TERTIARY & CAREERS PATHWAYS:
Artist, art therapist, game designer, character designer, photographer, commercial art gallery manager, community arts worker, exhibition designer, fashion designer, graphic designer, illustrator, interior designer, special effects technician, stylist
In this course, art making and the investigation of artworks is guided by inquiry learning. Students engage in the practices of art making, either through the exploration of ideas or through specific themes. Students investigate artworks by artists from different periods of time and cultures, and they explore how artists have used materials, techniques and processes, and how artists have represented ideas and communicated meaning in artworks. Students work with a range of materials to understand their characteristics and properties and how these have developed over time. Students also research specific art forms to develop their knowledge and skills in art making.
UNIT 1 - Explore, expand and investigate
In this unit students explore materials, techniques and processes in a range of art forms. They expand their knowledge and understanding of the characteristics, properties and application of materials used in art making. They explore selected materials to understand how they relate to specific art forms and how they can be used in the making of artworks. Students also explore the historical development of specific art forms and investigate how the characteristics, properties and use of materials and techniques have changed over time. Students explore the different ways artists use materials, techniques and processes. The students’ exploration and experimentation with materials and techniques stimulates ideas, inspires different ways of working and enables a broad understanding of the specific art forms. Their exploration and experimentation is documented in both visual and written form in a Visual Arts journal.
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UNIT 2 - Understand, develop and resolve
In this unit, students continue to research how artworks are made by investigating how artists use aesthetic qualities to represent ideas in artworks. They broaden their investigation to understand how artworks are displayed to audiences, and how ideas are represented to communicate meaning. Students respond to a set theme and progressively develop their own ideas and learn how to develop their ideas using materials, techniques and processes, and art elements and art principles. They consolidate these ideas to plan and make finished artworks, reflecting on their knowledge and understanding of the aesthetic qualities of artworks. The planning and development of at least one finished artwork are documented in their Visual Arts journal. Working in their Visual Arts journal they begin to discover and understand how each of the art elements and art principles can be combined to convey different emotions and expression in their own and others’ artworks. Students begin to understand how exhibitions are planned and designed and how spaces are organised for exhibitions. They also investigate the roles associated with the planning of exhibitions and how artworks are selected and displayed in specific spaces.
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N/A
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It is recommended that the student have Visual Art subject experience from previous years.
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