CUAPAI411Experiment with techniques to produce paintings

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What an assessment for CUAPAI411 must cover

33 assessable components: 4 elements (12 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 5 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 10 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Explore a range of painting techniques and media

  • 1.1Explore new approaches to painting based on capabilities of known techniques
  • 1.2Adapt or introduce new equipment, tools and materials to achieve different effects
  • 1.3Extend own capability with painting techniques through experimentation on samples, practice pieces or a work in progress

2 Develop ideas for paintings

  • 2.1Discuss creative and other goals for own paintings with required personnel
  • 2.2Research processes used by professional painters to develop ideas
  • 2.3Refine ideas based on research and experimentation with materials and processes.

3 Create finished paintings

  • 3.1Prepare required resources and set up according to safety requirements
  • 3.2Create paintings using techniques and media selected from research and experimentation
  • 3.3Refine process to produce resolved paintings

4 Evaluate own painting work

  • 4.1Reflect on own conceptual development and technical execution of the work
  • 4.2Identify areas for future skill development and options to learn
  • 4.3Discuss completed work with others and consider all feedback

Performance evidence

  • produce at least two paintings using at least two different techniques.
  • use a process of thorough research, experimentation and knowledge of different painting techniques to confirm ideas for own work
  • identify and acquire resources required to complete chosen work
  • consider and apply elements and principles of design
  • handle equipment, tools and materials safely and minimise waste
  • adapt and use a range of painting techniques to create paintings that: shows technical proficiency in chosen techniques; demonstrates innovation and the emergence of an individual style.

Knowledge evidence

  • intellectual property requirements relevant to producing paintings
  • methods used to research creative and technical approaches to painting
  • role of experimentation in developing and refining ideas for painting and how it relates to the development of an individual style
  • ways to adapt, extend and combine the capabilities of a wide range of painting techniques
  • tools and equipment used to produce paintings, practices and procedures for working safely and sustainably with materials, tools and equipment for producing paintings.

Foundation skills

  • Learning: Identifies own skills gaps and may initiate a learning plan to progress professional career
  • Reading: Interprets and evaluates complex and unfamiliar information to support design ideas and to identify key information about resources
  • Writing: Uses clear, specific and industry related terminology to document a comprehensive record of research, conceptual idea development and production
  • Oral Communication: Represents clear ideas for designs and techniques using relevant industry and conceptual language Uses questioning and active listening techniques to elicit different perspectives about creative ideas and feedback and to confirm understanding
  • Numeracy: Uses basic calculations to measure and record dimensions of display areas and appropriate size of art pieces to suit Uses basic calculations to determine and record quantities of equipment, tools and materials Interprets budgetary constraints and supplier prices and calculates sometimes complex order costs
  • Self-management: Takes responsibility for compliance with legal, safety and sustainability practices associated with creative work
  • Teamwork: Discusses design concepts and collaborates with other artists to generate new ideas and solutions to achieve best outcomes for own creative work Engages in an open conversation to elicit and consider the merit of feedback from peers and others to enhance future performance
  • Planning and organising: Takes responsibility for completing own creative works from design inception to realisation, efficiently and logically sequencing the stages of preparation and production
  • Initiative and enterprise: Manages own decisions about appropriate design ideas and techniques by experimentation with a range of explored options Creates opportunities to use a more innovative approach and personal style.
  • Problem solving: Resolves problems with technique through experimentation and analysis Reviews work in progress resolving problems through refinement of approach

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Questions about assessing CUAPAI411

What does an assessment tool for CUAPAI411 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUAPAI411 needs to address all 33 unit components: 4 elements with 12 performance criteria, 6 performance evidence requirements, 5 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CUAPAI411?

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