Unit Outline

This unit focuses on the development of image-making strategies using paint as the primary medium. Via a focus on image construction and pictorial space, you will explore ideas and concepts in response to a brief.

As well as learning about the history of painting, in terms of ideas and techniques, you will broaden your understanding and engagement with the diverse materials, methodologies and processes associated with contemporary painting practice.

Through collaborative group tasks and individual tasks, you will develop your ability to experiment with materials, through iterative processes and idea development with a view to developing an innovative and inquiring work practice.

Guided by staff, students are encouraged to develop independent learning strategies towards the development of individual expression and self- directed learning.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Explore and evaluate diverse approaches to conceptual and practical experimentation in paint media
2.	Critically discuss your own and others’ work in relation to broader contexts and discourse
3.	Apply iterative approaches to pictorial space and image construction to develop an inquiring work practice.
4.	Identify and follow WHS practices relevant to painting techniques, materials, equipment and workspaces.
5.	Work collaboratively, constructively, and respectfully within group and individual learning contexts

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	FSP111
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	FSP212 AND FSP211 AND FSP282 AND FSP281

Alterations as a result of student feedback

We regularly seek your feedback and make changes where appropriate. For example, we recently made changes to the deadlines for assessment task submission and the range of technical workshops and resources offered.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Task 1: Introductory Project.	Week 4	20 %	LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Task 2: Preliminary Studies	Week 9	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 3:	Task 3: The Finished Work	Week 14	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Task 1: Introductory Project.

Task Description:

Students to produce a series of exploratory studies in response to visual prompts provided by the Unit Coordinator. Using stock photographs, students will formally analyse, adapt and post-produce the visual material into adapted studies that indicate a direction for a possible painting.

Task Length:

3 studies in any media (A4 min) Journal work (6 pages min) 150-word reflective statement

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Explore formal aspects of pictorial space and image construction	LO3
2	Express ideas through the visual outcomes	LO3

Assessment Task 2: Task 2: Preliminary Studies

Task Description:

Having learned how to make exploratory studies, students extend the iterative process into preliminary studies, by adapting visual material of their own choosing. Building on the processes of Task 1, students make formal and exploratory studies before taking the penultimate step of a finished painting – the preliminary study

Task Length:

• 2 preliminary painted studies • Journal work, including contextual references (12 pages min) • 300-word statement (max)

Due Date:

Week 9

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Develop a concept related to the source images	LO1
2	Explore formal aspects of pictorial space and image construction	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Express ideas through the visual outcomes	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
4	Participate in studio-based critical discussion	LO5

Assessment Task 3: Task 3: The Finished Work

Task Description:

Students make a resolved painting based on a task brief. Following the steps of formal, exploratory and preliminary studies the resolved work is submitted with support work, journal exploration and statement. The overall submission evidences the progress from initial stimulus to a final resolved painting.

Task Length:

At least 2 preliminary studies and one finished painting (A4 min). Journal work, including contextual references (12 pages min) 300 to 500-word statement

Due Date:

Week 14

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Apply tools, media and techniques to produce a suite of creative art works that respond to a set brief.	LO1, LO3, LO4
2	Explore and document the contextual, theoretical, and technical aspects of a painting project.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Describe and reflect on the ideas, processes, contexts, and outcomes of a painting project via project statement	LO2
4	Participation in studio-based learning	LO5

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.