Fine Arts

We follow a structured curriculum that has a tremendous scope to explore various mediums, surfaces and techniques under each course.

ARTS

• Students explore various surfaces – paper, handmade paper, canvas, OHP sheet, colored chart and puf board.

• The mediums introduced to students could be dry or wet. Dry mediums include graphite pencils (6H to 8B), dry pastel, oil Pastel, color pencils and pen rendering. Water colors, poster colors, acrylic colors and oil paints are the wet mediums.

• Students learn specific techniques like pencil shading (blending, stippling, scrumbling, strokes, hatching), painting (brush strokes, blending, knife painting, marble) and color theory.

• Through the exposure in such surfaces, mediums and techniques, students excel in:
  (a) Observation drawing – Still life, nature study, human movement study, animal anatomy and imitation drawings.
  (b) Schools of Art – introduction to the style of Renaissance, Cubism, Impressionism, Fauvism, expressionism, dadism, surrealism, abstract and contemporary art.
  

CRAFT

Students are taught the art of making products out of cardboard, newspapers, recycled materials and so on. Students learn to make craft with available resources but ensuring a perfect finish that are pleasing to the eye.

• Students explore various surfaces & materials – paper, cardboard, recycled resources, metal sheets, scrap metal, handmade paper and beyond.

• Techniques introduced include Folding, Cutting, Scoring, Sticking, Engraving, Layering, Moulding and Patterning.

• The learning outcomes thus for students are in the art of making newspaper products, decorative pieces, boxes, wall hangings, monuments, lanterns, masks and so on.

TEXTILE AND FASHION

Textile and Fashion is one of the new courses offered to students that has its focus centered on thread work, weaving, fabric craft, fashion accessories (wearable products), wall hangings, decorative pieces and dolls.

• Students explore use of various materials like embroidery threads, coil threads, woolen threads, synthetic threads, jute threads, synthetic wires and strings.

• The surfaces that students work on ranges from Cotton and Jute to Synthetic, Canvas and Raw Silk.

• The techniques that are introduced to students are Jewelry (Silk Thread, Terracotta, Quilling and Newspaper accessories), Fabric Belt, Bead embroidery, Indian Embroidery (freehand style, Kutchh, Kasauti, Phulkari, Kashmiri and Mirror work)

• With this curriculum students are able to excel creatively in making purses, bags, bead belts, pouches, soft toys, etc.

SCULPTURE

Sculpture club has been introduced this year, where students learn to convert drawings into three-dimensional forms. This challenging task helps students to develop their observation skills, imagination skills and creativity.

• Through observational drawing (still life, nature study, human movement study, animal anatomy and imitation drawings), students then refer these to make a sculpture.

• The materials and mediums used are Natural Clay, Dry Clay, Shilpkar, Plaster of paris, Wood, Foam Board, Metal, Jute, Strings, Newspaper, Paper Mache and Wheel pottery.

• Adding and Subtracting methods, Carving, Engraving, Overlapping, Moulding and Casting are the techniques that are introduced.

• The learning outcomes include Free Standing Sculpture and Coil Pottery.

FINE ARTS (PAINTING, GRAPHICS & FASHION STUDIES)

Students of classes XI & XII have an option to choose a sixth subject as Fine Arts where they get to specialize in Painting and Graphics.

The curriculum in Painting covers aspects like observational drawing (still life, outdoor study, drawing from photographs, self portrait, etc), landscapes and mixed media. Abstract and creative composition in a variety of medium is explored (graphite pencil, color pencil, soft and hard pastel, poster and watercolor).
On the other hand Graphic design has its focus on etching and engraving on OHP sheet, acrylic sheet, foam board, zinc plate and recycled materials.