JHS1 Creative Arts And Design · Term 2 Week 1: Media and Techniques

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.2.1.1.4 - Apply the techniques in pattern making using available media to create visual artworks

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least five pattern making techniques (such as sponging, stippling, string pulling, crayon batik, and spattering) and describe the media used for each.
Demonstrate the correct use of at least two pattern making techniques to create repeating patterns on paper.
Create one original visual artwork that combines two or more pattern making techniques using available and low-cost media.
Display completed pattern artworks and use appropriate language to give supportive peer and self-evaluation, for example, “The use of stippling created an interesting texture.”
Reflect on the process of making patterns and suggest one improvement to their own technique for future work.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Creative Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Media and Techniques (2.1)
Content standard: B7.2.1.1 - Visual Arts: Demonstrate understanding of relevant Visual Arts media and techniques and their application to still-life drawing, shading, pattern making and modelling
Indicator: B7.2.1.1.4 - Apply the techniques in pattern making using available media to create visual artworks
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Creative Arts and Design, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 16
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Identify and describe the techniques and media for pattern making. Examples: dabbing, direct and relief printing Media: paints
2. Apply relevant pattern making techniques with available media to create own visual artworks. Example of pattern making technique: sponging, veining, blowing, spraying, spattering, stippling, string pulling, wax-resist/crayon batik, marbling, scribbling, rubbing-in, rubbing-out, etc.
3. Display patterns for appreciation and reflection and use appropriate language to give supportive and informative peer and self-evaluation. Example: The use of dabbing was effective in creating a pattern.