Art: Year 9

Length of Course: Three periods a week all year.

Students participate in a range of art-making activities, including painting, printmaking, design, and sculpture. Drawing is integrated into each project as a means of researching, planning, and visualising ideas.

A strong focus is given to building skills and confidence with different art-making techniques, and to understanding, exploring, developing and resolving ideas through practical activities. Students’ art-making is informed by the study of the contexts in which artworks are made, and students learn how artists communicate ideas, and how artworks are interpreted.

In each Unit, students follow the methods and ideas of an inclusive and culturally diverse range of artist models and engage with the Visual Art Curriculum in a fun and challenging way. Key Competencies are learned and developed through art-making activities.