Creative Sustainability - Inspiring Places in Nature

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 3 & 4 Visual Arts:

• Explore ideas and artworks from different cultures and times, including artwork by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to use as inspiration for their own representations (ACAVAM110)
• Use materials, techniques and processes to explore visual conventions when making artworks (ACAVAM111)
• Present artworks and describe how they have used visual conventions to represent their ideas (ACAVAM112)

Year 4 HASS:

• The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088)

Syllabus outcomes: VAS2.2, GE2-1, GE2-2, GE2-3.

General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability OI.2.

Relevant parts of Year 3 & 4 Visual Arts achievement standards: Students plan and make artworks that communicate ideas.

Relevant parts of Year 4 HASS achievement standards: Students identify the interconnections between components of the environment and between people and the environment.

Unit of work: Creative Sustainability – Year 3 & 4.

Time required: 60 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – facilitate class discussion, oversee self-portrait planning and creation.

• Student Worksheets – one copy per student
• Watercolour pencils, paper, brushes
• Watercolour Techniques Handout
• Art Inspiration Planning Questions
• Art Inspiration Flashcards
• Nature Inspiration Flashcards (NOTE: Print both sets of flashcards and cut each flashcard in half and glue the questions to the back of the corresponding image)

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Community engagement
• Creativity
• Critical thinking

Faber-Castell has long understood the importance of creativity to all people, especially to young people. It is also continuously searching for environmentally friendly processes and high-quality materials to enhance children’s creative experience throughout every development phase. For more information about Faber-Castell, click here.