Art and Design at Our Lady's High School

Our aim is to encourage all pupils
to enjoy creating and learning about art and design

In S1 pupils come to Our Lady's High School and are eager to have the chance to study art for two periods a week.

Image: Painting inspired by Henri Rousseau We offer a varied course that goes through all elementary aspects of drawing and colour theory. Learning to use line and tone with different drawing media like pencil and marker is one of the first lessons. For the past 5 years this has been linked to creating a school Christmas card in which all S1 pupils contribute to and have the chance of their design being chosen to represent the school.

Basic colour theory is also reinforced and painting techniques learned to create a large painting that reflects what pupils have learned.

All lessons are linked to looking at and discussing well known artists and designers. In S1 these include Jan van Eyck, Henri Rousseau, and Vivian Westwood. S1 pupils with their Fashion designs based on insects and printed into a scarf or tie. Pupils enjoy creating their own fashions and looked at the designer Vivian Westwood for inspiration.

In S2 pupils work for one period a week and continue to e x plore the visual elements and exciting media such as printmaking based on architecture and ceramic tiles based on Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Pupils get the opportunity to create pottery and hand puppets as well as practice and improve upon their observational drawing skills.

We strive for everyone to have an enjoyable and rewarding experience in the art and design department. Developing use of computer graphics and visits to museums and art galleries will hopefully lead to a full and well art educated pupil!

**UNITS COVERED IN ART**
Expressive units	Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Ceramics
Design Units	Christmas card design, Puppetry, WWF poster, African designs linked to Kamwokya, Fashion
Art History	Studying, analyzing and writing about artists and designers