Monday 26 March 2018

EXAM PREPARATION : TUESDAY 27TH MARCH 2018

So, we don't have long until the 10 hour examination on the 19th / 20th April!

Thankyou for all your hard work so far, I appreciate all the lunchtime and T7 sessions that many of you have attended so far!!

Please make sure you have completed all work listed below, up to and including, 3 ideas for a final piece(you were given a copy of this the same day you received your exam paper - friday 10th January). This MUST be presented in your sketchbook!!

On the exam preparation day we are focusing on :

  1. understanding the Assessment Objectives
  2. planning a successful composition, and
  3. evaluating skills.
Here are the resources we will be referring to:






Thursday 22 March 2018

YR 11 EXAM HOMEWORK

4 WEEKS TO EXAM 

By now the following work should be completed and presented in your sketchbooks:
  • Artist Analysis 1
  • Artist Analysis 2
  • Primary / Secondary research - photos you have taken / images printed which relate to chosen exam question for the development of your ideas
  • Minimum of 4 observational drawings from primary/ secondary sources in a range of materials/ techniques/ scale etc
  • 2 developmental "in style of" studies reflecting the style of your 2 chosen artists
If this work is not completed it will affect how you are assessed for the 4 Assessment Objectives!

Homework:
  1. Make sure all of the above is completed and in your sketchbook (You had a sheet with this information on with deadlines on when we started the exam work!!!). Make sure your work is annotated. Make clear links with how what you are doing relates to your chosen exam question. SHOW CLEAR DEVELOPMENT.
  2. Produce 3 detailed compositional ideas for a personal response which are developed from observational studies / show clear links to artists studied and answer EXAM QUESTION - CLEAR DEVELOPMENT EVIDENT.
DEADLINE: 11W Monday 9th April
                    11Y Wednesday 11th April
Week Commencing 9/4/18, we will be focusing on further experimental work relating to chosen composition for personal response and creating a final compositional idea in preparation for your exam which is Thursday 19th April and Friday 20th April.  

Homework on friday 13th April will be to complete evaluation part 1 on sketchbook work produced. Evaluation part 2 on the personal response will be completed in the last hour of the exam.

ALL SKETCHBOOK WORK TO BE FINISHED IN SKETCHBOOK AND HANDED IN NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL


Friday 16 March 2018

YEAR 11 HOMEWORK : FRIDAY 16TH MARCH

DEADLINE : FRIDAY 23RD MARCH
TASK : ENSURE OBSERVATION STUDIES FROM SOURCES (IMAGES/PHOTOS RELATING TO RESPONSE TO CHOSEN EXAM QUESTION) WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN LESSONS FOR LAST 2 WEEKS ARE COMPLETED. THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 4 STUDIES IN A RANGE OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES.

Tuesday 6 March 2018

YEAR 10 HOMEWORK

DEADLINE: TUESDAY 13TH MARCH
TASK: MAKE SURE ALL WORK IS UP TO DATE:

  1. YELLOW POST-ITS ACTED UPON THEN REMOVE
  2. PRINT WORK IS PRESENTED
  3. PHOTOS PRINTED
OPTIONAL: BEGIN PRESENTATION OF ARTIST ANALYSIS 3.

Monday 5 March 2018

YR 11 HOMEWORK


BY NOW YOUR 2 ARTIST ANALYSIS' SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND PRESENTED IN YOUR SKETCHBOOK. 

YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS OF SOURCES THAT RELATE TO YOUR CHOSEN EXAM QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO DEVELOP THIS. YOU DECIDE WHETHER THESE ARE PRESENTED WITH INDIVIDUAL OBSERVATION STUDIES OR AS A MONTAGE (I WOULD ADVISE, ENOUGH IMAGES TO FILL 1 A3 PAGE MINIMUM).

IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THE ABOVE BY NOW YOU ARE SERIOUSLY BEHIND IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOU EXAM WORK!!!!!

5 AND A 1/2 WEEKS TILL EXAM!!!!!

YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED YOUR OBSERVATION STUDIES IN THE STYLE OF YOUR 2 ARTISTS.

YOU NEED A MINIMUM OF 2 A3 PAGES OF OBSERVATION STUDIES IN A RANGE OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES. A MINIMUM OF 4 STUDIES - COULD BE SAME THING BUT DIFFERENT ANGLES, VIEWPOINTS, SCALE, MATERIALS/TECHNIQUES.

HOMEWORK: COMPLETE STUDIES IN STYLE OF CHOSEN ARTISTS.
DEADLINE : FRIDAY 16TH MARCH