Your work on this short project will also form your end of year examination. The 4 main stages are: Part 1: Major homework and preparation task: Researching street artists that include the human face or figure in their work. This will be a 2 week extended homework task (although you may use Art Club for additional help and access to a wider range of materials). The homework should be A3 sized. You will be emailed a link to the online resource with examples, websites and other media to help you carry out this task. You must include at least 3 of your own paintings or drawings of artworks by appropriate artists. You must write between 100 and 200 words about their work. Some of your notes will be factual information such as; Where are they from? Where is their work made and displayed? What techniques do they use? Other notes may be more personal or interpretive (what do you see in the work?) What is their work about? Describe their use of line, pattern, colour, shape and images. Focus on artists who you can find information for (‘I found it on Google Images’ is not acceptable!) Presentation: aim for attractive layout. This includes backgrounds, borders and titles. You may use computers for some of this task, but must include at least 3 of your own paintings and drawings that accurately copy the work of relevant artists.

Possible artists to Google might include:

Blu, La Pandilla, Neuzz , Sten, Miss Van, Gaia and Nanook , Blek le Rat, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Hogre,

Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, C215, 108, Useful websites to get you started (use the online version to save typing them!):

http://www.lasciailsegno.it/ http://www.streetartutopia.com/ http://www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_street_artists http://www.unurth.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-rojo-steven-harrington/living-walls-atlanta-2012_b_1774430.html

http://globalstreetart.com/ http://www.streetartview.com/ http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/street-art/

Part 2: Self portraits (in class and for second homework): Photographs, drawings and videos that describe you, show your character or image. Some of the photographs will be used for your actual stencils. Some may be your own from home, others will be taken in school. Your various drawn and photographed self-portraits will be included in your final exam piece – make sure that you produce something that is of an appropriate standard!

Part 3: Stencil making

Design and draw the image you want to use for your stencil. Either draw it directly on paper or print it from a computer. Choose or make an image that can be rendered in a single colour and with the fewest number of intricate and fine lines possible. As an extension and challenge task also may create an image made up of two (or even three!) overlapping layers of one colour each and make each layer its own stencil.

Study the image to figure out how to convert it to a stencil cut-out. Look for any sections where a portion of the image is fully encircled by other lines of the image (such as the inside of certain letters, like "o"). Make connecting lines in these sections to keep the enclosed area attached to the rest of the stencil.

Cut the image out of paper. More information : www.ehow.com/how_5626321_make-street-stencils.html

You will spray your stencil portraits on a range of surfaces and backgrounds. You might add other stencils, such as patterns and text to develop your image further – be experimental and ambitious for the highest grades and best possible result. Part 4: A2 preparatory board This board will tell the story of your project. It must look great! You will begin it in normal lessons before your exam and finish it in lessons afterwards. Your board needs:

Main Title (Something like ‘Street Art Portraits? Or ‘Stencil Art’) How you write it (fonts etc) is important!

Good, thoughtful, original writing (on other artists and your own ideas and development)

Great, original drawing and painting (your self-portraits and studies of other artists’ work)

A strong background and borders to hold the whole thing together

Good layout and composition (how you put the different parts together) Your exam grade will include a combination of your unassisted (test conditions) work on the board and also all of the preparation (writing, research, drawing, photography etc) that came before it. The board will also include examples of your trials and experimentation with stencilling

GM 2013