Visual Arts General
Visual Arts General
Course Code - GTVAR
General Pathway
Estimated Cost: $160.00
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Course Outline
The General Visual Arts course encourages students to engage in traditional, modern and contemporary art forms. Within the parameters of the task brief, students will have the opportunities to express their imagination, develop personal imagery, develop skills, and engage in the making and presentation of final artworks. Each semester students will work upon drawings, research and investigation of artists, art movements, designs and media testing. All research, drawing and designs will be presented in a journal that will culminate in a resolved artwork. Resolved artworks may include paintings, ceramics, printmaking, or sculpture.
The course is divided into two units, each of one semester duration.
Unit 3 – Inspirations
The focus for Unit 3 is Inspirations. Students’ base art making and interpretation on their lives and personal experiences, observations of the immediate environment, events and/or special occasions.
Unit 4 – Investigations
The focus for Unit 4 is Investigations. Students explore ways to generate and develop ideas using a variety of stimulus materials and explorations from their environment in their art making and interpretation.
In each unit the course is divided into two areas:
• Art making – Production
• Art interpretation – Written
Minimum Entrance Requirements
None, though Year 11 Visual Arts units are desirable
Further Study
TAFE courses in Visual Arts and Design