VCE Vault

Year 9 Visual Arts

Year 9 Visual Arts on VCE Vault: 10 lessons written for Year 9 (Victorian Curriculum), each with worked examples, practice questions and Aari, an AI tutor. The first 4 lessons are free; the whole subject is a one-off A$9.99.

Lessons

Explore and Express Ideas / Visual Arts Practices

  • Elements and Principles of Art (free) — Apply the elements and principles of art to analyse and create visual artworks.
  • Photography as Art (free) — Apply photographic techniques and visual language to create purposeful images.
  • Printmaking and Mixed Media — Explore printmaking processes and mixed media as expressive art-making strategies.
  • Sculpture and Spatial Arts — Create and analyse three-dimensional artworks using sculptural processes.
  • Graphic Design and Visual Communication — Apply graphic design principles to create effective visual communications.
  • Developing Your Artistic Practice — Develop a personal artistic voice through sustained practice and reflection.

Respond and Interpret

  • Art Movements — Impressionism to Modernism (free) — Analyse key Western art movements from Impressionism through to Modernism.
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (free) — Analyse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art practices and their significance.
  • Contemporary Art — Ideas and Context — Analyse contemporary artworks in their social, cultural and political contexts.
  • Visual Arts Exam and Portfolio Skills — Apply visual arts knowledge and art-critical language in exam and portfolio contexts.