From mark to visual language

In this lesson

Quick check → Look + interpret → Return → Develop → Visual response → Reflect

Return to the mark selected in Lesson 1, explore how meaning develops through visual choices and context, then develop the mark into an intentional visual response.

Lesson materials

• Studio GuideFrom mark to visual responseUse during studio work. Artwork references, interpretation prompts, worked examples, development strategies and visual diary guidance to return to while you work.Open Studio Guide ↗
• Lesson 2 Class PresentationFrom mark to visual languageUsed together in class. Shared looking, discussion, modelling and teacher-led instruction.Open Presentation ↗

Key learning

• Meaning can be carried through visual choices, repetition, scale, composition, context and association.

Keep in your visual diary

• First response + context note + revised interpretation
• Selected mark
• Visual language studies
• Developed visual response
• Reflection