Visual Arts General
Visual Arts General
Course Code - GEVAR
Estimated Cost: $165.00
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Course Outline
This course encourages students to engage in traditional, modern and contemporary art forms with a practical focus. Students will have opportunities to develop skills and engage in the making of a visual diary and final artwork/s. Students will produce ideas for their work based upon drawings, research and investigation of artists and art movements. All work produced in the course will be presented in a visual diary for assessment.
The course comprises of two units:
Unit 1 – Experiences
Students connect art making and interpretation on their personal experiences, observations of the immediate environment, events and/or special occasions. Mediums studied may include painting and drawing.
Unit 2 – Explorations
Students explore ways to generate and develop ideas using a variety of stimulus materials and explorations from their local environment in their art making and interpretation. Mediums studied may include drawing, printmaking, and ceramics.
In each unit the course content is divided into two content areas:
- Art Making—Production; visual diary and artworks
- Art Interpretation – Written, investigations and analysis of artworks
Minimum Entrance Requirements
None, though Year 10 Visual Arts Units are desirable.
Further Study
Year 12 Visual Arts General
Course Code GTVAR
TAFE courses in Visual Arts and Design