Visual Arts Guide

Express Ideas, Emotion, & Experiences through Art Visual Arts Foundations Course

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS: Apply visual strategies and concepts to design and produce artwork that communicates personal or group ideas, emotion, and experiences. Reflect, analyze and explain how humans view, respond to, and interact with artwork as a form of expression.

Learning Intention and Success Criteria Example:

Learning Intention: ●​ I am learning to analyze a variety of images from different sources to examine how artists use works of art to communicate information, ideas, or emotions. ●​ I am learning to determine information, ideas, or emotions to convey through a work of art. ●​ I am learning to apply visual organizational strategies to create a work of art or design. ●​ I am learning to demonstrate growth in skill development with a variety of materials, methods, and approaches. Success Criteria: I will know I am successful when, ●​ I can identify artistic strategies, concepts, and techniques artists use to create expressive artwork. ●​ I can communicate – either verbally, in writing, or through art – an idea, thought, emotion, and/or experience I desire to express as an artist. ●​ I can use a journal for idea generation, sketching and/or reflecting. ●​ I can work individually or as a group to generate a wide range of ideas as a basis for artistic work. ●​ I can create and share artwork that expresses my individual artistic ideas. 1. ​ Learn ways in which artists utilize the elements of art and principles of design along with various techniques, mediums, and styles to express their ideas, thoughts, emotions, or experiences. 2. ​ View examples of diverse works of art that depict a range of ideas, emotions, and experiences. 3. ​ Discuss ideas and impressions of how the viewed works of art convey meaning through visual elements like color, line, texture, and composition. 4. ​ Brainstorm, select, and communicate an idea, thought, emotion, and/or experience you desire to express as an artist. 5. ​ Identify and select preferred artistic techniques and mediums to create artwork that expresses your desired ideas. 6. ​ Create and refine artwork that expresses your desired ideas. 7. ​ Showcase and share your unique, expressive artwork with an audience. Learning Progression Example:

Additional Activities

●​ Set clear performance expectations and have students demonstrate techniques to prioritize safety, care, and craftsmanship. ●​ Encourage creative exploration by guiding students to experiment with materials and techniques , helping them move beyond simple step-by-step instructions towards creating meaningful art. ●​ Analyze relevant artworks with students to explore how artist choices like style and media convey ideas, while prompting them to reflect on the impact of their own artistic decisions.