Visual Arts / Year 1 and 2 / Creating and making

Curriculum content descriptions

use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials to create artworks (AC9AVA2C01)

Elaborations
  • using a combination of chaotic/accidental mark-making with more detailed intentional mark-making; for example, using blobs of paint with added outlines and detail, and using imagination and creativity to build on the shapes to see what emerges
  • using Viewpoints to develop questions as they experiment with arrangement and rearrangement to shuffle visual conventions, subject matter and materials around a designated area and to deliberately change the meaning of a visual story; for example, “What happens if I make the subject fill the page?” or “Can I change the meaning of my work by using darker or lighter tones?”
  • using visual brainstorming to build ideas for artworks and using Viewpoints to develop questions to push ideas further; for example, “What happens if I combine these ideas?”, “How can I adapt this idea?”, “What happens if I remove part of this design?”
  • creating a relief print through nature-printing, or creating collagraphs by creating a raised textured surface by using glue, thread/string and textured paper to create monoprints; cutting these shapes out and making a collage to create a recognisable form, such as a face or an animal
  • using 3D construction (sculpture) methods to represent subject matter or ideas being explored in another learning area; for example, building on their understanding of living things as a starting point to use modelling materials such as potato clay and found objects to represent the life cycle of an insect
  • using a combination of digital art and analog art-making, such as using photography or drawing apps for painting and drawing, to create a collaged abstract work that represents feelings and emotions; for example, responding with colour, line and shape to music to create work that communicates how the music makes them feel
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and Social capability
ScOT terms

Art genres,  Symbols,  Composition (Visual arts),  Art materials

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Be a friend

Explore dance, drama and visual arts through different elements of friendship.

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Going on an adventure

Explore drama and visual arts activities using an adventure story as a stimulus.

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Stamping in visual arts

In visual art, what do you think stamping refers to? Learn how to create artworks using this technique. See if you can find something other than a leaf as the stamp to experiment with.

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When is a stick not a stick?

Explore a world of play and imagery, where nothing is as ordinary as it seems. Students respond imaginatively when using a stick as a stimulus to explore elements of drama and create characters. Students will develop their expressive skills through movement and voice. Students also create artworks using a stick as a stimulus.

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Create: What is abstract art?

Traditionally artworks were representations of real life objects and environments. When you looked at these works you could usually identify what the artist was representing. How is abstract art different from this? Watch this video to see an example of an abstract painting, then have a go at creating one yourself!

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Autumn leaves

Explore dance, art and music through a song about Autumn leaves. Make some art works, dance like a leaf and learn to play the song on a keyboard instrument.

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Metamorphosis

Using drama and visual arts students explore a world of play and imagination where nothing is as ordinary as it seems.

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Scarecrow dancing

Students explore dance through scarecrow images and movements. They engage in creative play and create simple images.

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Colour my world

Colour my world is a unit of work that can be completed by students of all ages. It incorporates activities from the Dancing with D’Arts resource created specifically for students with disabilities. This lesson Is on colour theory.

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The Wild West

Students learn about the Wild West through creative arts. They explore dance and music with simple movement combinations and clapping to a beat. They also create a sunset landscape artwork.

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Bear and Chook by the Sea

This learning object is designed around a series of videos with Lisa Shanahan, author, and Emma Quay, illustrator, including a reading experience of their collaborative work, Bear and Chook by the Sea. Taken as a whole, this sequence of lessons is a Stage 1 unit of work that results in students working in pairs to produce ...

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Dinosaur dig

Students learn about the world of dinosaurs through creative arts. They explore elements of dance to develop coordination skills through movement and actions, as well as music and drama to create characters. They also create a dinosaur themed artwork.

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Indigenous Australian collection

This federated search from the QAGOMA database features a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks from the collection. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, a map of major Indigenous regions in Australia, classroom activities, a glossary ...

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Australian collection

This database features a selection of Australian artworks from QAGOMA. The searchable database provides artwork images, background information about the artist and the artwork, classroom activities, a glossary of key terms and curriculum alignment information for teachers. Search results can be refined by theme, period, ...