Course Outline: By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse how other artists use visual conventions and viewpoints to communicate ideas and apply this knowledge in their art-making. They explain how an artwork is displayed to enhance its meaning. They evaluate how they and others are influenced by artworks from different cultures, times and places.
Students plan their art-making in response to exploration of techniques and processes used in their own and others’ artworks. They demonstrate use of visual conventions, techniques and processes to communicate meaning in their artworks.
Topics Included:
Students gain an understanding of the following:
Exploring ideas and improvising with ways to represent ideas
Manipulating and applying the elements/concepts with intent
Developing and refining understanding of skills and techniques
Structuring and organising ideas into form
Sharing artworks through display
Analysing and reflecting upon intentions
Responding to and interpreting artworks
Students will experience the Visual Arts through making as practitioners and responding as audience. There will be an emphasis on critical and creative thinking.
Assessment:
A range of practical and theoretical tasks to demonstrate the development of concepts and ideas, exploration of media and experimentation, practical application, analysis and responding.
Additional Costs:
Large complex pieces or expensive materials may incur a cost and will be negotiated with parents. Costs for excursions and workshops, that include entry fees and transport
Length of course: Term
Course Outline:
By the end of Year 8, students identify and analyse how other artists use visual conventions and viewpoints to communicate ideas and apply this knowledge in their art-making. They explain how an artwork is displayed to enhance its meaning. They evaluate how they and others are influenced by artworks from different cultures, times and places.
Students plan their art-making in response to exploration of techniques and processes used in their own and others’ artworks. They demonstrate use of visual conventions, techniques and processes to communicate meaning in their artworks.
Topics Included:
Students gain an understanding of the following:
Students will experience the Visual Arts through making as practitioners and responding as audience. There will be an emphasis on critical and creative thinking.
Assessment:
A range of practical and theoretical tasks to demonstrate the development of concepts and ideas, exploration of media and experimentation, practical application, analysis and responding.
Additional Costs: