Creative Sustainability - Illustrating an Issue

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 & 8 Visual Arts:

• Practise techniques and processes to enhance representation of ideas in their art-making (ACAVAM121)
• Develop planning skills for art-making by exploring techniques and processes used by different artists (ACAVAM120)

Syllabus outcomes: VAS4.5, VAS4.5

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

Relevant parts of Year 7 & 8 Visual Arts achievement standards: Students identify and analyse how other artists use visual conventions and viewpoints to communicate ideas and apply this knowledge in their art making. They plan their art making in response to exploration of techniques and processes used in their own and others’ artworks. Students demonstrate use of visual conventions, techniques and processes to communicate meaning in their artworks.

Unit of work: Creative Sustainability – Year 7 & 8 – Visual Arts.

Time required: 60+ mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate discussion and analysis of artworks.

• Student Worksheets – one copy per student, device capable of presenting a video to the class
• A4 paper, artists tools including watercolour pencils, erasers, sharpeners, fine liners, brushes, water
• Watercolour Techniques Handout (printed, one per student)
• Optional: Art Elements and Principles Factsheet

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Creativity
• Empathy
• Ethical Understanding
• Global Citizenship

Faber-Castell has long understood the importance of creativity to all people, especially to young people. It is also continuously searching for environmentally friendly processes and high-quality materials to enhance children’s creative experience throughout every development phase. For more information about Faber-Castell, click here.