Year 8 Art
Overview
In Year 8 Art, you will spend the semester building skills in a variety of art mediums, exploring photography, mixed media and drawing. You will be asked to follow the art process by researching, planning and experimenting before complete final artworks.
You will also learn about historical and contemporary artists, discussing how art has evolved over time and how visual artists use visual language to express meaning in their work.
What do you do?
Throughout the semester, students will create:
- Portrait photographs
- Landscape photographs
- Mixed-media artwork
- Art elements drawing
- Various other activities
What skills do you develop?
Students will develop practical skills in:
- Composing and taking photographs
- Combining more than one media within an artwork
- Drawing with line, shape, tone, texture and form
- Using colour to convey meaning and express emotions
Students will develop their understanding of art, identifying and analysing the decisions made by artists (and themselves) when creating artworks. They will learn about the art elements and principles, using descriptive language to speak and write about art.
Requirements
Students will need access to a camera (device or scanner), computer (and/or tablet) and the internet.
Tasks will mostly be completed manually (on paper), but students may choose to work digitally.
Students will need access to some basic art supplies:
- Plain paper (not lined) or visual diary , A4 or A3.
- Grey lead pencil (HB, 2B), sharpener, eraser
- Scissors and gluestick
- Coloured pencils
- Optional:
- Textas/markers (black or coloured)
- Fine liners and pens
- Ruler
- Any other art supplies of your choice (eg. watercolour pencils, paint)
- Any other digital art software and hardware (eg. Stylus, procreate, digital drawing apps)
Go to the Visual Arts section of the VCAA website for more information about this subject.
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