Visual arts / Year 9 and 10

Curriculum content descriptions

Manipulate materials, techniques, technologies and processes to develop and represent their own artistic intentions (ACAVAM126)

Elaborations
  • deconstructing and reconstructing a range of images, objects and/or spaces to synthesise viewpoints, concepts, purposes and/or meanings
  • Considering viewpoints – psychology: For example – Why and how do you feel empathy for the character? How far could you reduce your work without losing meaning?
  • using selected techniques, technologies and processes to explore personal representation of a theme, concept or subject matter
  • experimenting with a variety of techniques and processes when exploring their intentions as artist
  • selecting, testing and experimenting with materials, techniques, technologies and processes to synthesise an idea that is developed into multiple representations
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • ICT capability Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability
  • Ethical understanding Ethical understanding
ScOT terms

Composition (Visual arts),  Artistic purpose,  Art materials

Text

Landscape Painting

This teaching activity explores the ways that artists render foreground, middle ground, and background in a landscape painting. Students will then create a landscape painting using various techniques to portray illusions of depth and reflection.