Welcome to DP Visual Arts!
The visual arts are an important part of everyday life . They encompass creativity, expression, communication, and culture. The visual arts span a range of traditional and emerging art forms and practices. They are a way to engage and respond to the world around you and challenge your own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries. In this course you will develop creative and analytical thinking skills while creating works in a range of media.
The Aims of the Course:
Enjoy lifelong engagement with the arts
Become informed, reflective and critical practitioners of the arts
Understand the dynamic and changing nature of the arts
Explore and value the diversity of the arts across time, place and cultures
Express ideas with confidence and competence
Develop perceptual and analytical skills
Make artwork that is influenced by personal and cultural contexts
Become informed and critical observers and makers of visual culture and media
Develop skills, techniques and processes in order to communicate concepts and ideas
External Assessment for both SL & HL:
Internal Assessment for both SL & HL:
Topics Covered in Grade 11:
The Aims of the Course:
Enjoy lifelong engagement with the arts
Become informed, reflective and critical practitioners of the arts
Understand the dynamic and changing nature of the arts
Explore and value the diversity of the arts across time, place and cultures
Express ideas with confidence and competence
Develop perceptual and analytical skills
Make artwork that is influenced by personal and cultural contexts
Become informed and critical observers and makers of visual culture and media
Develop skills, techniques and processes in order to communicate concepts and ideas
External Assessment for both SL & HL:
- The Comparative Study- 20%
- Process Pages- 40%
Internal Assessment for both SL & HL:
- The Exhibition- 40%
Topics Covered in Grade 11:
- Topic 1: A Sense of Place: Introduction to 2D materials and techniques
- Topic 2: A Sense of Place Extended: Reduction Relief Prints
- Topic 3: Reinterpretation of an Artwork: Lens Based Art
- Topic 4: Thematic Series: Sculpture techniques and materials