ART LEARNING OVERVIEW 2010-2011

Continued development of sketchbook work on the theme Self Identity.
Students will have to complete a sketchbook and a final piece covering the GCSE ART assessment objectives showing how they have:

a) approached the theme of surfaces and created a series of studies exploring the topic,

b) Looked into different artists, styles and cultures and used this research to inspire their work,

c) Developed their ideas by experimenting with a variety of different materials and d) created a final piece of work based on their experiments in their sketchbook.

  Students will be issued their exam paper where they will be given a theme by the exam board. They will have to develop their ideas based on the theme showing that they have covered all the assessment objectives. During this term, students will be covering the first two assessments objectives showing how they;

a) approached the theme and created a series of studies exploring the topic,

b) Looked into different artists, styles and cultures and used this research to inspire their work. Students will continue to work on their exam sketchbook.

Students will continue to work in their exam sketchbook, showing that they have developed their ideas by experimenting with a variety of different materials. They will also show planning for their final piece which will be completed during the exam.

The GCSE art exam will take place in May. The exam will be 10 hours long over 2 days where the students will create a final piece of work based on the work and ideas in their sketchbook.