The Arts Assessment Map - Sample at 3.25
Our Victorian landscape
This work sample was developed from a unit of work focusing on Australian landscapes. Students were shown representations of Australian landscape and engaged in discussions about the elements of landscape. Students researched the characteristics of a typical Victorian landscape. They created drawings and sketches of their ideas and made a final selection to transfer to a relief slab. Basic slab-making techniques were employed by students to make decorative tiles in clay that were hand painted after firing. Students reflected on finished artwork and identified their working process. The unit was completed over three 50-minute sessions that were not consecutive to accommodate the firing process that occurred off campus.
The elements of the Creating and making Level 4 standard addressed by the task are:
Students independently … experiment with and apply a range of skills, techniques and processes using a range of media, materials, equipment and technologies to plan, develop, refine, make and/or present arts works. They investigate a range of sources to generate ideas and manipulate arts elements, principals and conventions … as they explore the potential of ideas. In their arts works, they communicate ideas … incorporating influences from their own … (culture) …
The elements of the Exploring and responding Level 4 standard addressed by the task are:
... students discuss … arts works using appropriate arts language to describe the content … of their own … (work) …
Sample
This work sample, and the related Arts 3.25 progression point examples, illustrate the kinds of responses that students produce as they progress towards the Level 4 standard.
Part 1 − Student art work ‘Gum tree’
Creating and making – 3.25
- Demonstrates a range of technical applications including working with clay and paint applications, although refinement of the slab and paint techniques is inconsistent.
- Considers and uses arts elements including composition, colour and texture to communicate ideas.
Part 2
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Exploring and responding – 3.25
- Reviews and reports on technical applications through the use of appropriate art language.
- Discusses the use of line and shape to represent objects but has not made reference to the visual stimulus and the impact on art making.
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