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Each month, the grade 11 art class will have one week completely devoted to learning about new materials and techniques.  Each “Week De Technique” will focus on providing students with the chance to become more familiar with media in order to develop their skills and to provide a wider range of options when they are responding to themes in class. Some of these materials and techniques might include: shading centering clay on the potter’s wheel linear perspective monoprinting animation (ex. stop motion) collage stitching contour line drawings silkscreen printing etc.... It is important to remember that artists don't always work with traditional techniques or materials. Depending on an artist's goal or message, he/she might work with unconventional media... such as rainbow loom elastics, moss text, or sound installations. In this class, effective communication is key.   Artists communicate through their use of materials. We simply have to fi...

To my grade 12 students: You've been in art for four years.  You've learned about many techniques and themes throughout high school, and now it is time for your last major task. Believe it or not, you've been developing your own artistic behaviours since grade 9.  Take a look at Apex High School's rubric , which lists several artistic behaviours and provides descriptors that help us assess our progress.  Can you think of the behaviours in terms of the projects you have completed? What are your strongest behaviours, and where could you improve? Consider your strengths and weaknesses when you decide how you will complete this last task. What are your priorities when you make art?  What are you trying to express or communicate? How do your materials help you communicate effectively?  Does it matter which technique you work with?  Why or why not? How important is proper presentation?  Who is your audience, and how will they be affected by your ...