Demonstrating 2-D Skills
Introduced| English | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 2-D skills/tuː diː skɪlz/ | The use of visual elements and design principles to organise work on a flat surface. |
| Selected Works/sɪˈlektɪd wɜːks/ | A chosen set of pieces that demonstrates an artist's skills and ideas. |
Skill on a flat surface
- The portfolio must show 2-D skills 二维技能 — the elements and principles used to organise a flat surface.
- That means skilful use of line, shape, value, colour, texture, and space.
- Plus the principles: balance, emphasis, contrast, and the rest.
The portfolio section (5 works) that most directly judges 2-D skills is...
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Selected Works (5 works) judges 2-D skills most directly.
2-D skills are the use of the elements and ____ to organise a flat surface.
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2-D skills use the elements and principles purposefully.
Control and decisions
- Skilful work shows control of value, colour, composition, and mark-making.
- Skills are demonstrated across many works, in a range of materials.
- Skill is shown by decisions that are clear and purposeful.
Van Gogh's Starry Night: expressive line, colour, and rhythm as 2-D skills
Shows 2-D skill or not?
Sort each as demonstrating 2-D skill or not.
Only neat, realistic work can show high 2-D skill.
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False. Skill is purposeful control of materials and design; a loose, expressive piece can show it just as well.
Select all things that demonstrate 2-D skill.
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Controlled value, composition, and colour show skill; random marks do not.
Match each term to its meaning.
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2-D skills = elements+principles; Selected Works = 5; purposeful = intentional.
Selected Works
- The Selected Works 精选作品 section (5 works) is where 2-D skills are judged most directly.
- Choose works that best show control and decision-making.
- Skill supports the idea — it is never decoration for its own sake.
2-D skills are not just neatness or realism. They are the purposeful use of the elements and principles to organise a surface. A loose, expressive piece can show high skill if its value, colour, and composition are controlled and intentional. Judge skill by decisions, not by tidiness.
A Selected Work shows strong 2-D skills: controlled value builds a solid form, complementary colour creates emphasis, and a rule-of-thirds composition leads the eye. Every choice is purposeful — that visible control is exactly what the skill score rewards.
The portfolio must show 2-D skills — the purposeful use of the elements and principles to organise a flat surface — across many works. Skill is shown by clear, controlled decisions (value, colour, composition, mark-making). The Selected Works section (5 works) judges skill most directly.
Write from a flat print rather than a clay pot
- A student wants to show 2-D skills.
- One option is a clay pot and the other is a relief print.
For a 2-D portfolio, a student must choose between a clay pot and a relief print on paper. Which one shows 2-D skills, and why?
2-D skills are judged on a flat image, not on an object in the round.
Which choice shows 2-D skills?
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The print is flat. The pot is a 3-D object.