AC9AVA2D01 Years 1 to 2 The Arts

Content descriptor experiment and play with visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials

Elaborations

• • Elaboration playing with a range of natural and/or constructed materials to experiment with visual conventions and visual arts processes; for example, creating mud sculptures, or using sticks, leaves and playdough to explore texture
• • Elaboration unpacking a surprise bag of everyday tools and materials, and working silently in small groups to make something within limitations; for example, using materials of only one colour or making sculptural forms from paper or cardboard using only folding and tearing processes
• • Elaboration using Viewpoints to develop questions to reflect on their arts experiences; for example, “What was challenging about working in a limited timeframe?”, “What was something new that I discovered about the material?”, “What failures led to new discoveries?”
• • Elaboration identifying the difference between open lines and closed shapes; digitally filling a selection or colour block using a collage of closed shapes to form silhouettes of recognisable objects, people or other living things
• • Elaboration examining artworks and trialling “layer + layer + layer” as a way of building surfaces, colour, texture and interest; for example, experimenting to create a layered world with pastels, then watercolour, ink and wax, and once the experiment is completed, identifying how each material could be used in a future artwork
• • Elaboration exploring visual conventions using a wide range of materials; for example, creating lines using media such as pastels, chalk, paint, ripped paper, textiles and markers; or going on a “line hunt” to identify and photograph the different lines they see around their school environment using a digital camera, or creating rubbings