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WAEC WASSCE course

Visual Art

WAEC WASSCE

69 topics sit in this course for WAEC WASSCE.

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Drawing from Objects
Tests candidates' ability to observe and interpret a group of arranged man-made objects as a total composition, potentially in relation to their surroundings. Examples include old radio sets, car parts, bicycles, machines, bottles.
Sculpture
May be rendered in clay, metal, wood, papier-mâché, cement. All works rendered in clay must be fired.
Graphic Design - Lettering and Poster Design
Includes design and layout of brief notices with formal lettering (Roman, Gothic), pictorial posters, and lettering/layout for greeting cards, invitations, book jackets, logo types, emblems, symbols, labels, wall hangings.
Pre-historic Art (Earlyman's Art 20,000 – 2000BC)
Covers Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Stone Ages beliefs, materials, characteristics and functions.
Visual awareness, understanding and appreciation of Art elements
Elements include their forms, characteristics and functions, e.g. line, colour, space, shape, form, texture.

course outline

General Knowledge in Art
- Nature and branches of Art and careers in art
- Visual awareness, understanding and appreciation of Art elements
- Principles of Art – creative application of art and design principles
- Perspective – meaning and types
- Knowledge of production, use and care of art/craft tools and materials
- Art and craft terms
- Inter-relationships of the arts
Art of West Africa
- Ancient Traditional Art - Cameroon (Bamileke)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Dahomey (Fon)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Gambia (Wollof, Mandinka, Jola)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Ghana (Ashanti, Fante, Ewe, Frafra)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Guinea (Kissi)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Cote d'Ivoire (Senufo, Baule)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Liberia (Dan and Ngere)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Mali (Dogon, Bambara)
- Ancient Traditional Art - Sierra Leone (Mende, Sherbro)

Art of West Africa

Covers traditional Art of West Africa, including basic concepts (animism, fetishism, mythology), art forms, geographical location, characteristics, underlying beliefs, and the sacred and secular functions of art. Also includes contemporary artists and art educators, their works, style, media, materials, and contributions.

Drawing from Nature

Tests candidates' ability to study natural objects to highlight their forms and growth. This may involve branches with flowers, foliage, fruits, vegetables, rocks, bones, insects, birds, shells, fish, crustacean, or skeletons.

Product Design/Modeling

Designing and producing models of industrial products, such as automobiles, phones, bottles, cosmetics.

Drawing from Life

Tests candidates' ability to observe and accurately depict the structure and form of a living person posed in a described attitude.

Ceramics

Ceramic wares such as jugs, flower vase, bowl, moulded, hand-built or thrown on the wheel, or any other object like a toy animal or figure. Clay works must be fired.

Crafts - Basketry

Making of mats, chairs, hats, stools, bags, macramé or other useful objects designed and woven or plaited in cane, raffia.

Drawing (Paper 3 Part A)

This paper assesses candidates' ability to observe, analyse and accurately depict natural and man-made objects, and to represent the structure and forms of the human figure. Works can be rendered in pencil, pastel, charcoal, pen and ink or poster/water colour.

Crafts - Jewellery

Design and construction of ornaments with metals, beads, plastic, shells, seeds.

Graphic Design - Computer Graphics

Designing graphic elements using computer software such as CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop.

Creative Design (2 – Dimensional Art) (Paper 3 Part B)

This part tests candidates' ability to visualize ideas and situations, sense of critical observation, originality and imagination in communicating personal vision in 2-Dimensional art forms.

Textile Design - Patterned Materials

Designing a piece of material (cotton, silk) dyed in a pattern (batik, tie and dye) or printed (block, screen printing). The piece should be at least two metres long and unsewn.

Art and craft terms

Examples include tie and dye, biscuit ware, silhouette, relief, chiaroscuro, sfumato, aperture.

Creative Design (3 – Dimensional Art) (Paper 3 Part C)

This part aims to evaluate candidates' sense of originality and imagination in communicating personal ideas and vision in 3-Dimensional art forms. Candidates may use clay, papier-mâché, wood/plywood, cement, fiber-glass, Plaster-of-Paris, paper.

Textile Design - Tapestry

A piece of fabric with a woven pattern or picture used as a wall hanging or upholstery.

20th Century Art - Cubism

Covers influence of African Art and Artists such as Pablo Picasso, George Braque.

Picture-Making - Painting

Creating illustrative composition of ideas (themes) from everyday life or imagination, using suitable medium, including Mural.

Picture-Making - Photography

The art of producing pictures with a camera, demonstrating basic knowledge and creative skill in shooting and printing from subjects like portraits, landscape, seascape, nature, and pets. Experimental photography with simple photo tricks (photograms, image distortion) is encouraged.

Picture-Making - Mosaic

Making pictures with small pieces of regular shaped coloured materials (glass, paper or tile) stuck onto a surface.

Picture-Making - Collage

Making pictures by synthesizing a variety of irregular shaped materials like cloth, pieces of paper and other objects onto a surface.

Contemporary Art - Art institutions and cultural festivals

Covers art schools, art galleries, arts centres, museums, departments for art and culture, art organizations (e.g. INSEA, NSIAD, SNA), and cultural festivals (their artistic significance e.g. costumes, symbols, objects, masks, body decorations, wall decorations).

Contemporary Art - Outstanding West African Artists

Focuses on their training, style, achievements and contributions to the development of art.

Ancient Traditional Art - Upper Volta (Mossi, Bobo, Kurumba)

Ancient Traditional Art - Nigeria (Benin, Ife, Nok, Igbo-Ukwu, Esie, Owo)

Modern Traditional Art - Oshogbo art

Modern Traditional Art - Ashanti and Ewe Kente

Modern Traditional Art - Modern Benin art

Modern Traditional Art - Winneba pottery

Modern Traditional Art - Abuja pottery

Modern Traditional Art - Ntoso adinkra

Modern Traditional Art - Bida brass works

Modern Traditional Art - calabash carving

Modern Traditional Art - Enyiresi basketry

Modern Traditional Art - Mbari mud sculpture

Modern Traditional Art - weaving

Modern Traditional Art - leatherwork

Modern Traditional Art - wall decoration

Modern Traditional Art - indigenous Decorative Motifs

Contemporary Art - Art institutions and cultural festivals

Contemporary Art - Outstanding West African Artists

Pre-historic, Ancient Egyptian and Western Art

Pre-historic Art (Earlyman's Art 20,000 – 2000BC)
Ancient Egyptian art (11,000 – 7,000 BC)
Greek Art - Periods, characteristics and artists
Medieval Art – Features, media and characteristics
19th Century Art - Impressionism
19th Century Art - Post Impressionism
Renaissance Art - Early, Low and High
20th Century Art - Cubism

Drawing (Paper 3 Part A)

Drawing from Objects
Drawing from Nature
Drawing from Life

Creative Design (2 – Dimensional Art) (Paper 3 Part B)

Graphic Design - Lettering and Poster Design
Graphic Design - Book Illustration
Graphic Design - Printmaking
Graphic Design - Package Design
Graphic Design - Computer Graphics
Textile Design - Patterned Materials
Textile Design - Appliqué
Textile Design - Tapestry
Picture-Making - Painting
Picture-Making - Photography
Picture-Making - Mosaic
Picture-Making - Collage

Creative Design (3 – Dimensional Art) (Paper 3 Part C)

Sculpture
Product Design/Modeling
Ceramics
Crafts - Basketry
Crafts - Jewellery
Crafts - Calabash Decoration