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Number: VA.912.S.3

Title: Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.

Type: Enduring Understanding

Subject: Visual Art

Grade: 912

Big Idea: Skills, Techniques, and Processes

Related Benchmarks

This cluster includes the following benchmarks

Code	Description
VA.912.S.3.1:	Manipulate materials, techniques, and processes through practice and perseverance to create a desired result in two- and/or three-dimensional artworks.
VA.912.S.3.2:	Demonstrate a balance between spontaneity and purpose to produce complex works of art with conviction and disciplined craftsmanship.
VA.912.S.3.3:	Review, discuss, and demonstrate the proper applications and safety procedures for hazardous chemicals and equipment during the art-making process.
VA.912.S.3.4:	Demonstrate personal responsibility, ethics, and integrity, including respect for intellectual property, when accessing information and creating works of art.
VA.912.S.3.5:	Create multiple works that demonstrate thorough exploration of subject matter and themes.
VA.912.S.3.6:	Develop works with prominent personal vision revealed through mastery of art tasks and tools.
VA.912.S.3.7:	Use and maintain tools and equipment to facilitate the creative process.
VA.912.S.3.8:	Develop color-mixing skills and techniques through application of the principles of heat properties and color and light theory.
VA.912.S.3.9:	Manipulate and embellish malleable or rigid materials to construct representational or abstract forms.
VA.912.S.3.10:	Develop skill in sketching and mark-making to plan, execute, and construct two-dimensional images or three-dimensional models.
VA.912.S.3.11:	Store and maintain equipment, materials, and artworks properly in the art studio to prevent damage and/or cross-contamination.
VA.912.S.3.12:	Develop competence and dexterity, through practice, in the use of processes, tools, and techniques for various media.
VA.912.S.3.13:	Create three-dimensional modeled and rendered objects in figurative and nonfigurative digital applications.

Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Independent

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
VA.912.S.3.In.a:	Use two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and/or four-dimensional materials, tools, techniques, and processes to achieve expected results.
VA.912.S.3.In.b:	Demonstrate understanding of safety and maintenance protocols for media, tools, processes, and techniques.
VA.912.S.3.In.c:	Demonstrate respect for copyright laws and ownership of intellectual property when creating and producing works of art.

Supported

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
VA.912.S.3.Su.a:	Use two- and three-dimensional materials, tools, techniques, and processes to achieve an intended result.
VA.912.S.3.Su.b:	Follow procedures for using tools, media, techniques, and processes safely and responsibly.
VA.912.S.3.Su.c:	Discuss issues related to plagiarism and appropriation of other intellectual property.

Participatory

Access Point Number	Access Point Title
VA.912.S.3.Pa.a:	Use two- and three-dimensional materials, tools, and processes to create works of art.
VA.912.S.3.Pa.b:	Follow directions for safety procedures and tool maintenance in the art room.
VA.912.S.3.Pa.c:	Recognize property ownership of self and others when creating works of art.

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Lesson Plans

Name	Description
Allegorical Representations of the Enlightenment:	After studying the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Declaration of Independence, students will create a 3D painting using modeling compound that features allegorical objects to convey Enlightenment ideals in this integrated civics and arts lesson.
Fibonacci Fabric:	Through construction and use of a cardboard loom and yarn, students weave a Golden rectangle sized piece of fabric with stripes configured in a Fibonacci sequence.
Slab-Built forms: Symmetry in Positive and Negative Space:	Students explore the repetition of negative shapes that relate to the positive shapes in a symmetrical, slab-built form to create unity.

Standard 3 : Through purposeful practice, artists learn to manage, master, and refine simple, then complex, skills and techniques.