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Visual Arts, compulsory

Grades 5-6

Aims/objectives Content

Students will:

 get to know the primary materials, techniques, tools and ways ofexpression used to create art and visual communication

learn to use concepts asic to art in discussions aout images orworks of art

 learn to en!oy expressing their own thoughts, oservations, ideas andfeelings in a visual form and come to understand art"s ways of treatingvarious phenomena of life

 ecomes familiar with art in #inland"s $golden age% and some importantart styles&periods in western culture

 come to understand the distinctive nature of the artistic process whilerecording the course of their work

Visual expression and thinking

'tudents are encouraged to develop knowledge and understanding ofvisual thinking through the creative cycle( 'tudents are guided toconsider the following elements in their personal creative processes)elements of layout *line, colour, shape+

 changing elements of imagery *line, surface, texture, light, shadow,space+ colour *primary colours, warm&cold colours, mixing& fading colours+styles and symols in imagery

Use of techniques

 rawing

- using a variety of tools for drawing e(g( the different hardness"s

of lead pencils, charcoal, coloured pencils, graphite pencils,

felts, wax crayons .ainting

- use of a variety of painting techniques e(g( water colours,

gouache, felts, opaque paints, water solule crayons, mixedtechniques and collage

- use of variety of painting surfaces and papers

 .rinting

- use of a variety of printing techniques

- studying the terminology of printing tools and techniques

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 make good use of cultural services and electronic communicationsources for their work, information acquisition and experiences

 get to know techniques of visual communication and its impact andlearn to use key tools of visual communication to express one"s ownthoughts in the media

 study and evaluate art, visual communication and the environmentfrom the aesthetic and ethical perspective

 work independently and as a community memer in art pro!ects

 understand the importance of communication through imagery and

learn to communicate through it/

experience and develop curiosity, interest and en!oyment of one"s owncreativity and that of others/

- recogni0ing prints from other images1 modelling and ceramics

- asic techniques of working with clay

-

different materials and techniques of 1 modelling e(g( clay,wood, stone, metal, recycling materials, natural materials,plaster, wire and snow

- traditions of sculpturing

2ther

- art in the local environment

- environmental art y oserving the natural environment first

- movement, sound and light as parts of the artwork

- digital imagery

Artistic knowledge and cultural expertise

 ecoming familiar with the work and life of a local artist studying and discussing the history of visual arts in #inland and indifferent cultures around the worldstudying contemporary visual arts gloally

 studying a variety of techniques in the history of visual arts learning aout art history, art in different cultures and contemporary arty doing understanding and appreciating different forms of visual artsappreciating one"s own art work e(g( giving the final touches to own

artwork, framing, storing and uilding a display

Knowledge and understanding of environmental aestheticsarchitecture and design

 comparing the man made and natural environment and knowing thedifference etween them

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 learn to reflect on, appreciate and evaluate one"s own visualexpression and working approaches and that of others/

 understand art as a reflection of place, people, time and culture anddevelop a receptiveness to it/

/ adapted or copied from 34. Arts 'eptemer 7 Aims and 2!ectives page 86

 

studying architecture in #inland and in different cultures around theworld( recognising some of #inland"s important uildings uilding models of the surrounding and other environments

studying imagery and designs in the immediate surroundings e(g( theclassroom, schoolyard, own home and neighourhood analysing hand made and industrial made products and theirsustainaility7 planning one"s own product ecoming familiar with o!ects at home and school e(g( the relationshipetween a place and a design studying design cultures around the world designing sustainale products and o!ects- the lifespan of an o!ect, recycling materials and the effects of one"sown choices

Knowledge and understanding of media and visual communication

9earning to recogni0e and study the use of asic techniques in thefollowing) .hotography

- photos in the media and as art

- technology and photographs

- advertisements, pictures on the news or in documentaries,

portraits, the photograph as art

- lack and white, colour, digital, slides

-

developing own photos if possile- different types of cameras

- the photocopy machine as an aid to producing and manipulatingcopies

 :inema and video art and television

- the asics of the movie as a narrative

- analysis of a movie

- filming

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- animation

- angles, framing, editing

 ;he television as a tool of communication

- analysis of a ;V program and one"s own haits of watching Graphic design

- comining text and images

- different rand names

 :omics and :artoons

- styles of comics

- expressing ideas through cartoons

Visual Arts

Grade <

Aims/objectives Content

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'tudents deepen and roaden their understanding and skills fromprevious years*refer to grades 5 = 6 curriculum

