FB S4 Foundations OF Visual Arts

Foundations of Visual Arts – Student Workbook (Stage 4)

The Foundations of Visual Arts Student Workbook is a comprehensive, all-in-one learning resource designed to support students through an entire year of the Stage 4 Visual Arts curriculum.

This beautifully structured workbook combines four complete units in one book, providing everything students need to develop strong foundations in Visual Arts across a full teaching cycle.

Designed to last an entire teaching year (four terms), this workbook creates clear learning pathways through artmaking and critical thinking, while aligning fully with the NSW Visual Arts Syllabus (2024).

In faith-based learning environments, this workbook intentionally weaves Christian perspectives throughout the learning, encouraging students to recognise creativity as a gift from God, to explore identity through a biblical lens, and to understand the arts as a powerful way to worship, witness and reflect God’s character.

Students are encouraged to view themselves as creators made in the image of the ultimate Creator, developing artistic skills while deepening spiritual reflection, character formation and purpose.

Included Units

Bugs with Watercolour (Lino Printmaking)

A captivating exploration of colour theory and printmaking, with a fun and creative focus on bugs as the subject matter. This unit encourages students to marvel at the detail and intentionality of God’s creation, recognising nature as evidence of intelligent design.

Students are guided to reflect on stewardship, wonder and gratitude, as they explore colour, line, texture, composition and meaning through carefully scaffolded creative processes.

Interior Perspectives (Drawing)

This unit supports students in mastering one-point perspective while developing creativity, critical thinking and visual storytelling. Students are encouraged to consider how physical spaces influence peace, safety, belonging and wellbeing, and how environments can reflect values of hospitality, order and care for others.

Christian reflection tasks prompt students to think about God as a place of refuge, and how spaces can communicate hope, calm and spiritual safety.

Handle With Care (Sculpture)

A deeply reflective unit focused on public and private identity, guiding students to explore the difference between how we present ourselves and who we are when no one is watching.

Students investigate the work of Gillian Wearing and connect these ideas to biblical concepts of integrity, authenticity and being known by God. Through the creation of a cardboard letterbox sculpture, students symbolically explore what they “post” to the world and what they protect internally, reflecting on themes of truth, vulnerability and spiritual identity.

Don’t Look (Op Art)

A visually stimulating unit that explores optical illusion, tessellation and visual perception. Students investigate the work of Akiyoshi Kitaoka while reflecting on how human perception can be limited or distorted, and how truth can be grounded in unchanging spiritual principles.

Biblical connections encourage students to think about themes of discernment, wisdom and spiritual vision, as they examine how repetition, mathematical order, structure and rhythm reflect the intentional design of a Creator God.

Key Features

✅ Fully aligned to the NSW Visual Arts Syllabus (2024)
✅ Embedded Christian worldview integration throughout each unit
✅ Embedded 8 Ways Aboriginal Pedagogy
✅ Explicit use of NESA verbs to strengthen curriculum language
✅ Integrated Super Six comprehension strategies to support visual literacy
✅ Scaffolded tasks to support all learners
✅ Built-in self-assessment, peer feedback and spiritual reflection activities

The Foundations of Visual Arts Student Workbook empowers students to grow creatively and spiritually — developing skills, confidence and critical thinking while deepening their understanding of identity, purpose and faith through visual expression.

This resource supports classrooms where learning is not only about skill development, but also about character, calling and creative worship.

Perfect for Year 7 and Year 8 Visual Arts classrooms.

✅ Aligns perfectly with The Bee-All-And-End-All Pack (Faith Based)