Length: 10-week rotation

Recommended background: Successful completion of Year 7 Visual Art/Design

Content:

This course aims to provide Year 8’s with a wide range of experiences and exposure to Visual Art, individually and collaboratively, whilst expanding on the knowledge and skills learnt in Year 7.

It encourages confidence, curiosity, imagination and enjoyment while building on developing an appreciation for their own and other artists’ works.

Students experience traditional and digital approaches to art making and responding and extend their understanding of safe and sustainable visual arts practices.

They will experience visual arts techniques, materials, processes and technologies focusing on the areas of drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, digital art and design. Art making could involve painting in acrylic on canvas, use of pen and watercolour wash, combining photographic and digital imagery with mixed media.

Students will discuss, observe and develop critical and creative thinking and build on their visual arts language to develop informed opinions about artists and artworks.

They will have the opportunity to exhibit their artworks within the school and local community.

Assessment:

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. This includes assessment of achievement in both making and responding.