AC9AVA4D01 Years 3 to 4 The Arts

Content descriptor experiment with a range of ways to use visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials

Elaborations

• • Elaboration exploring the ways that artists use composition by observing space and balance within an artwork; for example, using transparent material or digital tools layered over a diverse selection of artworks to outline the dominant forms and divisions of space, such as foreground and background, positive and negative space or areas of emphasis, and using this outline as the basis for the composition of a new artwork
• • Elaboration exploring materials based on visual conventions; for example, creating a tactile (texture) board from a collection of materials and objects, brainstorming adjectives to describe the textures and/or collecting samples of colours they connect with and inventing new names for those colours that are meaningful to them; then using Viewpoints to develop questions that explore the diversity of responses
• • Elaboration working within limits to explore and experiment with the properties of materials; for example, playing a game to find different ways of creating lines with a wide range of materials in a timed period, and then comparing their results; or finding different ways of using a limited set of materials, such as cardboard and chenille sticks, to create a sculpture
• • Elaboration learning to use visual arts language when describing and documenting their thinking and learning; for example, developing questions based on Viewpoints, and using arrows and short statements to annotate their visual experiments (“What media did I use?”, “What worked well?”, “What went wrong, and how could I explore other options next time?”) or creating a sound file of their learning and thinking to accompany their experimentations when they present “work-in-progress”
• • Elaboration manipulating and experimenting with combinations of various materials and technologies to create visual effects; for example, using crosshatching to create tone, or using design elements to focus the viewer’s attention on a composition and using Viewpoints to reflect on the effectiveness of their experimentation ("What was I trying to achieve?", "What did I learn from pushing the boundaries of the materials and processes?")