AC9AVA8C02
Years 7 to 8
The Arts
AC9AVA8C02 | Years 7 to 8 Visual Arts: Visual Arts
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that represent ideas, perspectives and/or meaning
Strand
Creating and making
Substrand
Visual Arts
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Visual Arts. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration creating a series of Augmented Reality digital assets that represent distinct textures; for example, placing assets within a space to communicate concepts that explore blocking some areas and revealing others
- • Elaboration creating artworks and using their visual arts practice as a way of exploring their feelings and emotions, such as self-awareness, emotional awareness and personal wellbeing
- • Elaboration working independently and/or in groups to create artworks that tell stories or create awareness about issues that are significant and important to them/the group
- • Elaboration transforming an analog visual artwork into a series of digital versions using digital tools such as software, visual art processes and materials; evaluating and selecting the most successful transformation, and documenting the steps to create a procedural text using appropriate visual arts terminology
- • Elaboration considering sustainable design practices when generating ideas for designs in response to a brief; for example, exploring sustainable fabrics and recycled materials when creating wearable art
- • Elaboration applying their knowledge and understanding of visual arts processes, materials and techniques to create artworks; for example, demonstrating understanding of relief printing and the technical skills needed to create an edition of prints, or creating artworks using skills developed in exploring digital tools, such as photographic manipulation applications or digital drawing programs
- • Elaboration representing ideas in their artworks through considered use of visual conventions, such as using modulated and directional lines in a composition to create a sense of movement, or breaking a rhythmic pattern to create discord
Plan a lesson from this content description.
Start freeAchievement standard statements this supports
- They reflect on their visual arts practice.See it on the standard page →
- They select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that represent ideas, perspectives and/or meaning.See it on the standard page →
- They curate and present exhibits and/or displays of their own and/or others’ artworks and/or visual arts practice for audiences.See it on the standard page →