See the Light Art - Fine Arts Credit Plan
We are often asked if See the Light curriculum qualifies for a high school fine arts credit, and we’re happy to say, “Yes!” Read on for information about how to implement a half or full-credit plan in your homeschool high school.
See The Light’s Art Class & Art Projects are a great option for the family that wants a high-‐quality program that meets (and exceeds) the National Visual Arts Standards.
Requirements
According to the HSLDA (Homeschool Legal Defense Association), to be considered one full credit, there needs to be 120 hours or more of instruction. A half credit would be 60 hours, and applies to most electives, including art.
Art Class & Art Projects can help you achieve the 60 hours of instruction needed to qualify for a half-credit fine-arts elective (i.e. Visual Arts). Simply combine the video lessons with additional practice time and one additional project, and you can meet the necessary hour requirements.
You’ll find the plan below, but we’ve also provided it for you as a downloadable PDF.
Downloadable PDF: STL-FineArtsCreditPlan
You can qualify for a full credit, by adding trips to art museums/galleries and ancillary projects to bring your total to 120 hours.
For example, once the student learns a technique (e.g. tissue paper collage technique from Poppy Collage, watercolor technique from Peaceful Seas, Pointillism from Seurat lesson, etc.) they can can use that same technique for additional projects on their own. Also, research papers and PowerPoint presentations about each artist in our series are good supplemental activities for a full high school credit.
Half-Credit Plan
Whether you keep your own transcripts, file a private school affidavit as a single family for tracking grades, or you are part of a PSP (Private School Satellite Program) or co-op that tracks your transcript for you, be sure to indicate that STL Art Class and Art Projects are your art curriculum of choice.
Below you’ll find a list of the 18 volumes of Art Class and Art Projects, the approximate viewing time for each, and the amount of additional practice or project time you need to add to bring your total up to 60 hours.
- Art Class Volume 1: The Basics – viewing time is approx. 45 minutes, with additional practice time of 75 minutes: total 2 hours
- Art Class Volume 2: Shape and Space – viewing time is approx. 45 minutes, with additional practice time of 75 minutes: total 2 hours
- Art Class Volume 3: Volume and Color – viewing time is approx. 60 minutes, with additional practice time of 60 minutes: total 2 hours
- Art Class Volume 4: Color Blending Techniques – viewing time is approx. 60 minutes, with additional practice time of 60 minutes: total 2 hours
- Art Class Volume 5: Proportions for Composition – viewing time is approx. 50 minutes, with additional practice time of 70 minutes: total 2 hours.
- Art Class Volume 6: Texture and Form – viewing time is approx. 75 minutes, with additional practice time of 45 minutes: total 2 hours
- Art Class Volume 7: Perspective for the Landscape – viewing time is approx. 75 minutes, with additional practice time of 45 minutes: total 2 hours
- Art Class Volume 8: Balance and Foreshortening – viewing time is approx. 80 minutes, with additional practice time of 40 minutes: total 2 hours
- Art Class Volume 9: Faces & Figures (The Portrait) – viewing time is approx. 70 minutes, with additional practice time of 50 minutes: total 2 hours
TOTAL 18 HOURS
- Art Projects: Poppy Collage – viewing time total is 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hours
- Art Projects: Pointillism Fruit – viewing time total is 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hours
- Art Projects: Repeated Sweets – viewing time total is 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hour
- Art Projects: Dreams of Joseph – viewing time total is 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hours
- Art Projects: Peaceful Seas-‐ viewing time total is 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hours
- Art Projects: Horsin’ Around-‐ viewing time total of 120 minutes, with additional project time of120 minutes: total 4 hours
- Art Projects: Sunflowers – viewing time total of 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hours
- Art Projects: Paper Jungle – viewing time total of 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hours
- Art Projects: Tiffany Window – viewing time total of 120 minutes, with additional project time of 120 minutes: total 4 hours
TOTAL 36 HOURS
Research Project & Paper on one of the 9 artists featured in Art Projects
TOTAL 6 HOURS
FULL CREDIT PLAN
Here is a template to add the 60 hours required to turn the See The Light Art Class and Art Projects half-‐credit plan into a full credit course. Just disperse the following additional activities/projects throughout the school year.
- Art Museum trip #1 – 8 hours
- Tissue Paper Collage technique on extra project – 4 hours
- Pointillism technique on extra project – 4 hours
- Watercolor technique on extra project – 4 hours
- Tiffany Window technique on extra project 4 hours
- Art museum # 2 – 8 hours
- Oil Pastel technique extra project – 4 hours
- Research paper on Marc Chagall – 6 hours
- Research paper on Winslow Homer – 6 hours
- Read a biography of Van Gogh and write a report – 6 hours
- Cut Paper Collage technique on extra project – 4 hours
- Final paper – recollections and favorites of art year – 2 hours
Total: 60 Hours