Visual Arts - Fine Art A

Length of Course

Semester A

Level

Year 10

Learning Area

The Arts

Core or Specialist

Specialist

Pre-requisites

Nil

Subject Description

In this course, students will develop their skills and techniques as a fine artist. They will begin by exploring art throughout history and develop an understanding of societal aesthetics.

Students will develop practical skills in a range of mediums, building their personal style. An investigation into the Australian contemporary arts world will result in portraiture practice, leading into an exhibition of student work.

Cost: $10 for access to art materials

Content
  • Students will build on their artistic technical skills as well as create original art works.
  • Students will have explored how artists are influenced by society and culture as well as how they create meaning through their work.
  • Students will also have continued to build on their visual art vocabulary as well as written word through analysis and synthesis. This will lead them into Stage 1 Visual Art with the appropriate knowledge and skills.
Assessment
  • An exploration of historical art in depth
  • The development of a folio of process focused art works
  • Research into the contemporary arts community
  • Development of one, or more portraits in a medium of choice
Pathways

Stage 1 Visual Arts

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Year 10 - Visual Arts - Fine Art A

Tenison Woods College respectfully acknowledges the Boandik people are the First Nations people of the Mount Gambier South Eastern region of South Australia and pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, past, present and emerging.