IB Art-making forms

Throughout the course, students are expected to experience working with a variety of different art-making and conceptual forms. SL students should, as a minimum, experience working with at least two art-making forms, each selected from separate columns of the table below. HL students should, as a minimum, experience working with at least three art-making forms, selected from a minimum of two columns of the table below. The examples given are for guidance only and are not intended to represent a definitive list.

Two-dimensional forms	Three-dimensional forms	Lens-based, electronic and screen-based forms
•                            Drawing: such as charcoal, pencil, ink, collage	•                           Carved sculpture: such as carved wood, stone, block	•                           Time-based and sequential art: such as stop-motion, digital animation, video art •                           Lens media: such as analog (wet) photography, digital photography, montage •                           Lens-less media: such as photogram/rayograph, scenography, pinhole photography, cyanotype, salted paper •                           Digital/screen-based: such as vector graphics, software developed painting, design and illustration
•                           Painting: such as acrylic, oil, watercolor, murals	•                           Modelled sculpture: such as wax, polymer clays
•                          Printmaking: such as relief, intaglio, planographic, chine collé •                           Graphics: such as illustration and design, graphic novel, storyboard	•                           Constructed sculpture: such as assemblage, bricolage, wood, plastic, paper, glass •                           Cast sculpture: such as plaster, wax, bronze, paper, plastic, glass
	•                           Ceramics: such as hand-built forms, thrown vessels, mold-made objects
	•                           Designed objects: such as models, interior design, jewelry
	•                           Site-specific/ephemeral: such as land art, installation, performance art
	•                           Textiles: such as fiber, weaving, constructed textiles

Interaction and engagement with local artists or collections as well as visits to museums, galleries, exhibitions, and other kinds of presentations provide valuable first-hand opportunities for investigation and should be used to inform students' work wherever possible. Personal responses to these experiences should be documented in the visual arts journal.