Blessings Banda
Grade 9 Visual Arts
Photography | Illustration | Satirical Art |
"My Way To SHOUT"
Photography | Composition| Mood | Social Issues
Unit Created By Jonathan McClenahan
Contributors Blessings Banda
Statement of Inquiry: Personal and social identity can be ethically critiqued and then communicated through a photographic narrative.
This unit explores the concepts of personal and social identity and how they can be communicated through photography. Students will examine how photographers use visual elements to convey messages about identity and will be encouraged to create their own photographic narratives that reflect their understanding of personal and social identities. Ethical considerations will be emphasized throughout, guiding students in making responsible choices in representing themselves and others.
Skills: Technical photography skills, Intro to composition, Narratives editing
Unit Design Jonathan McClenahan
Contributors Blessings Banda
"The Brush is Mightier than the pen"
Illustration | Storytelling| Water Colour
In this unit, students explore the relationship between illustration and storytelling. They investigate how illustrators use visual elements, artistic styles, materials and techniques to shape the way audiences interpret and experience a narrative. Students develop their practical skills by recreating familiar stories in the style of an established illustrator. They then apply their learning to create an original illustration inspired by a selected passage from a novel.
Skills/Content
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Illustration and Storytelling: Investigating the purpose and function of illustration and how images can enhance or transform a written narrative.
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Visual Analysis: Exploring how illustrators use line, colour, shape, texture, composition and characterisation to communicate mood, meaning and atmosphere.
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Illustrator Styles: Investigating the distinctive visual style, materials and techniques of an established illustrator.
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Media and Techniques: Developing skills in watercolour techniques, including flat washes, gradation, wax resist, pen and ink wash, and masking fluid.
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Emulation and Experimentation: Applying the visual qualities and techniques of an established illustrator to reinterpret a familiar story.
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Visual Interpretation: Selecting and interpreting a passage from a novel to develop an original illustration that supports or transforms the audience’s experience of the text.
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Artistic Process and Production: Developing ideas through experimentation, composition planning and refinement, with attention to craftsmanship and presentation.
Urban Perspective
Linear Perspective | Water colour
Statement of Inquiry: Space and scale can be represented aesthetically through composition.
In this unit, Visual Art students inquire into how space and scale can be represented aesthetically through purposeful composition. Students create informative posters familiarizing themselves with linear perspective vocabulary and conventions. Students use their newly acquired knowledge to develop detailed imaginative cityscapes consisting of both organic and geometric buildings, nature various forms of transportation in 1, 2 and 3 point perspective. During the unit, students also learn how to manipulate Watercolour paint and pen to create the illusion of depth and detail in their final Linear Perspective paintings.
Skills: 1.2 and 3 point Linear perspective
Media: Pencil, watercolor and pen
Knowledge Elements: Space, Shape, Line
Unit Design Jonathan McClenahan
Contributors Blessings Banda
