Government of Manitoba
Art Language and Tools

Art Language and Tools (A-L2) »
Students demonstrate understanding of and facility with visual art media, tools, and processes.

 

Students who have achieved expectations for this grade are able to

Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
demonstrate safe and appropriate use and maintenance of a wide range of art media, tools, and processes

5-8 V-L2.1

demonstrate facility with a variety of techniques for using art media (e.g., blending chalk pastels, painting wet on wet, hand-building with clay)

5-8 V-L2.2

integrate knowledge of different art media to create multimedia or mixed-media images and/or objects
(multimedia artworks: a wide range of visual and non-visual media are combined in works such as installation art, performance art, kinetic sculpture, and works using technology
mixed-media artworks: more than one art medium is used in a finished artwork, such as a work that combines painting and sculpture)

5-8 V-L2.3

demonstrate understanding of oral, written, graphic, and modelled instructions to develop practical knowledge of and skills in a range of two- and three-dimensional media

5-6 V-L2.4

extend and refine artmaking skills in personally selected media (e.g., pracitsing techniques, exploring graphics software potential, conducting research about particular art media, tools, and processes)

7-8 V-L2.4

Appendix D: Art Media, Tools, and Processes