Rachel

2019/2020 Visual Arts Summative

Assessment Q1
Due date: October 2
 About me
This challenge involves dealing with the basic elements of art when designing an emblem such as a coat of arms. You, as
the designer, will communicate some personal or cultural traits taking into account the conventional elements of medieval
Emblem. (Crit. A)
 Answer these questions using
your own words
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding ● What are the elements of art?
What are the principles of
design?
● How can you represent yourself
- You will create a coat of arms in order to understand how you can
through an animal attribute?
represent your personal attributes through a graphic design
● How are symbols used
throughout history and how
they influenced the world?

● demonstrate knowledge
and understanding of the
art form studied, including
concepts, processes, and
Write your answers here
the use of subject-specific
terminology
● demonstrate
understanding of the role
of the art form in original or
displaced contexts
● use acquired knowledge to
purposefully inform artistic
decisions in the process of
creating artwork
 Answer these questions using
your own words
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding ● What are the elements of art?
What are the principles of
design?
Write your answers here ● How can you represent yourself
through an animal attribute?
The elements of art are lines, shapes, space, value, form, texture, and ● How are symbols used
color. The seven principles of design are balance, contrast, emphasis, throughout history and how
they influenced the world?
movement, pattern, rhythm, unity or variety.
By representing myself as an animal, I give a outline of my personality.
I am expressing myself in another way as to emphasize the connection.
When words aren’t invented, humans used symbol, as the symbol
develope, they become words. As each country has their own culture, they
have their own words. Today, symbols are still in use representing thing.
They influence the world by uniting everyone’s opinions on something
without using language,
Criterion B Developing skills
● demonstrate the acquisition
and development of the skills
and techniques of the art form
studied
● demonstrate the application
of skills and techniques to
create, perform and/or
present art.
- What elements from Abstract Art are found in your
artwork?
- What was that new thing or things you learnt during this
unit? (ATL skills should be included)
Write your answers here
A new skill I learnt was research skills, I looked up
what different thing represent in coat of arms and
chose the ones that best describe me.
Elements such as line and shape could be found in my
art work.
Criterion B Developing skills
Write your answers here

● demonstrate the acquisition

and development of the skills
and techniques of the art form
studied
● demonstrate the application
of skills and techniques to
create, perform and/or
present art.
Artwork title
Date Insert image of your final
Technique and medium artwork here

Statement of inquiry:

Specific cultural or personal traits can

be communicated when elements are
properly used.

How is your artistic intention connected to the statement of inquiry?

My artistic intention was to show my identity through the coat of arms by
choosing animals that symbolize me. This representation relates to ‘special
cultural or personal traits’.
Key & related concepts: According to the Global Context, briefly explain how
do you understand the Key and related concepts. Communication

Composition

I understand for the global

I understand for the context to connect with
global context to communication to mean that how our
connect with culture could affect the way we
composition to mean communicate with people, our
that personal and personal expressions would be
cultural differences related with the way we express
can lead to different our feelings and personalities on
compositions our artworks.

Global context: Personal and cultural expression

Portfolio samples
(Crit. B)
Sketches and color schemes
In the spaces above, put images of the process of creating your final project. (use the
“Replace image” function by right clicking on the image) Comment on each image and explain
what you were trying to explore in that specific stage of your project
Describe your work
(Include all the relevant information:
- The use of color
- Elements and principles of design
- Composition
 Final artwork
(Replace the image at your right with a
picture of your final work)