7ART - Visual Art

Aims of the Course: 

Te ao toi/The arts offer diverse forms for ākonga to generate and express ideas, exploring identity, culture, and personal perspectives. The Year 7 Visual Arts course focuses on introducing students to the fundamentals of Visual Art, the four processes explored include acrylic painting, reduction printmaking, sculpture, and photography.

Topics:

Painting – Painting: A Local Landscape
Plan your composition with underpainting techniques, mixing colours for form and effects. Exercise control over marks and application, building up layers for detail and texture.

Printmaking – Reduction Woodblock Print: Self Portrait Playing My Musical Instrument.
Design a reduction woodblock print of myself playing my musical instrument. Explore the printmaking of Picasso and E.M. Taylor. Cut with safety and control to make a range of marks, and print three prints.

Sculpture – Construction: Creating an Imaginary City
Design an imaginary city in the style of Peter Madden. Create a sculpture that is balanced with high, medium and low areas. Include densely patterned areas, curved, and straight-edged shapes. 

Photography – Photography Using a Camera Safely: Lego In The Landscape
Use a camera and images safely. Focus the camera for clear photos. Download images and put them in a folder. Name images using the formula. Consider the negative space, points of view and audience.

Other, eg. Field trips, Curriculum Enrichment

Possible visit to local Mountain Ōhinerau/Mt Hobson and/or Auckland City Art Gallery

Assessment:

Subject and Career Pathways:

This course leads into Year 8 Visual Art. Careers leading from Visual Art include, artist, product designer, teacher, architect, animator, illustrator, gallery manager, journalist, presenter, fashion designer.