Kingsgrove High School CAPA FacultyVisual Arts Yr 8 Course Program

Semester 1 Semester 2Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3

Unit Title UNDER THE SEA PERSPECTIVE AFRICAN ANIMALS

Description In this unit students will explore the sea as an environment and use this as a resource for close observations of objects and sculptures. Through these close observations students will understand the qualities of these objects translate these observations into a range of ceramic sculptures and media.

In this unit students will explore and study the techniques and traditions of the illusion of perspective. They will also investigate perspective as a means of understanding the formal and structural aspects of the landscape/cityscape subject.

In this unit students steer away from the traditions and conventions of portraiture and explore animal portraiture, investigating African artists. With this knowledge students will make drawings and lino prints that explore cultural elements as well as learning structural qualities used for lino printing.

Outcomes 4.1-4.6, 4.7, 4.10 4.1-4.10 4.1-4.10

Forms2D 3D 4D 2D, 3D 2D 2D

FramesSubjective, Structural Cultural, Postmodern

Subjective, Structural Structural, Cultural Structural, Cultural

Conceptual FrameworkArtist-Artwork

World-audienceArtworkWorld

ArtworkWorld

ArtworkArtistWorld

Practice Artmaking

Painting exploring Colour Theory, Close observational Drawings,Pinch Pot SculptureCoil Pot Ceramic

VAPDPerspective drawing exercises- Vanishing point- Cityscape- Bedroom interiorCityscape & landscape paintings

VAPDTonal drawingsSketch of African animalLino carvingLino printing – black and whiteLino Print colour experiments

Practice Critical and

Historical Studies

Fill out case studies for each key artist, Focus on the artists and artworks in terms of art practice, the conceptual framework and the frames.

Fill out case studies for each key artist, Focus on the artists and artworks in terms of art practice, the conceptual framework and the frames.

Fill out case studies for each key artist, Focus on the artists and artworks in terms of art practice, the conceptual framework and the frames.

Key Practitioners Merran Esson, Bronwyn Oliver, Cretan Sculpture

Stephen Lowry, Grace Cossington-Smith

Ng'ang'a Ndeveni, Geoffrey Mugwe, Lin Onus, Mai Long, Geoff Harvey, African Printmaking Images

ICT Research TaskWord Processing

Research TaskWord Processing

Research TaskWord ProcessingPhotoshop Digital Imaging

Assessment VAPDPaintingPinch Pot Coil PotArtist Case Study

VAPDPerspective PaintingsPerspective drawing bookletArtist Case Study

VAPDLino Print Research task on African animalArtist Case Study