CP30.1
Purposefully select and manipulate media and image development strategies to express ideas demonstrating personal style and voice.
Indicators for this outcome
(a) Select and apply design, composition and image development strategies to enhance personal voice and style, considering, for example:
    Elements of Art
  • Colour
  • Form
  • Line
  • Shape
  • Space
  • Texture
  • Tone and Value
    Principles of Design
  • Balance
  • Contrast and Variety
  • Movement and Rhythm
  • Pattern
  • Harmony and Unity
  • Emphasis
  • Proportion and Scale
    Sample Image Development Strategies
  • abstract
  • animate
  • disguise*
  • distort
  • elaborate
  • exaggerate
  • fragment
  • hybridize
  • intertwine*
  • isolate*
  • juxtapose
  • layer
  • luminate*
  • magnify
  • metamorphose
  • miniaturize
  • multiply
  • point of view
  • recontextualize
  • reverse
  • rotate
  • simplify
  • serialize*
  • story
  • stylize
  • substitute*
  • superimpose*
  • use of text
* introduced at the 30 level.
(b) Independently develop visual ideas and/or thumbnail sketches for original works of art (e.g., work may be based on the work of another artist but is not a direct copy of that work).
(c) Evaluate/critique own ideas and select the best to transform into a visual art product.
(d) Identify technical strengths and areas that require further work and practise ways to improve (e.g., visual art journal).
(e) Explain (e.g., verbal, written artist statement, critique) how image development strategies were used, and how they and the media help to communicate meaning for self and viewer.
(f) Collaborate with peers to develop criteria for critique.
(g) Document own work (e.g., sketchbook, portfolio) to support ideas and skill development.
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Price : $22.26
Record posted/updated: June 2, 2021
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Price : $69.95 USD
Record posted/updated: June 2, 2021
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Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: February 18, 2022
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Price : $23.95
Record posted/updated: February 4, 2020
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : See publisher.
Record posted/updated: June 28, 2022
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Record posted/updated: August 12, 2020
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Price : $67.95
Record posted/updated: August 12, 2020
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Record posted/updated: July 19, 2021
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Record posted/updated: July 19, 2021
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Price : $22.26
Record posted/updated: June 2, 2021
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Price : See publisher.
Record posted/updated: June 28, 2022
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Price : See publisher.
Record posted/updated: June 28, 2022
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Price : See publisher.
Record posted/updated: June 28, 2022
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Price : See publisher.
Record posted/updated: June 28, 2022
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Price : See publisher.
Record posted/updated: June 28, 2022
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : See publisher.
Record posted/updated: June 28, 2022