Visual Arts: Grade 8

Creating Works of Visual Art

Using Structures and Functions

Exploring Content

History and Culture

Interpreting Works of Visual Art

Making Connections

The student will demonstrate competence in the use of ideas, materials, techniques, and processes in the creation of works of visual art.

The student will use composition and the elements and principles of design to communicate ideas.

The student will examine the content of works of visual art and use elements from them in creating his or her own works.

The student will understand the visual arts in relation to history and world cultures and the technologies, tools, and materials used by artists.

The student will analyze and assess the characteristics and qualities of his or her own works of visual art and those of others.

The students will make connections between the visual arts and other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the world.

Identify the materials, techniques, and processes used in a variety of artworks.

Describe ways that different materials, techniques, and processes evoke different responses in one who is creating or viewing artworks.

Select and apply the most effective materials, techniques, and processes to communicate his or her experiences and ideas through artworks.

Use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner.

Identify the elements and principles of design used in a particular work of visual art and describe the ways in which these characteristics express the artist's ideas and affect the viewer.

Discuss the ways that the visual arts are able to communicate ideas.

Select elements and principles of design to create artworks with a personal meaning.

Describe the ways that his or her use of organizational principles and expressive features evoke the ideas he or she intended to convey in a work of visual art.

Compare and contrast the content in several works of visual art.

Select and use subject matter, symbols, ideas, and the elements and principles of design to communicate meaning through his or her art-making.

Discuss the ways that choices of subject matter, symbols, and ideas combine to communicate meaning in his or her works of visual art.

Compare and contrast his or her works of visual art with those of established artists.

Identify artworks from various cultures and recognize ways in which these works were influenced by man-made and natural factors.

Discuss and write about the ways that time, location, climate, resources, ideas, and technology give meaning and value to an artwork.

Demonstrate visual literacy by deconstructing works of visual art to identify and discuss the elements and principles of design that are used in them.

Compare various purposes for the creation of works of visual art.

Describe, discuss, and evaluate, both orally and in writing, the different qualities and characteristics of his or her own artwork and that of others, including works by South Carolina artists.

Maintain a portfolio of his or her artwork.

Analyze the similarities and differences between the visual arts and other arts disciplines.

Compare and contrast concepts, issues, and themes in the visual arts and other subjects in the school curriculum.

Identify specific visual arts careers and describe the knowledge and skills that one needs for these careers.