GCSECOURSEWORK:AssessmentObjective1:Artist’scopyandWrittenResearch– approx15%ofGCSEgrade.• Chooseoneoftheartistsworktocopyfromtheslidesbelow,thinkingabouthowyoumightdoanidealikeitforthenexttask.
• CopyitA4sizeanddetailandshadeitineitherpencils,colouringpencils,pens,orpaint,dependingonwhatisavailabletoyou,usingthegridifnecessary.Ablankgridtoprintisonslide15.
• Thencompletetheartist’swrittenresearchquestionsonthenextslidebelowandputyouranswerstogetherwithyourartistscopyon1sheetofA3paperinyoursketchbook,ortwoA4pages.Ifyouranswerstakeupmorespaceaddmorepages.
ArtistsWrittenResearchQuestions:1. (Don’twritethequestionsonthesheetthough)!Ifposs,alsoprintoutotherexamplesofthe
artistswork.Allartworkwasfoundonpinterest.ThinkabouthowtheprintoutsfoldoutorareputontheA3pagesothatitgivesyouenoughspacetodoyourwrittenanswers.
2. Describetheartwork:Whatitlookslike,alsothinkingabouthowtheartisthasusedline,tone,form,shape,colour,texture,pattern,scale.Materials–whathasbeenusedtomakeit?
3. Techniques–howdoyouthinkithasbeenmade?
4. Youropinion–whatdoyouthinkaboutit?Likesanddislikeswithreasonsforwhatyouthink.Tohelp-thinkabouthowtheyhaveusedtheformalelements:colour,line,shape,pattern,form,texture,tone.Alsothinkaboutthetechniquesthey’veused,themedia,thesubjectmatter.
5. Ifyouwereshown4piecesofartwork,andaskedwhichonewasbyyourchosenartist,howwouldyoubeabletotell?ListthethingsthattheartistdoeswiththeirworkthatwouldhelpyourecogniseitbyHOWtheydoit,howtheydraw,whatkindsofcolourstheyuseetc.
6. Howmightyouusetheirworkorideasinyourownidea?–(thiswillbenextpieceofwork)
7. Whatdoyouthinkcouldbeimprovedabouttheartwork/design?
• ChooseWayneThiebaud’sworktocopyifyouwanttodoanidealikethisofdrawingobjectsinneatrowswithshadows.
• ChooseJanetHill’sworktocopyifyouwanttodoanidealikethisofdrawingobjectsbutmorethrowntogethernaturallylikeamessystackofobjects.
• ChooseSantiagoGarcia’sworktocopyifyouwanttodoanidealikethisofarealisticdrawing/paintingofanobjectwithstrongshadows.
• ChoosePaulJackson’sworktocopyifyouwanttodoanideawithlotsofreflectionstodrawanddetailandcolour.
• Choosethisunknownartistsworktocopyifyouwanttodoanidealikethisofdrawingobjectsdifferentsizesthantheyactuallyaretocreateanotherobject–inthiscase,askull(Couldalsojustbeacollectionofobjectsdrawninmoreofacollageofobjectstogether).
• ChooseSelenaMaestrini’sworktocopyifyouwanttodoanidealikethisofcreatingatexturedbackgroundtodrawyourobjectsoverthetopinshadesofonecolour.
• ChooseJoelGanucheau’sworktocopyifyouwanttodoanideawherethefocusisgettingtheaccuracyofoutlinesrightonanobject,andthenusingsimplecolourschemestocolourit.
• ChooseDanGrzeca’sworktocopyifyouwanttodoanidealikethisofdrawingobjectsputtogetherinasortofapatternwitharoughlycolouredbackgroundtomakethemstandout.
