JHS2 Creative Arts And Design · Term 1 Week 12: Media and Techniques

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.2.1.1.3 - Apply techniques of drawing direct observation/memory and imagination to make own visual artworks

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and name at least three techniques used in drawing from direct observation, memory, and imagination (e.g., contour drawing, gesture drawing, tonal shading, line variation, and proportion).
Apply at least two different drawing techniques to create original artworks from direct observation of a real object in the classroom.
Create one artwork from memory and one from imagination, using suitable techniques for each source.
Use art-specific vocabulary (tone, line, pattern, form, shape) to describe their own work and the work of peers during display and review.
Evaluate their own and peers’ artworks using simple peer- and self-assessment criteria, and reflect on what they would improve.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Creative Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Media and Techniques (2.1)
Content standard: B8.2.1.1 - Visual Arts: Demonstrate understanding of Visual Arts media and techniques and their application in drawing from direct observation/ memory and imagination, print making and weaving
Indicator: B8.2.1.1.3 - Apply techniques of drawing direct observation/memory and imagination to make own visual artworks
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 12 (Week 12 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. 46
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Identify and use the techniques in drawing direct observation/memory and imagination to create own artworks.
2. Use various techniques in drawing direct observation/memory and imagination to create own artworks.
3. Display artworks for appreciation and reflection and use peer- and self-evaluation to review works. Examples of art specific language vocabulary: tone, line, pattern, form, shape.