VCE Units 3 & 4 – Art Creative Practice
VCE Units 3 & 4 – Art Creative Practice
Overview
Art Creative Practice uses a Project based learning approach in the development of a body of work. Students present various stages of their Creative Practice to an audience for critique and reflect on feedback to further refine and resolve their ideas as a body of work. Students research historical and contemporary artists to inform their own personal exploration of materials, techniques and processes using the Creative Practice. They use interpretive lenses to analyse, compare and interpret the meanings and messages of artists that they study.
Unit 3 – Investigation, ideas, artworks and the Creative Practice
This unit focuses on using Project- based learning as a starting point to develop a body of work. Students research a historical or contemporary artwork and use this for inspiration in the development of their own personal response. They explore their own ideas through their use of the Creative Practice and document their research and development work. Students resolve their finished personal response as a final artwork which they will present in a critique.
Areas of Study
- Investigation and presentation – Develop personal ideas in response to an artwork and the practice of an artist and refine their skills and visual language in the resolution and presentation of a finished artwork
- Personal investigation using the Creative Practice – Continue to use the Creative Practice to develop a body of work, exploring personal ideas in artforms of their choice.
Unit 4 – Interpreting, resolving and presenting artworks and the Creative Practice
This unit focuses on the continuation of research and exploration to support the development of a Body of Work. Students continue to develop ideas they began in Unit 3 and present a critique of their use of the Creative Practice and then reflect on feedback to further refine and resolve a Body of Work. Students study the practices of historical and contemporary artists and analyse and interpret meanings and message of artworks that they study.
Areas of Study
- Documentation and critique of the Creative Practice – Document the use of the Creative Practice and present a critique to inform the refinement and resolution of a Body of Work.
- Resolution and presentation of a Body of Work – Use the Creative Practice to resolve and present a Body of Work
- Comparison of artists, their practice and their artworks – Compare the practices of historical and contemporary artists to interpret meanings and messages of artworks.
Forms of Assessment
Extended written response, critiques, visual responses to set tasks, documentation of Creative Practice through a visual diary, final artwork(s).
Prerequisites and Corequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course, however successful completion of Unit 1 and 2 of Art Creative Practice would be highly advantageous.