbolism
• use the artistic process to create digital images
• demonstrate the use of rhythm in a digital image
• identify proportion and form
• experiment with digital drawing techniques
• identify unity
• experiment with digital animation techniques
• analyze the meaning of a work of art
• brainstorm ideas for your digital image
• create an artist statement to reflect on your work and whether it conveys the intended meaning
• explore career opportunities in the visual arts

Required Materials:

Student-Supplied Resources 

Students need to supply the following materials to complete the coursework:

• Disk space on your computer as well as an external device to back up your files (flash drive, external hard drive, etc.) 
• Word processing program (Microsoft Word or similar) 
• a camera or device that takes digital photographs
• digital art software, like Adobe Photoshop or an equivalent program

The following materials are optional:

• a pencil
• a sketchbook
• crayons, colored pencils, or pastels
• a ruler or a straightedge
• a stylus or drawing pen
• found items to create non-digital editing effects

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple-choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the students’ overall grade.

Additional course requirements may exist based on specific expectations for individual courses. More information can be found in FLVS policy documents, published at www.flvs.net or by referring to the course instructor after registration.