This 5-month course introduces students to creating an artist book. It has 16 lessons covering developing practical skills using media, processes, and techniques. Students will develop ideas through studying artists and identifying their use of mark making, composition, and presentation methods. They will communicate ideas in their personal works and understand how artists present their work. The goal is to build a foundation for visual communication strategies and practical skills to prepare students for further art studies.

1. Book Unit
Year 9
5 month course
this unit provides introductory
information to prepare
students for further studies in
art.

2. STRANDS Level ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
in Visual Arts 4 OBJECTIVES for lessons in the Unit
Class/Year:9 Curriculum in Visual Arts Curriculum
Unit Topic: PK Developing practical skills Developing use of media
Developing in the use of media, Developing use of techniques
Artist Book Practical processes and techniques  Developing use of processes
Knowledge in the and collating and Developing use of presentation
Visual Arts
presenting work.
DI Developing ideas through Developing use of personal image making
Developing Ideas artist studies and Developing ideas relating to mark making,
Number of in the Visual Arts identification of processes tone and composition, (techniques)
lessons:16 methods and techniques. Developing ideas relating to presentation of
work
Developing ideas relating to 2D and 3D
works
CI Communicating ideas Communicating ideas in personal works
Communicating through interpretation of relating to mark making
and Interpreting in artists studies in  tone
the Visual Arts Methods processes and Narrative studies
techniques. Composition and
media
UC Understanding how artists Developing skills in collecting and presenting
Understanding the work and compile and information for use in art works.
Visual Arts in collate information for use in  Developing skills in understanding how
Context artworks. Understanding artists present work
how artists present works.  Understanding how to present own work in
the classroom for public viewing.
Rationale for unit: Visual Communication uses key terms and methods.
You will develop skills in how and why works are developed. This very
short unit builds a foundation for understanding and develops practical
skills in these visual communication strategies. You will learn how to use
media and methods for future studies in this subject.

3. What is Art?
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• Create a title page ‘Art’
• Put your name on it!
• You may use images of your choice on this page. Think of the class
discussion ‘What is Art’ and use things that particularly impact on
you as art on this page.
• H.W. Find images you think relate to art and bring to next lesson for
your ‘Artist Book’.

5. Task 2
MAKING Art?
METHODS PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARTISTS USE
MARK MAKING FROTTAGE

6. MARK Making

7. Task 3: Mark Making Study
Task 3: Mark Making Study
Mark Making:
In this work the
markmaking was
used by Aboriginals
in image making.
Often used within a
design or pattern.
Images can be found
on musical
instruments inside
caves, and more
recently as pictures.

8. Art
From MarkMAKING
To Narrative Art
Artist : John Pule

9. Studying artist methods

10. Combine symbols, images or patterns of your own a grid composition to create your
Own ‘PERSONAL TAPA’ Think about your own culture, or designs that
talk about where you come from or where you now live. Think about your
interests. This is a PICTURE STORY about YOU.

11. What is onE? T
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LIGHT DARK
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Shade in your grid from left to right.
Each number from 1 – 10 represents the layers of applied pencil used to make
the shades of tone.
Example:
1 = 1 layer of pencil
2 = 2 layers of pencil
3 = 3 layers of pencil
When drawing in tone consider the direction of the light. For instance
Look at the right side of the red apple in the picture. It is a dark tone
or shade of red. The lightest part of the orange apple is
the front as this is the lightest shade of orange.
Colour the tone sheet with graded tones then generate one tonal image.

12. TonE?
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Draw the simple shapes.
2. Show the light direction
with a directional arrow.
3. Use your degrees of
shade to create an object
with form

13. Colou

14. What is INSTALLAT ION
Art?
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Using Richard Killeen’s ‘Beetle works’ to guide
you
Create a bird/animal/reptile/mammal or fish
type shape to use as a container of a new story
about yourself. This work needs to tell your
viewer a little bit about yourself.
What are your interests?
What is your culture?
Do you know what designs you could use? You live
in New Zealand- try using some Maori kowhaiwhai
or taniko designs. Perhaps you could use designs
from your own cultural background.

15. Year 9, Installation

22. Artist Book study