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.