Stage 1 Visual Arts Term 4 2013

Overview
Subject Matter: This Visual Arts Program reflects the Science unit Picture It as well as the text type being taught in Term 4, procedures. Students will be exposed to artworks by Picasso and discuss the colours used and the feelings/moods they experience when viewing the art. The art will relate to The Blue Period (sad looking paintings using blue and green colours) and his Cubism range. Students will follow a procedure to create similar artworks. Unit Duration: Weeks 4 - 7

Foundation Statement
Students make artworks representing both real and imagined situations exploring a range of techniques and media. They discuss qualities of artworks such as subject matter and technique, recognising that artists create artworks for different audiences. Students sing, play and move to music, demonstrating an awareness of their own capability in using voice and other sound sources. They organise sounds into simple structures and begin representing creative ideas symbolically. Students listen to, and identify, simple features of music and make judgements about musical effectiveness and preference. Students explore and convey stories, events and feelings through roles and they work collaboratively to communicate and express feelings about the action of the drama. They experience and respond to a range of drama forms and elements by making, performing and appreciating drama.

Outcomes and Indicators

Making VAS1.1 Makes artworks in a particular way about experiences of real and imaginary things. Continues to explore characteristics of people around them (eg parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, friends, and others in their local area) and focuses more on details, such as facial features, body weight, height, colour of eyes and skin, hair colour; where people live, work, go to school and play, who they enjoy being with. Talks about significant features and relationships within their artworks, referring to such things as size, scale, proportion, colour. VAS1.2 Uses the forms to make artworks according to varying requirements. Experiments with the properties of different drawing and paint media and tools such as graphite (lead) and colour pencils, fibre tip pens, crayons, paint, brushes, rollers, scrapers, sticks and computer applications in drawing to create particular effects in an attempt to capture likenesses of things depicted Seeks to emphasise particular features suited to the purpose of artmaking through, for example, distortion, exaggeration, elongation, viewpoint, a focus on light and dark, colour, scale. Appreciating VAS1.3 Realises what artists do, who they are and what they make. Talks about and writes about the artworks made by particular artists and areas of interest that artists have, recognising that artists gain ideas in a variety of ways Talks about some of the symbols and techniques artists use in their making of art

Identifies particular qualities in artworks such as the way the subject matter is represented and the use of particular techniques and the effects these have in the artists work and on viewers.

VAS1.4 Begins to interpret the meaning of artworks, acknowledging the roles of artist and audience. Recognises that artists may account for their work in different ways to an audience Recognises that artists explore the world in particular ways in how they approach their art making and in the artworks they make.

Teaching and Learning Experiences

Week Weeks 4 and 5 Activity Self Portrait The Blue Period Show students pictures and/or a youtube clip from Picassos The Blue Period. Discuss how the students feel when viewing the art and what might be happening in the picture. Why do you think he made an artwork like this? Students will draw a portrait of themselves which reflects The Blue Period. Students will follow a procedure which will highlight the materials they need and the steps to follow. E.g. 1. Draw an oval shape for the head. 2. Put two ears on either side halfway down the head. 3. Draw two eyes in line with the top of the ears. Etc Students are encouraged to sketch and shade using a pencil. Once completed, students will use oil pastels (blue, green, black, white) to colour and shade and their portrait. Portrait Cubism Resources Examples of Picassos artwork from the blue period, paper, pencils, oil pastels and procedure. Evaluation

Weeks 6 and 7

Examples of Show students pictures and/or a youtube clip from Picassos cubism Picassos Cubism artworks. Again, discuss how students feel and question them about why Picasso artwork. Paper, created an artwork like this. crayons, oil Students follow a procedure to complete the artwork. However, in this procedure they have the pastels, paint. opportunity to create their portrait in the way they choose. That is, where they choose to drew the two eyes and how big they are. Oil pastels can be used again or crayons with a wash over the top. When both portraits are completed. Students can compare the two and discuss textures, angles, feelings, moods, stories etc that each picture evokes.