VELS Arts

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VELS Arts

• TJ 641 Week 2

Richard Long. (Date unknown). India circle Walk.
British artist Available at http//cti.itc.virgin
ia.edu/arch200/Images/LandResource/10.htm
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VELS domains/standards
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Creating and making Exploring
processobserving, planning, doing, thinking,
refining
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Process in the classroom

• Preliminary/developmental activities, a way of
  working toward a product observing, imagining,
  planning, designing, sketches, studies, building
  of characters, development of a musical score,
  choreographing dance storyboarding for a film
• A valid activity in its own right process
  drama, improvised music/dance, ephemeral or
  temporary artworks, unedited film
• As a resource, documenting or explaining details
  of an activity, often using photos, audio/visual
• A means of documenting the development of student
  ideas captured in journals, portfolios,
  folios, media

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Hand observation

• Observe lines, scars, colour, shape, size, form
• Imagine drawing your hand with your eyes.
• Where would you start?
• Observe Spread your fingers slightly.
  Gaps/space between, around hand/object known in
  drawing as negative space, object/hand is
  positive space
• Imagine draw your hand slowly with your eyes,
  noticing details. If you were to draw your hand
  what would you leave in and out?
• In own time trace hand in journal identify
  positive, negative spaces. Look at lines on hand
  - describe them.
• Identify start/finish of major lines. Draw some.
  Vary thickness, continuity, tone, pressure,
  direction as appropriate.

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Exploring and responding productEncountering
and engaging with own and others works and ideas
about art/sacross time and culture
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Creative Stimulus range of starting points -
ideas, memories, experiences, senses, imaginings,
symbols, metaphors, encounters with artworks (own
works and others) across time and culture
Exploring materials, developing techniques, ideas
Responding to arts works (own works and others)
across time and cultureEmotionally,
thoughtfully, physically and materiallyDeveloping
confidence in using art language, principles,
conventions to respond to art works
Planning sketching, re/designing, using
journals, visual diaries, storyboards, photos
etcDocumenting exploring/developing
Making Exploring combining range of
materials/media,performances developing
techniques
Exploring thinking about own and others work,
and work processes what works, what
doesntAsking questions, developing and refining
ideasConsidering purposes and audiences for art
making across time and culture. Thinking about
how emotions, aesthetic values, exposure to
media, socio/cultural factors
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Standards/levelsLevel 1 3 Years P end yr 4)
Laying foundationsLevels 4 5 (Years 5 end yr
8) Building breadth and depthLevel 6 (years 9
end yr 10)
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Inter/Disciplinary

• Combining domains Art, Music, Dance, Media, Drama
• Combining disciplines
• Art/Humanities, Geography, History, Economics
• Art/Maths Art/Science
• Art/English
• Art/Lote

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Inter/Disciplinary

• Art and.
• Health and PE, Outdoor Ed, Human movement
• Interpersonal and Personal Learning
• Civics and Citizenship
• Communication
• Design, Creativity and Technology
• ICT
• Thinking imagining, reflecting, making
  connections, remembering, categorising