Grade 9 SPA – Visual Arts
Curriculum Overview
Focus: Developing higher-level art skills, critical and creative thinking, and cultural appreciation through
Filipino art forms and contemporary practices.
📚 1st Quarter: Drawing and Composition Development
Theme: Personal and Cultural Identity through Drawing
Lessons:
1. Review of Elements and Principles of Art
2. Advanced Drawing Techniques
o Value shading, hatching, stippling
3. Perspective Drawing (1-point & 2-point)
4. Figure Drawing and Proportions
o Study of human body and gestures
5. Still Life and Object Drawing
6. Composition Techniques
o Focal point, rule of thirds, balance
7. Cultural Motif Drawing
o Integrating okir, ukit, tattoo patterns from Filipino indigenous designs
Performance Task:
Personal Cultural Poster using accurate perspective and Filipino patterns
📚 2nd Quarter: Painting and Color Theory
Theme: Telling Stories through Colors and Traditions
Lessons:
1. Color Theory:
o Color wheel, harmony, warm/cool, contrast
2. Filipino Symbolism in Color
o E.g., red for bravery, gold for royalty (from festivals, clothing, etc.)
3. Painting Media and Techniques
o Watercolor, acrylic, mixed media
4. Underpainting and Layering
5. Landscape Painting
o Based on local sceneries or festivals
6. Portrait Painting
o With cultural attire or expression
Performance Task:
Festival-Inspired Painting (e.g., Sinulog, Kadayawan, Panagbenga)
📚 3rd Quarter: Printmaking and Mixed Media
Theme: Expression and Advocacy in Art
Lessons:
1. History and Types of Printmaking
o Relief, stencil, mono-print
2. Techniques in Linocut or Rubbercut
3. Stencil Making with Local Symbols
o Baybayin, ethnic patterns, environmental icons
4. Mixed Media Introduction
o Collage, textural painting, recycled material art
5. Contemporary Art and Art for Advocacy
o Social issues, environment, nationalism
Performance Task:
Advocacy Poster through Printmaking or Mixed Media Collage
📚 4th Quarter: Sculpture and Installation Art
Theme: Form, Function, and Filipino Innovation
Lessons:
1. Introduction to 3D Art and Sculpture
2. Types of Sculpture
o Relief, in-the-round, kinetic
3. Sculpture Techniques
o Papier-mâché, wire, clay, assemblage
4. Filipino Traditional Sculpture
o Higantes, bulul, okir wood carvings
5. Installation Art
o Site-specific, environmental, interactive
6. Contemporary Filipino Artists and Their Works
Performance Task:
Mini Installation or Sculpture Project with Filipino theme (e.g., “Bayanihan,” “Fiesta,” or
“Kalikasan”)
✨ Enrichment Activities (All Year)
Field trips to museums or cultural centers
Guest local artists for demo or talk
Art contests and gallery exhibition of student works
Community-based mural or collaborative artwork