Art

Year Level Description

Students explore and analyse a variety of artworks and artists from a broad range of cultures, times and locations. They identify a variety of audiences for different arts experiences as they make and respond to visual arts. They begin to identify social and historical features of artworks in order to broaden their awareness of the role of art through history.

Throughout this program, students further develop their understanding and skills in various art methods and techniques. They draw upon experiences, observations and imagination while experimenting with forms of sculpture, drawing, printing, painting, textiles, and digital technologies to communicate ideas for a variety of audiences.

Students consolidate their understanding of the art elements of line, shape, tone, space, texture, colour and form in conjunction with the design principles of contrast, repetition, symmetry, balance, movement and proportion. They consider the effects of the art elements and design principles in their artwork, allowing for the visual representation of individual viewpoints and ideas.

Achievement Standard

By the end of the year, students will be expected to:

• use repetitive line pattern - hatching, cross hatching, stippling, pointillism, shading to create the illusion of three-dimensional form;
• create the illusion of visual mass/form through tonal rendering;
• use value to describe a light source;
• identify, create and use cast shadows against geometric forms;
• understand lines, shapes and/or colours can be repeated to create patterns and symbols;
• understand further howcolour can be used to express mood, emotion and/or atmosphere;
• understand and use more complex clay joining techniques; large coil pots and plates, slab building and joining techniques;
• understand that a variety of iPad applications can be used in combination with video and music to create artwork;
• critique artworks using appropriate visual art terminology;
• develop interpersonal skills through teamwork and collaboration when creating an artwork;
• explore and express personal viewpoints in an artwork.