ELEMENTS

OF ART: LINE, TONE & COLOUR

STUDENT NAME: TEACHER: SARAH CARTER

YEAR LEVEL: 08 LEARNING AREA: THE ARTS SUBJECT: VISUAL ART

TASK TYPE: ELEMENTS OF ART

TASK-SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR THIS SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TASK:

Experiment with visual arts conventions and techniques, including exploration of techniques used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander artists, to represent a theme, concept or idea in their artwork.

Develop planning skills for art-making by exploring techniques and processes used by different artists.

Develop ways to enhance their intentions as artists through exploration of how artists use materials, techniques, technologies and
processes.

SPECIFIC FEATURES BEING ASSESSED:

• Students will build on their knowledge and understanding of line, tone and colour theory
• Explore the influences of line, tone and colour in Aboriginal art, ancient and contemporary

ASSESSMENT CONDITIONS :

The worksheet will be completed individually and will be worked on over a series of lessons in conjunction to the study of ancient
and contemporary Aboriginal art. The study of line, tone and colour will enable students to analyse other artists’ work to then create
their own.

TASK DIRECTIONS:

INTRODUCTION TO ART THROUGH LINE, TONE AND COLOUR AND THE STUDY OF ABORIGINAL ART

1. DISCUSSION
2. LINE, TONE AND COLOUR THEORY
3. DRAWINGS
4. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION OF VARIOUS ABORIGINAL ARTWORKS
5. AERIAL ARTWORK
6. PAINTING AND MIXING TECHNIQUES
7. INDIVIDUAL AERIAL ARTWORK REFLECTING ‘COUNTRY’

MEET THE STANDARD:

Student can apply their understanding of line, tone and colour to analyse and understand ancient and contemporary Aboriginal artworks.
Using students’ understanding of what ‘country’ means to Aboriginal people, students are to create their own aerial artwork that reflects their
personal meaning of country.

STRETCH AND CHALLENGE:

Comprehensively and thoroughly Student can apply their understanding of line, tone and colour to create a highly refined aerial painting
that clearly displays what ‘country’ means to them. Clear understanding of line and colour will be evident through the chosen marks and
colours used to distinguish an area of Australia that has a connection to them.

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8 VISUAL ART – Responding to Aboriginal Art

Student Name: ………………………………………………

Overall Grade:
Level of Achievement

A B C D E

Achievement Well above Above At expected Below Well below

Standard expected expected standard expected expected
standard standard standard standard/Not
shown
Students identify how Comprehensively Considered Explains some Recognises some Minimal
Identifies key explanations of key features of key features of recognition of key
aboriginal artists use visual features of key features of aboriginal art and aboriginal art and features of
conventions and viewpoints aboriginal
to art artwork and how their use in their use in aboriginal art and
communicate ideas communicating stories connect to aboriginal culture. aboriginal culture. their use in
stories of aboriginal Student can Student can aboriginal culture.
ancestry and communities. apply some of apply details in Student can
dreamtime to these details in their own work. apply little detail
their community. Student can their own work. in their own work.
apply this
Student can concept to create
apply this own artworks.
concept to
influence and
create own
artworks.

Knowledge and Comprehensively Explains in detail Explains how Attempts to Minimal attempt
understanding of the explains the the social explain how to explain how
context of Aboriginal art: social context/ context/ culture the social
Thanakupti. culture influence influence in context/culture the social the social
in Aboriginal art Aboriginal art influence in context/ culture context/ culture
Aboriginal art influence in influence in
Aboriginal art Aboriginal art

Students demonstrate an Comprehensively Demonstrates a Demonstrates an Demonstrates Demonstrates

understanding of demonstrates an thorough understanding of some minimal
techniques and understanding of understanding of some techniques understanding of understanding of
processes in response to techniques and techniques and and processes in techniques and some techniques
Aboriginal artists’ work. processes in processes in response to processes in and processes in
response to response to Aboriginal artists’ response to response to
Aboriginal artists’ Aboriginal artists’ work. Aboriginal artists’ Aboriginal artists’
work. work. work. work.

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What is line?
Definition: A Line is a mark made that is one-dimensional and can vary in width, direction
and length. A line can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, straight or curved. In art, a line can
control a viewer’s eye, create tone or movement.

Artist in focus: Carl Krull

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Workbook Activity 1
1. Using the examples below, recreate the lines from light to dark in the given squares

Cross Hatching

Light Dark

Hatching

Light Dark

Scribbles

Light Dark

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Zig Zag
Light Dark

Circles

Light Dark

Vertical and diagonal lines

Light Dark

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Workbook Activity 2
1. Draw the lines displayed below (under your lines) and label what you think they are
called

Your lines

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What is Tone?
Definition: Tone refers to a scale of lightness to darkness. Tone varies from the bright
white of a light source through the tonal scale of Greys to shades the deepest black
shadows. Tone can be affected by colour, texture, background and lighting as well as give
emotion to the artwork.

Workbook Activity 1

2. Using a pencil, fill in the tonal scale bellow staying in the lines

Tonal Scale

White Black

Artist in focus: Georgio Morandi

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Workbook Activity 2
1. Using the pen and ink technique sheet on the previous page, practice using all line
techniques in each of the bottles
2. Focus on creating tone, highlighting lighter and darker areas of the bottle
3. Label each technique under the bottle

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What is Rendering?
Definition: Rendering in Visual Arts refers to the process of adding colour, shading and
texturing of an image. Rendering is the process of accurately reproducing light and dark
areas on and image or object.

Workbook Activity 3
1. Render the below geometric shapes with a 2B pencil following the same light
direction on a separate piece of paper

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What is Colour?
Definition: Colour is the element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is
reflected back to the eye. There are 3 properties to colour
1. First is hue, which is the name given to colour (red, yellow, blue, green. Etc)
2. The second property is intensity, referring to the strength and vividness of the colour,
eg a blue may be a ‘royal’ blue (bright, rich, vibrant) or ‘dull’ (greyed)
3. The third is the property of colour and its value, meaning its lightness or darkness.
The terms shade and tint are also referenced in this

Artist in focus: Mark Rothko

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Workbook Activity 1

1. Fill in the Glossary of Art Terms

Word Definition

PRIMARY COLOUR

SECONDARY COLOUR

COMPLIMENTARY COLOUR

HUE

MONCHROMATIC

TONE

TINT

PSYCHEDELIC

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Workbook Activity 2
1. Carefully complete the colour wheel
2. To do this, keep the pages clean, paint in the lines and use an even flat opaque
colour

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