Year 11 Mock Exam Project Research

Research Pages

For Prep this week we are asking you to research an Artist whose work relates to the Mock Exam theme you are exploring. Most Artists investigate a range of themes through their work, so when selecting works to analyse ensure you choose appropriately - things that have a clear link with your theme or techniques you intend to employ. 

• What you need to do - look at your week 3 feedback/Firefly task for suggested Artists, produce 2 pages of research based upon one Artist's work.
• Remember it is a visual subject so research pages need plenty of imagery, printed at a decent size (A6 -A5), what you write is important, but be succinct. A short paragraph for biographical background plus two slightly longer paragraphs analysing specific works by the Artist.

Guidance: 

RESEARCH

1. Title your pages with the Artist’s name, you might consider using fonts available online from sites such as www.dafont.com (due to school IT firewalls you cannot install fonts, but you can type the words you want and "print screen" without having to do the installation).


2. Find good images of your selected Artist's work that investigate ideas or techniques related to your theme/approach – don't use tiny jpegs that print out pixellated, print at around A5 scale (quarter of a sketchbook page).


3. Give a little background information on each Artist, when they were born, do they belong to a particular Artistic movement?


4. If possible include quotations from the Artists. www.artquotes.net is good for widely known Artists.

ANALYSIS

1. Give a detailed description of the artwork.


2. Analyse – comment upon use of formal elements: colour, composition, technique/media, scale, line etc.
3. Discuss themes and ideas behind the work - what is the Artist investigating/expressing?

WRITTEN RESPONSE

1. Give an opinion on the Artworks, but ensure you justify what you say. Avoid simple value judgements (‘I really like/dislike…’) or vague, meaningless statements (’This piece is really effective’). Comment upon how successful or unsuccessful you find the artwork, and give specific reasons why you hold this opinion - e.g. "I find this drawing particularly successful because of the way Dine's dramatic use of tone around the tool emphasises the simple forms". 


2. What is the relationship between this work and the work you are undertaking? Where possible identify and explain connections between this artist’s work and your own.
   Make a visual response to the Artist you have researched.

VISUAL RESPONSE

1. This should be an interpretation of ONE OF YOUR PHOTOS in the style of one of the Artists, not just a copy of one of their images. Use appropriate media.

OVERALL PRESENTATION

1. Take pride in the overall presentation of your research, it should not be rushed. Consider each element carefully:  type, layout, titles, visual responses etc.

DEADLINE: Friday 5th October P1. I will be reviewing sketchbooks for overall progress next Friday and will use this as a guide for writing your first reports.

Many of you would be well advised to add to your source photography before next Friday as well, print images for inclusion in your sketchbook.