This course enables students to discover, develop and enjoy a means of creative visual expression suited to their temperament and capabilities. The course encourages individual experimentation and persistent endeavor. Students develop a lively, inquiring and informed attitude towards art in all its forms. A critical appreciation of their own work and the work of others is an important part of the course

Throughout the course students at both SL and HL are required to maintain a visual arts JOURNAL. Students should be encouraged to find the most appropriate ways of recording their development and have free choice in deciding what form the visual arts journal should take. The aim of the visual arts journal is to support and nurture the acquisition of skills and ideas, to record developments, and to critique challenges and successes. It is expected that much of the written work submitted for the assessment tasks at the end of the course will have evolved and been drawn from the contents of the visual arts journal. Although sections of the journal will be selected, adapted and presented for assessment the journal itself, is not directly assessed or moderated. It is, however, regarded as a fundamental activity of the course. Students undertaking the HL course will be expected to include art as a major component of their University studies.

For Further Information and Assessment Overviews, Please Consult the IBDP Visual Arts SL Subject Brief & IBDP Visual Arts HL Subject Brief