IB Visual Arts HL Internal Assessment Example

The student shows ambitious and sustained experimentation across an unusually wide range of media, including photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, textiles, construction, and installation.

The student's material choices are usually clearly linked to their intentions, so the technical development feels purposeful rather than random.

The student demonstrates strong control over specific processes such as digital editing, stitch control, printmaking, and painting sequence, with several examples of thoughtful testing and adaptation.

A few exploratory outcomes are stronger in explanation than in visible resolution, so not every experiment feels equally secure.

Some earlier trials remain tentative, and in a few places the technical control could be more consistent across the whole portfolio.

The student could push the visual comparison between first attempts and revised outcomes a little further so the improvement is easier to see at a glance.

The student investigates a wide range of artists and uses that research in a practical way rather than leaving it at description.

The student often identifies a specific formal method or visual strategy and applies it directly to their own work.

The student's investigation is strengthened by first-hand encounters and by showing how artist research leads to clear changes in format, composition, and subject treatment.

Some artist references are explained only briefly, so the critical depth is not always fully developed.

A few links between the artist’s practice and the student's own response need more precise comparison so the influence feels more analytical.

In some places the student states the connection to their work clearly, but they could also explain what they changed, rejected, or adapted to make the analysis more convincing.