Starting Points

Abstract

Working

Habitats

AQA GCSE Fine Art 2019 - Externally Set AssignmentCounts towards 30% of your final mark for your GCSE grade

After the prep. time, you will have

10 hours over 2 days

AO1 (Develop) -24 marksFind relevant artists to look atUse this work to inspire mini pieces of workMake personal comments about this workVisit museums, galleries, cities, spaces etc to inspire your work

AO2 (Experiment) – 24 marksExplore different media in your sketchbookUse different techniques and processesEvaluate how successful your experiments have been

AO3 (Record)- 24 marksCollect and present only relevant imageryProduce high quality drawings/sketches/ paintings etcTake your own photos Annotate your work thoroughly

AO4 (Present) – 24 marksProduce confident and high quality final piece/sEnsure your work links to your prep work and artists that you researched

Select ONE of the starting points

. AbstractMany artists, craftspeople and designers work in an abstract manner. Frank Gehry’s architectural designs are inspired by the abstract shapes

in Cubist paintings. John Hoyland made colourful abstract paintings and designer Michelle House creates abstract printed textiles. Henry Holmes Smith’s experimental photographs explore colour and light. Paul Rand made corporate logo designs inspired by Modernism, in particular

the paintings of Wassily Kandinsky. Alison Britton makes abstract ceramic vessels. Research appropriate sources and create your own work based on Abstract.

Working The act of working, the way something works and different working processes have interested many artists, craftspeople and

designers. The shipbuilding paintings of Stanley Spencer and Frank Brangwyn’s studies of industrial scenes illustrate hard manual work. J.C. Burrows’ photographs of Cornish mine workers capture the working conditions of nineteenth century tin mining. Jean

Tinguely created fantastic working machine sculptures and puppet makers Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler design working models of figures and animals for film and theatre. Textile artist Ann Goddard and installation artist Jessica Stockholder combine different

working processes in their artwork.

Research appropriate sources and create work based on your own interpretation of Working. Habitats

Many artists, craftspeople and designers are inspired by human, animal, marine and plant habitats. John Bratby painted domestic habitats. Catrin Mostyn Jones’ ceramics and jewellery are inspired by marine habitats. Nick Brandt’s photographic series ‘Inherit the Dust’ documents

the effect of human intervention on animal habitats and Tom Eckersley has designed posters for ‘The World Wide Fund for Nature’ about the impact of climate change on habitats. Edith Meusnier makes textile installations that interact with plant and animal habitats and Moshe Safdie

designed housing in his ‘Habitat 67’ project. Research appropriate sources and create your own work based on Habitats.

ExamIn the exam you will create your final piece that links with the

question you have chosen. The more you put into the prep the easier the exam will be! There will be no surprises and you will take it on confidently!

Starting Tasks….INTRODUCTION PAGEIn your sketchbook produce an introduction page based on your chosen theme.

Use your imagination with this page! Just make sure it includes the starting point title somewhere on the page.

MIND MAPUsing a mind map, note down all the related words that come to mind when you think of your theme/ question.Your mind map should be pleasing to the eye and contain a wide variety of ideas.

ARTIST INVESTIGATIONProduce an artist page on an at least 3 artists that links to your chosen theme. You must select at least 2-3artists from the hand-out given to you and if you canfind one yourself.

Ensure your page includes the following:

- The artist’s name

- Images of the artist's work

- An analysis of the artist's work (using the prompt sheet as a guide)

- A copy/ study of a piece of the artist's work OR your own interpretation OR both!

Important Information· You will be aiming to show that you

have met all of the assessment objectives

in your preparation work as well as in the

work created in the 10 hours.· The controlled/exam conditions will be

spread over two days and total 10 hours. · The work you produce in your prep

time and in the 10 hours will count towards the 60% of your final gradealongside other coursework.

Marking and Grading -A01 -Critical Studies

AO2 –Designs and Samples

A03 –Collecting of images and Drawings .

A04 – Final Piece.

Evidence of artists, designers work within the project and how it has influenced your work.

Ideas, sketches,Plans - workingtowards a final planfor a final piece.Material samplesand prototype forthe final piece.

Photographs and collected images based on a chosen theme. Drawings in various media and scale of a chosen topic.

A final outcome forthe project. Thiscould be ceramics,print, painting,sculpture.

. HabitatsMany ar,sts, cra/speople and designers are inspired by

human, animal, marine and plant habitats.

John Bratby painted domestic habitats

Catrin Mostyn Jones’ ceramics and jewellery are inspired by marine

habitats

Rooms- domestic habitats- home

Nick Brandt’s photographic series ‘Inherit the Dust’ documents the effect of human intervention on animal habitats.

Q.HabitatsAnimals and how they are exposed and how their

habitats in Africa can be harsh and impact of humans on land

Tom Eckersley has designed posters for ‘The World Wide Fund for Nature’ about the impact of

climate change on habitats

John Bratby-natural/domestic habitats-

bedrooms etc

Q6.Habitats Andreas Lie

Franz Marc

Tamara Philips

Q.Habitats-Marine life

Maria Barry

Sketchbook ideas- mermaids

Q.Habitats-Marine life

Sketchbook ideas