AQA GCSE Art & Design Set Task (Exam)

AQA GCSE Art & Design Set Task(Exam) Development Work Planning PowerPoint Starting Point 6: Close Up

How to use this PowerPoint • Use this PP to plan and produce development work for your exam project. • You can always access it via the art website: www.lbsart.weebly.com • Green slides signal the start of a new stage in your planning or sketchbook

Planning stages (green slides)(Tip: Use these stages as titles in your sketchbook to help planning)( You may decide to do some stages in a different order)(Think about how long each stage will take and plan your time carefully) • AO3 - Brainstorm the starting point • AO1 – Artist and cultural investigations • AO3 - Early intentions and ideas • AO3 - Primary & Secondary recording • AO1 – Investigations from other sources • AO2 – Using materials to refine ideas • AO4 – Final design • AO4 – Final outcome (in 10 hour exam)

Useful links • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/ • http://collectives.tate.org.uk/ • http://www.tate.org.uk/art

1. AO3 - Brainstorm the starting point CLOSE UP Artists are sometimes inspired by the idea of close up views of their subject. For example, the Boyle Family, Robert Cottingham, Alison Watt and the photographer Andreas Feininger have created unusual and sometimes abstract work from close – up views. Research appropriate sources and create your own response Produce a brainstorm for the theme that uses word association to generate ideas. Use the images on the next slide to inspire you... (GRADE A / A*) A highly developed ability to fluently and skilfully record ideas and insights relevant to intentions (GRADE B) A consistent ability to skilfully record ideas and insights relevant to intentions (GRADE C) A generally consistent ability to effectively record ideas and insights relevant to intentions

Examples of brainstorms...

2. AO1 - Artist investigations • Investigate and analyse at least 2 of the artists given in the exam starting points. • Use reliable internet sources and if possible books and other sources • Use quality images, drawings and annotations using the 4 headings (GRADE A / A*) A confident and highly developed ability to demonstrateanalytical and cultural understanding (GRADE B) A consistent ability to demonstrateanalytical and cultural understanding (GRADE C) A generally consistent ability to demonstrateanalytical and cultural understanding TOP TIP: Take care with presentation and the spelling, punctuation and grammar of written work. Use the annotation help sheets to extend your vocabulary

The Boyle Family • http://www.boylefamily.co.uk/index.html Boyle Family is a group of collaborative artists based in London. They are perhaps most well known for their Earth studies. These pictures - highly accurate painted casts that operate somewhere between painting and sculpture - involve the meticulous re-creation of randomly chosen areas of the Earth's surface using resin and fibreglass (as well as real materials from the site)

Robert Cottingham • http://www.tandempress.wisc.edu/artists/cottingham/cottingham.html Robert Cottingham Robert Cottingham is considered to be one of most important original Photorealist painters. Cottingham's work focuses on items associated as Americana. He studied art at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute

Alison Watt • http://www.inglebygallery.com/artists/alison-watt/ Host 2006-2007oil on canvas14ft x 10ft Alison Watt OBE is a Scottish painter, born in Greenock on 11 December 1965. Alison Watt graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1988. Her first works to become well known were dryly painted figurative canvases, often female nudes, in light filled interiors.

Andreas Feininger • http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=LXGua_YjiUg Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger was a German American photographer, and writer on photographic technique He is well known for his dynamic black-and-white scenes of Manhattan and studies of the structure of natural objects.

3. AO3 - Early intentions and ideas • Choose an area of your brainstorm to focus on • - Make written notes about your early intentions for the project and what you hope to achieve by the end. (This plan may change!) • - Use the 4 headings and also include: • Objects you want to record visually • Artists and other sources you want to investigate CLOSE -UP TOP TIP: You could include some small thumbnail drawings to show your idea visually Content Process Meaning Purpose

Suggested themes for Close up • Cut open fruit and vegetables • Close ups of machinery and mechanical parts • Close ups of musical instruments from strange angles • Close ups of leaves and natural forms

4. AO3 - Primary and Secondary Recording You must now find appropriate objects and items to record from. The main ways you will do this will be through observational drawing and photography. Record from primary sources first and move onto secondary sources if necessary… (GRADE A / A*) A highly developed ability to fluently and skilfully record observations relevant to intentions (GRADE B) A consistent ability to skilfully record observations relevant to intentions (GRADE C) A generally consistent ability to effectively record observations relevant to intentions

Observational drawing • Success Criteria: • Quality tonal shading • High contrast • Interesting and unusual compositions • Zooming in and cropping

Photography • Success Criteria: • Interesting and unusual compositions • Appropriate themes • Zooming in and cropping • Pattern and texture

5. AO1 - Investigations from other sources • You must extend your investigations by using other sources of information • This could include other artists, a visit to a gallery or a local place of interest related to your theme • Record your investigations using photography, drawings, collected items and written notes. TOP TIP: Always refer to your intentions, state why you have investigated a source, how will it help with your final piece?

6. AO2 - Using materials to refine ideas (GRADE A / A*) A highly developed ability to thoughtfully refine ideas through purposeful and discriminating selection of appropriate materials and techniques (GRADE B) A consistent ability to thoughtfully refine ideas through purposefulselection of appropriate materials and techniques (GRADE C) A generally consistent ability to effectively refine ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate materials and techniques • Choose appropriate materials to develop your ideas • See the next slide for ideas about materials • Re-visit and refine your experimental pieces up to the highest standard possible. TOP TIP: Use materials that you have used before and are confident with! Never spend more time writing about your practical work than doing it!

Using materials The list below shows what you should have covered in your GCSE Art Remember to use materials that you are confident with already... 2D Pencil Fineliner / Pen Charcoal / Pastel Watercolours Acrylic Paints Collage Polystyrene Printing Lino Printing 3D Card Relief Wire / card sculpture Clay slab Clay coil / pinch pot Glazing techniques TOP TIP: The link below takes you to GCSE Bitesize and useful practical videos for 2D and 3D techniques http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/art/video/

7. AO4 – Final Design • Produce a quality final design for your final piece • This should be a refined drawing of how your 2D / 3D piece will look • Make notes using the 4 headings TOP TIPS: Highlight how your final piece will realise your intentions Highlight links and connections to artist work that you have looked at.. (GRADE A / A*) A highly developed ability to present an imaginative, personal, informed and meaningful response when realising intentions. (GRADE B) A consistent ability to present an personal, informed and meaningful response when realising intentions. (GRADE C) A generally consistent ability to effectively present an personal, informed and meaningful response when realising intentions. Final Design CONTENT PROCESS MEANING PURPOSE

AQA GCSE Art & Design Set Task (Exam)