VIsual Literacy Grade 9 2024

ART: NOVEMBER REVISION GRADE 9 CREATIVE ARTS

1. DEMARCATION

  • Visual Arts Focus:

    • Short and Paragraph questions.

    • Study key concepts: Visual Literacy, elements and principles of Art and Design.

    • Detailed analysis of Picasso’s Guernica:

      • Know the symbols and context.

    • Understand Protest and Resistance Art:

      • Provide 2 examples of each (4 marks per artwork).

2. MEDIUM AND MODE OF WORKING

  • Types of Mediums:

    • Oil Paint

    • Watercolour

    • Acrylic Paint

    • Oil Pastels

    • Graphite

    • Charcoal

    • Chalk Pastels

    • Ink

    • Mixed Media

    • Found Objects

  • Art Forms:

    • Drawing

    • Painting

    • Sculpture

    • Assemblage

    • Installation

    • Video Art

    • Performance Art

    • Happening

    • Land Art

3. STYLE

  • Definition of Style:

    • Distinctive use of medium.

  • Types of Styles:

    • Naturalistic

    • Realistic

    • Perceptual

    • Figurative

    • Expressive

    • Emotive

    • Abstract

    • Non-Figurative

    • Distorted

    • Stylized

    • Simplified

4. ELEMENTS OF ART

  • Key Elements:

    • Colour

    • Tone

    • Line

    • Shape

    • Form

    • Texture

    • Space

    • Scale/Proportion

5. COLOUR

  • Types of Colours:

    • Primary: Yellow, Blue, Red

    • Secondary: Green, Orange, Purple

    • Tertiary: Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, Blue-Green, etc.

  • Colour Schemes:

    • Complementary Colours

    • Analogous Colours

    • Monochromatic, Bichromatic, and polychromatic

6. TONAL VALUE

  • Value Scale:

    • White, Mid-grey, Black

  • Understanding tonal differences in art.

7. LINE

  • Types of Lines:

    • Broken, Continuous

    • Perpendicular, Curvilinear

    • Static vs. High Energy

    • Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal

  • Function of Line:

    • Carries emotion; moves the viewer’s eye across the artwork.

8. SHAPE AND FORM

  • Definitions:

    • Shape (2D): Organic or Mechanical, Open or Closed

    • Form (3D): Structure and volume.

9. TEXTURE

  • Understanding Texture:

    • How to create and perceive texture in art.

10. SPACE & VOLUME

  • Creating Depth:

    • Explore ways to represent space and volume in artworks.

11. SCALE / PROPORTION

  • Scale and Proportion:

    • Importance in composing art and achieving visual balance.

12. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

  • Key Principles:

    • Unity/Harmony

    • Balance

      • Symmetric vs. Asymmetric

    • Rhythm/Movement

    • Contrast

    • Dominance

    • Emphasis

    • Direction

    • Pattern/Repetition

    • Depth and Perspective

13. ADDITIONAL CONTEXT

  • Cultural Commentary:

    • Discussion on gender representation in art:

      • Notable statistic: less than 3% of artists in modern art sections are female, while 83% of nudes are female.

  • Reflection on social issues in creative arts.