Fine Arts

Visual Arts

Develop Your Creativity.

Love to create? Explore visual arts at Lutheran North. Take an art class, or maybe take them all! You can also put your creative skills to work as a member of the Art Club, creating scenery for school musicals and helping with special projects. 
VISUAL ARTS COURSES

ART I-A 
The foundation for all art courses at Lutheran High School North. Students will complete projects in traditional media and computers to produce images that demonstrate an understanding of art principles. Art history, criticism and the study of aesthetics are incorporated into the production of art to provide students with an appreciation of art in their daily lives.

ART I-B
With an emphasis on using clay and paint, students produce work that explores textures and colors in this class. Studies of related artists and their work bring a historical and cultural relevance to the student’s production of art objects. 

DRAWING
Using the human form, still life, and natural landscape as subject matter, students expand and define their drawing and seeing skills.

CERAMICS
Ceramics (pottery) is probably the oldest and most natural of all the artistic mediums in use today. This course covers the basic area of construction methods, firing, and glazing techniques. Ceramics is for those students who enjoy working with their hands and who enjoyed the subject in Art I-B and wish to build on those skills. This class may be repeated for advanced credit.

DESIGN
Composition is the major theme of this class. How shapes work together to form an interesting whole will be explored through problems involving graphite and collage. A rigorous schedule is followed with emphasis on initial sketches and professional products. Students become involved with critique of their own and others’ projects. 

PAINTING/PRINTING 
In this course, students spend the semester exploring the possibilities of water solluble painting media and expanding on their understanding of color theory. The first quarter is a study of Watercolor. Projects cover basic and advanced painting techniques through a variety of subjects both indoors and out. In the second quarter, the focus shifts to acrylic paint. This versatile medium is used to create both large and small scale works in a range of styles, and eventually incorporates various other materials into mixed-media paintings. 

PHOTOGRAPHY                
In Photography, students will learn about the history of taking pictures from early Daguerreotypes to modern digital photography. Projects will range from traditional landscapes and portraits to conceptual work and photojournalism. Photos will be critiqued in class with an emphasis on strong composition and creative subject matter. Students will learn about photo editing with the Photoshop program. 
 

Co-Curricular Opportunity

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  • Art Club

    In addition to the fine arts classes offered at Lutheran North, students can meet after school to work on artwork from class, or personal art work outside of class. This community encourages students with a passion for art create, collaborate, and discuss art together.
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