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Year 9 Art Photography The Art Photography course provides students with opportunities to develop their art skills using cameras and related art tools and equipment to create and manipulate images. Students who wish to study any of the Year 10 Art courses should strongly consider selecting one or both of the Year 9 Visual Art or Arts Photography courses in preparation for Year 10, 11 and 12 Visual Arts courses. This course is an introduction to the ways that photography can be used to create artworks. Students will explore the basic skills of composition and gain an understanding of the some of the simpler manual processes and techniques used to create a photographic image. Projects will encourage students to use photographic materials and tools such as light sensitive papers and cameras in traditional and non-traditional ways to produce a variety of artworks. Where possible, projects may be extended to allow students to apply their photographic images to other suitable art forms such as prints, textiles and ceramics. This course will suit students who already have an interest in photography or would like to learn how they may use photography in their art works. Year 9 Visual Arts (2D) Visual Arts traditionally includes artforms such as printmaking, painting, drawing and sculpture. The focus will be on students producing mostly 2D artworks such as paintings, prints and drawings using traditional equipment and materials such as paint, ink, pastels and pencils. However, there will also be the opportunity to try modern materials to make art pieces. Students will have access to spray paints, paint pens and contemporary equipment to produce their drawings, paintings and prints in exciting and interesting ways. The course is an excellent opportunity to develop art skills and find areas of talent ahead of selecting art courses in Years 10 and beyond. Year 9 Visual Arts and Craft (3D) Students studying this elective will create mostly 3D artworks. ‘Crafts’ in Visual Arts usually refers to artworks made from materials such as clay, fabrics/textiles and fibres, wood and metals. Traditionally ‘Craft Arts’ has referred to artworks that are functional such as pottery, jewellery, printed fabrics and woven fabrics. Nowadays, other materials may also be used to construct 3D forms within the Arts and Crafts such as resin, plaster, Fimo and other modelling compounds. Students will be introduced to a range of skills and materials for making 3D and functional objects to take home.
