Over the Summer complete work required to complete your Y9/10 folder.
You are to choose a title from
Landscape, Identity, Architecture, Landmarks, Mechanical Objects.
1. Title page (optional)
2. A3 mood board use pinterest to find drawings, printmaking, paintings,
photographs, textile art, sculpture and appropriate design work images linked
to your title.
3. A3 artist mood board from the artists listed in the information below and
some of your own type the name of the artist under the art work.
4. Visit a gallery or exhibition and create at least one A3 page based on
your visit, collect brochures, take photos, make thumbnail sketches and brief
notes about the art work you see and what you thought.
Architecture title - I recommend that you go ‘Thirty’ High Street
opposite the Guildhall in Newport as there is an architecture exhibition on only
until the 30th July - collect University booklets.
5. Take at least 24 photos for your title, try to include interesting
angles, take photos of the same place or object at different times of day, different
position, backgrounds, use compositional guidelines - leading lines, rule of
thirds, contrast of colour, texture, light and dark, close ups etc.
6. Complete at least one artist research page and response.
7. Produce studies based on your theme experiment with at least 3 different
media (pen, charcoal, collage, acrylic paint, watercolour, oil pastel, mixed
media.
8. Use different papers, brown wrapping paper, wallpaper, canvas,
cartridge, sugar paper, tissue paper.
Optional
a) Manipulate the images you have
taken, create photocollages, experiment with a digital manipulation software –
download a free app on your phone and experiment with ideas, print up your
photos and paint ontop of them or extend them into a drawing.
b) Produce a final outcome either
for this title or another outcome for the Y10 Sea project or your Y10 mock
exam.
c) Create design(s) for a lino
print, silk screen print or foam print based on your theme.
d) 2nd photo shoot take
another set of 24 images.
The more you do in the summer the better – You have one term left on your
portfolio which is worth 60% of your GCSE.
