Year 9 and 10Visual Arts

Who is this course for?

This course is for students:

Who have a passion and enjoyment for Visual Arts

Who are highly able art students

Who want to expand their appreciation of the role of Visual Arts in our society

Where will this course lead you?

This course is designed to develop your: Creativity Autonomy Skills, knowledge & understanding of Art Appreciation of Visual Arts Initiative in undertaking academic work Ability to work independently and

collaboratively

Leads to Year 11 & 12 Visual Arts

Body of Work

HSC Body of Work

HSC Body of Work

HSC Body of Work

Visual Arts HSC Results 2014 (19 Knox candidates; 9106 in NSW)  Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 84% 16% - - -

NSW 11% 38% 37% 12% 2% 0.%

HSC Results: 2014

• Sixteen (16) students achieved Band 6• Fourteen (3) students achieved Band 5•Four (4) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• Two (2) student was selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Year 9 Visual Arts aims to:

• Enrich your understanding of the Visual Arts • Develop your art making skills and creativity

through different materials, techniques and processes

• Challenge your approach to academic work • Extend your viewpoint about how artworks are

made, valued & interpreted • Excite your imagination

What career opportunities are there?

Advertising Graphics &

Design Film & Media Architecture Visual Arts Art Education

Practical Lessons

6 out of the 8 lessons will be

practical

Photography, Video & Digital Media

Year 9 & 10

Darkroom Photography: Black & White

Digital Photography – Moving Light

Digital Photography, Projection, & Assemblage

Digital Photography & Video – Gopro Underwater Unit

Digital Media

Digital Graphics

Painting & Mixed MediaYear 9 & 10

Spray Painting

Laser CutStencils

& Spray

Painting

Ink & wire contours

Painting

Painting

Watercolour Painting

Drawing & Mixed MediaYear 9 & 10

Charcoal Drawing - Architecture

Drawing and Mixed Media

Drawing

Portrait Drawing

Drawing&

Architecture

Pastel Drawing – Cityscape Unit

Year 10 Thread Drawings

Felt Tip Pen & Collage

Sculpture & InstallationYear 9 & 10

Sculpture & Installation

Sculptural Installation:Wire Armature & Paper Pulp

Sculpture and Digital PSculpture: Hebel Stone

Cast Resin Sculpture

Sculpture:Found Object

3-D Paper Sculpture

Photography & Sculpture

Found Object SculptureWax & Plaster Casts

Sculpture, Laser Cutter & Architecture

Boxed Assemblage

PrintmakingYear 9 & 10

Printmaking - Portraits

Printmaking and Stencils

Printmaking

Cityscape Unit

Theory Lessons

2 out of the 8 lessons will be

theory

Traditional Art History

Hieronymus Bosch Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Modern Art History

Salvadore Dali, Balla: Dog on a Leash, oil on canvas, 1912.

Post Modern Art History

Gormley