Grade 9 -Visual Elements and Principles of Art and Design (Creating/Communicating)

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Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Recommended Learning Resources

PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES

It is expected that students will create personally meaningful 2-D and 3-D images demonstrating an understanding of the visual elements and principles of art and Design, and use that understanding as a means of communication.

The visual elements are: line, colour, form, space, shape, texture, value, and tone.

The principles include: pattern/repetition/rhythm, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, and unity/harmony.

It is expected that students will:

create images that:
- deliberately employ physical and expressive qualities of the visual elements and principles of art and design to create an effect or mood
- use a selected element of art to convey an idea or concept
- combine and emphasize particular visual elements and principles of art and design
create variations of an image through manipulations of particular elements or principles of art and design

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

Ask students to choose particular elements or principles of art and design that they feel express their personalities or that they particularly identify with (e.g., a type of line, a colour scheme, a pattern). Ask them to create self-portraits that use those elements or principles.
Have students in small groups agree on a message they wish to communicate (framed as a simple declarative sentence). Each group then plans and creates a video montage that uses a particular rhythmic or movement quality to convey or support the message of the video.
Have students choose an image to manipulate through a series of journal drawings that focus on applying the elements and principles of design. Each week, a different student could choose a combination of elements and principles that all students will use in creating a journal drawing of their chosen image (e.g., emphasis, contrast, a particular tone).
Apply a variety of hand-building techniques to create a group of ceramic objects that relate to one another in terms of texture, pattern, and volume. Apply surface decoration, considering harmony, unity, and contrast.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

Students work deliberately with the elements and principles of art and design, trying variations and combinations of techniques to achieve a particular purpose. Effective assessment depends on challenging and purposeful assignments in which students have opportunities to demonstrate the skills and understanding they are developing.

Before beginning an assignment, review appropriate criteria for developing meaningful images. Have students work individually or with partners to design a feedback sheet. For example, they might invite response to:
- overall effect
- mood
- choices they have made in terms of colour, tone, pattern
- execution of specific techniques
Have the students create self-portraits according to specifications that focus on visual elements and principles. For example, students might be required to include:
- one principle and support it with the elements to create their images
- colour, tone, or pattern to support their images
- representations portraying themselves in a head-and-shoulders view
In their journals or working collections, ask students to show evidence of:
- deliberate use of the elements and principles of art and design in image making
- 2-D images that can be realized as a sculpture
At all stages in the process of building a group of Clay objects, review, discuss, and record students' observations on their use of the elements and principles of design.

RECOMMENDED LEARNING RESOURCES

Print Material

Art and Design in Context
Art From Many Hands: Multicultural Art Projects
Art Images and Ideas
Arttalk (Second Edition)
Art First Nations: Tradition and Innovation
Claywork - Form and Idea in Ceramic Design (Third Edition)
Down Town
Drawing Figures
Exploring Art
How to Plan Your Drawings
An Introduction to Acrylics
An Introduction to Drawing
An Introduction to Pastels
Photographing the World Around You
Portraits
The Step-by-Step Guide to Photography
Understanding Art
The Visual Experience A World of Images
The Young Artists Series

Video

Color with Stephen Quiller
Henry Moore: The Sculptor
The Iconoclast
Learning to Paint with Carolyn Berry
Life's Imprint: Lithographs by Jack Shadbolt
Seurat: The Realm of Light

Multimedia

The Art Pack
Themes and Foundations of Art

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Maintained by: Fine Arts Coordinator - Visual Arts

Revised: March 13, 1996

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