Secondary 4 Visual Arts
Visual Arts: from visual elements and design principles, through the four-step criticism method and Chinese-Western traditions, to portfolio development and art-historical context — with DSE-style examples and quizzes.
The order below is the recommended shallow-to-deep path.
Units 單元
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核心概念 Core Concepts1/1 live
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1Which five kinds of visual elements are the main ones?
Q2From which three aspects can colour be described?
Q3What do principles of organisation do? Give two examples.
Q4How do watercolour and printmaking differ in character?
Q5Why is liking or disliking not enough in appreciation?
應用與應試 Application and Exam Skills1/1 live
⚡ Unit quiz 快測5 Qs
Answer on your own first, then reveal — wrong answers go to your wrong-answer book.
Q1In what order should a work be described?
Q2What do thumbnail sketches do in conception?
Q3What do a sketchbook and a visual journal each record?
Q4What four-sentence frame can a short critique follow?
Q5What governs the subject's assessment arrangements?
Vocabulary book 生字簿
All terms, bilingual (printable).
The visual materials of a work, such as line, shape, colour, texture and space.
The track of a moving point, guiding the eye and carrying direction and mood.
A flat area enclosed by line, geometric or organic.
The element built of hue, value and saturation, touching emotion most directly.
The seen or felt character of a surface, rough or smooth.
The handling of near, far and depth within the picture.
The rules that arrange elements into a coherent picture, such as balance, contrast, rhythm and unity.
The stability produced by an even distribution of visual weight.
Using differences such as light and dark, large and small, to create focus and tension.
The visual movement produced by repetition with variation.
Saying what is seen in a work through accurate terms.
A brief piece of criticism moving from description to feeling in layers.
The central idea a creation wants to express.
The thinking before making: gathering material, testing plans, deciding the picture.
A small study trying out composition and colour scheme.
The placement of elements and the overall structure of a picture.
A book for recording observations and ideas at any time.
A personal file collecting images and reflections on visual experience.
The HKEAA's official document setting out a subject's assessment arrangements.