Year 9 Visual Art

Year 9 Visual Art explores portraiture through grid drawing and painting techniques. Students investigate the element of line by constructing drawing implements inspired by the bow and arrow. They create two-dimensional aerial landscape paintings in Aboriginal art before transforming them into three-dimensional sculptures. The course fosters creativity, technical skills, and cultural appreciation.

Subject Type: Elective

Length: One Semester

Contact Person: kelley.lewis@stcolumba.sa.edu.au

Further Reading:   https://v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/learning-areas/visual-arts/year-9?view=quick&detailed-content-descriptions=0&hide-ccp=0&hide-gc=0&side-by-side=1&strands-start-index=0&subjects-start-index=0

Topic Overview could include:

• Portraiture and painting techniques
• Line
• Aboriginal Art 
   

Assessment Overview

Making Art (70%)

• Portraiture: two different portraits
• Line: drawing tool and artwork
• Painting techniques -water-mixable oils, acrylics and watercolours
• Aboriginal art – 2D landscape painting & 3D sculpture
   

Responding to Art (30%)

• Portraiture: Art analysis
• Artist study – student choice