Year 7 Visual Arts

Assessment Task 1-SEEING COLOUR

Notification Date: Week 4, Monday 18th May 2020
Due Date: Week 7, Thursday 4th June 2020

Learning Intentions:
● I can select colours l like.
● I can use my colours as inspiration to create artworks in writing and images.
● I can mix and match colours.

The Task:
1. Go to a paint shop or hardware store and select 6 colour cards from the paint section.
These colours should appeal to you. You can NOT select black or white as they are NOT
colours. Purchase colouring pencils if you don't have them, at the same time.
2. Glue the colour cards onto the first page of your task making sure to label each colour
with its unique name.
3. You will see that paints have cool, crazy and strange names. You are to use these
names to create a short story about 50 words.
FOR EXAMPLE: ROSE BLUSH loved to walk dog BEAVER in the ENCHANTED FOREST
near her home on GREEN GINGER lane.
Only yours will be better and a little longer. Use the PAINT names so that they make
sense in the story.
4. Create an artwork that illustrates your story in some way. Colour your
illustration using the colours you selected AND TRY TO MATCH THOSE COLOURS
TO THEIR PAINT SAMPLE. You can of course use other colours as well but
MATCHING colours to your paint samples is part of the assessment task. The
illustration should be A4 in size and completely coloured. You may use black and
white where needed.

PRESENTATION
a) The Assessment task is to be done on A4 sheets of paper.
b) It will consist of a TITLE page with the name of the assessment task, your name and your class
clearly shown. PAGE 2 with the paint cards and their names, PAGE 3 with the story and PAGE 4
has the illustration.
c) You will staple the pages together at the top left-hand corner. DO NOT present your in a plastic
sleeve or folder.

Recommended Revision and related interest areas.

1. Check out paint charts
2. Search the internet for the meaning of colours.
 Visual Arts topics that are covered in the assessment:
● ‘The Elements of Design’ focus on COLOUR.
● Artmaking, using different modes of expression:
● Colour mixing and matching.

NESA Outcomes:
4.1 Practice uses a range of strategies to explore different artmaking conventions and procedures to
make artworks
4.4 Representation, Recognises and uses aspects of the world as a source of ideas, concepts and
subject matter in Visual arts

Success Criteria
To obtain the highest level for each of the following criteria you will need to do the following:
Criterion A – KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING
i. demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the art form studied, including the use of appropriate language
ii. demonstrate awareness of the relationship between the art form and its context
iii. demonstrate awareness of the links between the knowledge acquired and artwork created.
Criterion B – DEVELOPING SKILLS
i. demonstrates the acquisition and development of the skills and techniques of the art form studied 
ii. demonstrate the application of skills and techniques to create, perform and/or present art.
Criterion C – THINKING CREATIVELY
i. identifies an artistic intention 
ii. identify alternatives and perspectives
iii. demonstrate the exploration of ideas
Criterion D – RESPONDING
I Identify connections between art forms, art and context, or art and prior learning
ii. recognise that the world contains inspiration or influence for art
iii. evaluate certain elements or principles of artwork.

Criterion A – Knowing and Understanding Level Criterion B – Developing skills

i. demonstrates a high degree of knowledge and 7-8 i. demonstrates the acquisition and development of highly
understanding of the art form studied, illustration and colour, effective and sophisticated skills and techniques with
including the perceptive use of appropriate language for the the art form studied illustration, writing and colour.
short story. A ii. demonstrates advanced application of skills and
ii. demonstrates perceptive awareness of the relationship techniques to create and present art.
between the art form illustration and its context, paint names
and short story.
iii. demonstrates an acute awareness of the links between the
knowledge acquired and artwork created.

i. demonstrates a considerable knowledge and understanding 5-6 i. demonstrates the acquisition and development of
of the art form studied, illustration and colour, including the effective and useful skills and techniques with the art
highly competent use of appropriate language for the short form studied illustration, writing and colour.
story. B ii. demonstrates competent application of skills and
ii. demonstrates thoughtful awareness of the relationship techniques to create and present art.
between the art form illustration and its context, paint names
and short story.
iii. demonstrates an advanced awareness of the links between
the knowledge acquired and artwork created.

i. demonstrates an adequate knowledge and understanding of
the art form studied, illustration and colour, including the
sound use of appropriate language for the short story.
ii. demonstrates sound awareness of the relationship between
the art form illustration and its context, paint names and short
story.
iii. demonstrates a sound awareness of the links between the
knowledge acquired and artwork created.
3-4 i. demonstrates the acquisition and development of
adequate skills and techniques with the art form
studied illustration, writing and colour.
C ii. demonstrates sound application of skills and techniques
to create and present art.

i. demonstrates a limited knowledge and understanding of the 1-2 i. demonstrates the acquisition and development of
art form studied, illustration and colour, including the basic
use of appropriate language for the short story.
ii. demonstrates little awareness of the relationship between
the art form illustration and its context, paint names and short
story.
iii. demonstrates a basic awareness of the links between the
knowledge acquired and artwork created.
Does not reach any of the standards above
Criterion C – Thinking Creatively
i. demonstrates an advanced acquisition and development
of the skills and techniques required to use colour
thoughtfully.
ii. demonstrates the sensitive application of skills and
techniques to create a short story and illustrate the story in
a sophisticated manner.
i. demonstrates considerable acquisition and
development of the skills and techniques required to use
colour effectively.
ii. demonstrates the preceptive application of skills and
techniques to create a short story and illustrate the story in
a competent manner.
i. demonstrates an adequate acquisition and development
of the skills and techniques required to use colour
soundly.
ii. demonstrates some application of skills and techniques
to create a short story and illustrate the story in a
adequate but not subtle manner.
i. demonstrates limited acquisition and development of the
skills and techniques required to use colour in a basic
fashion.
ii. demonstrates the minimal effort in application of skills
and techniques to create a short story and illustrates the
story in a basic even haphazard manner.
Does not reach any of the standards above
limited skills and techniques of the art form
studied illustration, writing and colour.
D ii. demonstrates basic application of skills and techniques
to create and present art.
0 Does not reach any of the standards above
E
Level Criterion D – Responding
7-8 I Identifies discreet and complex connections between
art forms, art and text.
ii. recognises that the world contains inspiration and
A influence for art and uses it in sophisticated ways.
iii. evaluates certain elements of their own artwork to
accurately meet task requirements.
5-6 I Identifies meaningful connections between art forms, art
and text.
ii. recognises that the world contains inspiration and
B influence for art and uses it in logical ways.
iii. evaluates certain elements of their own artwork to
competently meet task requirements.
.
3-4 I Identifies adequate connections between art forms, art
and text.
ii. recognises that the world contains inspiration and
C influence for art and uses it in simple ways.
iii. evaluates certain elements of their own artwork to meet
task requirements in a sound manner.
1-2 I Identifies limited connections between art forms, art and
text.
ii. recognises that the world contains inspiration and
D influence for art and uses it in basic ways.
iii. evaluates minimal elements of their own artwork and
only a limited number of task requirements are
addressed.
0 Does not reach any of the standards above
E