| (a) |
Select various visual art forms (e.g., drawing, mixed media sculpture) to express ideas about youth and identity. |
| (b) |
Investigate how visual artists and popular media manipulate the elements of art (i.e., line, colour, texture, shape, form, and space) and principles of design (e.g., balance, rhythm, emphasis, variety, contrast, proportion/scale) to achieve intentions, and apply understanding to own work. |
| (c) |
Make keen observations of detail, and increase skills in representing unique features of individual people, animals, plants, and objects. |
| (d) |
Identify and create visual patterns. |
| (e) |
Examine ways of creating contrast (e.g., bold/subtle, rough/smooth, light/dark). |
| (f) |
Observe, interpret, and discuss the use of symbols to represent ideas. |
| (g) |
Use the Internet and other sources (e.g., local artists) to gain information about the use of symbolic imagery and apply to own work. |
| (h) |
Demonstrate how symbols and other images can be used to convey meaning (e.g., create a visual statement about personal and/or cultural identity). |
