Digital Art

Visual Arts

Year 9

Visual & Performing Arts Elective

Photography aims to give students the opportunity to explore and express ideas and concepts through the art process.

Content/skills
In this elective, students will develop knowledge and skills in the following areas:
▶ Documenting the digital art process in a sketchbook format
▶ Understanding camera craft techniques; focal point
▶ Compositional methods; various viewpoints and angles
▶ Knowledge of the formal elements; line, colour, tone, shape and texture
▶ Applying stylistic qualities; abstract – imaginative – realism
▶ Understanding Adobe operating methods and functions
▶ Using IT software (e.g. Photoshop) – interface, tools and filters

Selection advice

This subject would suit those students who would like to learn about digital art as a fine art form.

Links to further pathways

This unit would be an advantage to those students intending to complete VCE Visual Communication, VCE Art; Making and Exhibiting or a career in the creative design fields.