Assessment activity proforma for Assessment Resource Centre (ARC)
Course: Visual Arts
Stage: 6
Year: 11
Activity name:
Portraiture –Painting
Context:
The students have been exploring proportion, stylization and surface texture in drawing and
painting with an emphasis on material practice.
Outcomes
P1 explores the conventions of practice in artmaking
P3 identifies the frames as the basis of understanding expressive representation through the
making of art
P4 investigates subject matter and forms as representations in artmaking
P6 explores a range of material techniques in ways that support artistic intentions.
Description of activity:
Students will:
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through the structural frame explore compositional devices such as proportion, pose
and placement as basis for developing an artmaking practice in drawing and painting
generate a portrait of a person of significance to them to develop as subject matter for
painting with an accompanying artist’s statement
develop a practice in painting focused on the use of stylization and textural surfaces
informed by an understanding of the painting practice of Ben Quilty.
Area/s of learning:
 Artmaking
 Structural frame
 Critical Study and Historical Study
Criteria for assessing learning:
Students will be assessed on their ability to:
 through the structural frame develop a material practice in painting demonstrating the
use of stylization, textural paint surfaces and knowledge of proportion
 work towards resolution and refinement of a body of work
 use the VAPD to document and evaluate their artmaking practice
 develop an artist’s statement that offers an explanation of their material practice