IB Visual Arts HL Internal Assessment Example

The student works confidently across a wide range of media and forms, including both 2D and 3D processes.

The student's material choices are usually purposeful and connected to meaning, not just used for variety.

The student shows clear technical experimentation, especially when combining and comparing processes to support specific ideas.

Technical control is uneven in areas such as proportion, perspective, blending, edge control and surface finish.

Some mixed-media outcomes need stronger integration so that the parts feel more resolved as a whole.

The student's reflections often identify problems well, but they sometimes stop short of a precise plan for fixing them.

The student investigates a relevant range of artists and identifies specific formal features such as perspective, composition, distortion, texture and materiality.

The student often explains how what they learned from artists influenced their own work.

The student's research is generally connected to developing intentions rather than remaining separate from the portfolio.

Some of the student's analysis stays descriptive or general rather than closely examining a specific artwork in depth.

At times the links to the student's own practice are asserted clearly but not fully demonstrated through detailed comparison.

The strongest insights would benefit from more precise explanation of what was adapted, changed or rejected and why.