Illustration

Year Level: 9

Periods: 3

Duration: One Semester

Subject Type: Elective

Leads to Further Studies In: Art: Creative Practice, Visual Communication Design (VCD)

Career Pathways: Visual Artist, Digital Illustration, Fashion Illustration and Design . Character Development - Television and Print, Storyboard Artist, Technical Illustration, Toy Design, Illustration for licensing and product development.

Course description

Illustration is taking Art and putting it to work. Illustration is clear and intentional. It communicates messages and tells stories. Students studying illustration will develop and extend their skills and knowledge across a range of 2D art forms and will be introduced to a variety of new illustration methods. They will engage with a range of small imaginative narrative based projects to help build artistic techniques and refine artistic practice. Students will advance skills in drawing, manga, printmaking (silkscreen and etching), canvas painting and collage to produce illustration influenced by a range of styles. We will even use the laser cutter to create awesome, new, inventive works. Through access to a broad range of media and processes you will expand your artistic strengths. Transferrable skills developed through illustration include communication, expressing ideas, visual literacy and the development of art process.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do we study in Illustration?

Ways of expressing yourself using visual means. You learn to communicate your ideas about how you feel in an individual style. You observe the ‘natural world” and learn the skills you need to reproduce and respond to what you see.

What skills and techniques will we learn?

In ILLUSTRATION, we build on Art skills from Yrs 7 and 8, and push those skills further. We do drawing, such as manga and realism. We do painting such as watercolour and acrylics. We do printmaking such as etching, multicolor lino and silkscreen and laser cut woodcuts. You are not only creative, but also have the skills to unleash your creativity.

What types of students should choose this elective?

Students who enjoy the creation of art objects. If you draw pictures in the margins of your exercise books and draw a picture to explain an idea rather than talk about it then you will enjoy Illustration. Illustration can be an important means for students to express their identity and worldview. The drawing and illustration skills gained through Illustration would complement studies of VCD or Media.

Year 9 Painting Collage

What VCE studies does this subject lead to?

If you have an interest in pursuing and visual arts in senior school then the experience and skills learnt in Year 9 Illustration will be beneficial. Art electives usually lead directly into VCE Art: Creative Practice, but the skills developed would also be transferable to other VCE studies such as Visual Communication Design. It is strongly encouraged but not essential to take Illustration in 9 or 10 to prepare for VCE.

Year 9 Collage & Painting

Year 9 Multimedia Intaglio Print

Year 9 Collage & Painting

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Year 9 collage with Watercolour

Year 9 Mixed Media Book Cover

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