Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Pinhole Camera Photography
We are fortunate here at La Vigna Art Studios that students work with an excellent photographer, Alessandra Capodacqua, who specializes in lens-less camera techniques. We recently had a workshop on building...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Camera Obscura
The term camera obscura simply means “dark chamber.” It refers to a device…a box…into which light is allowed to enter through a small round opening. Since light travels in a straight line, the rays reflected...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Nicoletta, Exhibition HL
Nicoletta addresses some complex and disturbing topics in her work which evolves around religious trauma and "Divine Metamorphosis" as she entitles the exhibition. She draws on sources from historical...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Copying and Transferring Drawings
Modern technologies for reproduction have made these old ways seem almost quaint; however there is still a need sometimes for the handmade methods of copying and transferring images. Use these exercises...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Creativity
Creative means original, expressive, inventive, innovative, imaginative, handmade, ground-breaking, generative, to give rise to, birth Creativity is the action of combining previously uncombined elements...
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Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Lateral Thinking
Lateral thinking is an approach to solving problems that is creative, indirect, and does not rely on logical step by step reasoning. Lateral thinking is effectively looking at things sideways ( laterally),...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
A Teacher's Influence
In my experience visiting schools theroughout the world I have seen varying degrees of teacher influence on the students work, ranging from non existent to very heavy handed. The teachers' influence can...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Art Making Forms
In order to encourage ample experimentation with a range of techniques and media, there is minimum requirement of art-making forms to be addressed in the Process Portfolio. This exposure to various techniques/media,...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Overview of Requirements
What follows is an overview of the regular assessment requirements You might also want to go to the pages on E submission Guidelines Pages will show evidence of at least three different art making forms...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Unit Plan: Foundation Skills
A starting unit designed for year 1 students coming from different skill levels and degrees of preparation. This Unit focuses on building the basic drawing skills and vocabulary that students will use...