Students will:

 get to know the primary materials, techniques, tools and ways ofexpression used to create art and visual communication

learn to en!oy expressing their own thoughts, oservations, ideasand feelings in a visual form and come to understand art"s ways oftreating various phenomena of life

 come to understand the distinctive nature of the artistic processwhile recording the course of their work

 make good use of cultural services and electronic communicationsources for their work, information acquisition and experiences

 get to know techniques of visual communication and its impactand learn to use key tools of visual communication to expressone"s own thoughts in the media

 study and evaluate art, visual communication and the environmentfrom the aesthetic and ethical perspective

Visual expression and thinking

'tudents are encouraged to develop knowledge and understanding of visual

thinking through the creative cycle( 'tudents are guided to consider thefollowing elements in their personal creative processes(elements of layout *line, colour, shape +

 changing elements of imagery *line, surface, texture, light, shadow, space+ colour *primary colours, warm&cold colours, mixing& fading colours+styles and symols in imagery

Use of techniques

 rawing

- using a variety of tools for drawing e(g( the different harnesses of lead

pencils, charcoal, coloured pencils, graphite pencils, felts, wax crayons

- still life sketching

 .ainting

- use of a variety of painting techniques e(g( water colours, gouache,

felts, opaque paints, water solule crayons, mixed techniques andcollage

- choosing and using a variety of painting surfaces and papers .rinting

- use of a variety of printing techniques

- studying the terminology of printing tools and techniques

- recogni0ing prints from other images

1 modelling and ceramics- asic techniques of working with clay

- different materials and techniques of 1 modelling e(g( clay, wood,stone, metal, recycling materials, natural materials, plaster, wire andsnow

- traditions of sculpturing

2ther

- art in the environment& environmental art

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 work independently and as a community memer in art pro!ects

 understand the importance of communication through imageryand learn to communicate through it/

experience and develop curiosity, interest and en!oyment of one"sown creativity and that of others/

 learn to reflect on, appreciate and evaluate one"s own visualexpression and working approaches and that of others/

 understand art as a reflection of place, people, time and cultureand develop a receptiveness to it/

/ adapted or copied from 34. Arts 'eptemer 7 Aims and 2!ectives page 86

- installation *site-specificart

- digital imagery

- light& sound& movement in visual arts

Artistic knowledge and cultural expertise

 studying the history of visual arts in different cultures around the worldstudying contemporary visual arts gloally

 studying a variety of techniques in the history of visual arts understanding different forms of visual artsappreciating one"s own art work

 investigating and writing art critique

Knowledge and understanding of environmental aesthetics architectureand design

 comparing the man made and natural environment and knowing the differenceetween them studying architecture in #inland and in different cultures around the world( recognising some of #inland"s important uildings practising technical drawing and uilding of models of the surrounding andother environmentsstudying imagery and designs in the immediate surroundings e(g( the

classroom, schoolyard, own home and neighourhood analysing hand made and industrial made products and their sustainaility7planning one"s own product

 ecoming familiar with o!ects at home and school e(g( the relationshipetween a place and a design studying design cultures around the world as a reflection of time and culture recogni0ing the work of famous designersinvestigating the processes of industrial designing and making of products

 designing sustainale products and o!ects

- the lifespan of an o!ect, recycling materials and the effects of one"s

own choices

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Knowledge and understanding of media and visual communication

>esearching, analysing and studying the use of asic techniques in the

following) .hotography

- photos in the media and as art

- technology and photographs

- advertisements, pictures on the news or in documentaries, portraits,

the photograph as art

- lack and white, colour, digital, slides

- developing own photos if possile

- different types of cameras

- the photocopy machine as an aid to producing and manipulating copies

 :inema and video art and television

-

the asics of the movie as a narrative

- analysis of a movie

- filming

- animation

- angles, framing, editing

 ;he television as a tool of communication- analysis of a ;V program and one"s own haits of watching Graphic design

- comining text and images

- different rand names

 :omics and :artoons

-styles of comics

- expressing ideas through cartoons