Painting Conventions

Painting Conventions definition NCEA Achievement standards

Conventions refer to the characteristics and constraints applicable, relevant and fitting to established practice within the fields of design, painting,  photography, printmaking and sculpture.  These include:

-   drawing conventions: approaches and practices

-   technical conventions: processes and procedures

-   pictorial and conceptual conventions: ideas, themes, imagery and contexts

It is typically recommended that students explore the specific conventions of particular artist models and apply aspects of these in their own pictorial, personal investigations. The criteria are written to be inclusive of a wide range of approaches.

Drawing conventions include (but are not limited to):

Research, drawing notes, sketches, compositional plans, monochromatic and colour studies, collage, digital processes, painting, evaluative notes,

Technical conventions include (but are not limited to):

Wet and dry media, pencil, crayon, charcoal, conte, pen, ink, dye, paint, shellac, collage, shading blending, scumbling, impasto, glazing, layering, drips, dry brush, scratching,  graffito, spray paint, wiping, stencil, transfer, multimedia, installation, in situ, digital processes

Pictorial and conceptual conventions include (but are not limited to):

Abstract, figurative, cubist, minimal, decorative, narrative, post-modern, still life, vanitas, landscape, metaphorical, symbolic, portrait, expressive, gestural, hard edge, op, pop, political, historical, cultural, pattern making, surrealist, dada, grunge, street, bombing, graffiti, animation (eg Kentridge), perspective, grid, montage, morphing, juxtaposition (colour/image), monochrome