Unit 1: INTERPRETING ARTWORKS AND EXPLORING THE CREATIVE PRACTICE

In Unit 1 Art-Creative Practice students will apply inquiry and experiential learning and focus on the exploration of materials and techniques, methods, and processes in a visual diary. Students will familiarise with the art elements and art principles in their art making and develop skills to create aesthetic qualities. Students document their use of the Creative Practice, including annotated personal visual responses to a selection of set tasks in at least 3 artforms.

As part of their inquiry, students will research artists and their practice, reflect upon, and respond to artworks and artistic practice using visual thinking strategies. The personal and structural lenses will be applied to describe, analyse, and interpret ideas in artworks.

Unit 2: INTERPRETING ARTWORKS AND DEVELOPING THE CREATIVE PRACTICE

In Unit 2 students should be able to use the Cultural Lens, and the other Interpretive Lenses as appropriate, to analyse and compare the practices of artists and artworks from different cultures and times.

They use the Creative Practice to explore social and cultural ideas or issues to make and present at least one finished artwork using collaborative approaches.

Students should be able to critically reflect on, evaluate and document their use of the Creative Practice to develop and make collaborative visual responses.

Unit 3: INVESTIGATION, IDEAS, ARTWORKS AND THE CREATIVE PRACTICE

In Unit 3 Art-Creative Practice students apply inquiry and project-based learning to explore, experiment and investigate as a starting point for a body of work. They select and apply the Interpretive Lenses to their exploratory and developmental work.

Students understand and use the Creative Practice, evident in a visual diary, and generate ideas based on personal interest to develop and refine artistic practice and artworks. The production a a finished artwork contributes to the Body of Work in Unit 3.

Unit 4: INTERPRETING, RESOLVING AND PRESENTING ARWORKS AND THE CREATIVE PRACTICE

In Unit 4 Art-Creative Practice students apply inquiry and project-based learning to refine and resolve a Body of Work. They develop, refine, and resolve ideas presented in Unit 3 and present a Body of Work.

Students will present a critique and document and evaluate the use of the Creative Practice in a visual diary. The Interpretive Lenses will be applied to research and investigate the practices of historical and contemporary artists that will inform the students’ art practice.

Students will also compare the practices of historical and contemporary artists and use the Interpretive Lenses in response when analysing and interpreting historical and contemporary artworks.