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Visual arts / Year 7 and 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Experiment with visual arts conventions and techniques, including exploration of techniques used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to represent a theme, concept or idea in their artwork (ACAVAM118)
Elaborations
- combining and adapting materials, techniques, technologies and art making processes, reflecting upon techniques used by artists including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
- investigating how different combinations of techniques can represent a theme, concept or idea, for example, applying paint with different tools to create different textures
- Considering viewpoints – psychology: For example – Why and how does an artwork make you feel emotional? Can you apply a similar technique to your artwork?
- observing how artists select and apply different visual arts techniques to represent themes, concepts and ideas and considering how they could use these in their own art making
- combining, adapting and manipulating images and objects from several sources
- Considering viewpoints – forms: For example – Why did the artist choose this style of representation? What other forms and styles suit this message?
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Composition (Visual arts), Aboriginal art, Torres Strait Islander art, Art materials