Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Description vs Analysis
Description simply describes what is, the facts, without drawing any conclusions. Analysis describes the impact or consequences of those facts. You could say a visual description of an art work is just...
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Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Visual (formal) Analysis
Visual analysis, also called formal analysis, looks at the formal qualities of an artwork, such as pictorial space, form, line, composition, color, movement, pattern, texture, and does not involve discussion...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Formal Elements with Smartphone
Learn to identify and understand the formal elements with this simple but engaging smart phone photography assignment. The task is to take a photo (or series of photos) that explores a formal element,...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Art Thinking
The Art Thinking section of this site focuses on critical thinking, looking at, reflecting on and responding to art- with activities to help build these "art thinking" skills. This includes Art Language,...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Student Gallery Free
A gallery of new student work will be available from summer 2027 An opportunity to see work from other schools and witness different approaches. Some examples include work by the same student across all...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Inside the Artist's Studio
Being able to enter the inner sanctum of an artist's studio rates up there with attending a top exhibition in my books, each studio a window into the unique personality and working process of the artist....
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Workshop Sessions
The Art Making Forms in the Inquiry Portfolio requirement is fairly minimal, 2 or more, but most students need to explore different techniques in order to discover what to focus on for their Resolved...
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New Course (First Exams 2027)
Visiting Artists
There are artists working in every community, city, town, village, and remote mountainside, no matter where you live. Widen your definition of artist to include artisans working in local traditions and...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Artists' Sketchbooks
Some people keep journals as a record of observations and reflections on life- an artist's journal is the record and evidence of the artistic process. I experience a little thrill when I get an opportunity...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Lines of Inquiry
At the turn of the 20th century, German poet Rainer Maria Rilke exchanged letters with an amateur poet, Franz Kappus, sharing a sentiment that nicely frames the goals for an inquiry-based approach to...