IB Visual Arts HL Internal Assessment Example

The student shows broad and purposeful experimentation across drawing, painting, photography/video, digital compositing and sculpture.

The student's technical trials often lead to genuine decisions in the final work, rather than remaining isolated experiments.

The student demonstrates good control of material properties in several media, especially through tonal modelling, layering and construction.

Some experiments are not yet resolved with consistent confidence, especially where depth, overlap, or transitions are complex.

A few process notes describe what happened without fully explaining how to improve the outcome next time.

The student's strongest technical control is not sustained equally across every medium and page.

The student investigates other artists with clear attention to formal and technical choices, not just general themes.

The student makes strong links between what they study and what they try in their own work.

The student's research frequently shapes practical decisions in palette, composition, material choice and presentation.

Some observations become slightly descriptive or speculative instead of fully analytical.

A few ideas would be stronger if the student identified exactly which visible features they are adapting and why.

Occasionally the writing could separate sources more cleanly from the student's own analysis for greater clarity.