Here is a useful resource for exam students and those starting GCSE Art soon.....

http://www.studentartguide.com/

Some of the Year 9 Assemblage work from today....inspired by the artist Bela Borsodi

Zoe Behrends in Year 11 has been busy over the holiday preparing for the Art exam......stunning work, well done Zoe!

Year 10 HOMEWORK: Document your experiments for A02 on a minimum of two presentation sheets. Annotate these in detail, explaining what worked well, even better if, your links to artists + the theme. You will need to include photographs of large work as well as your sections of the wall mural. These presentation sheets will be assessed and count towards your final grade.

Digital manipulation by Maria in Year 12

EXAM STUDENTS - here are two examples of experimentation by Emily and Nia. Drawing with ink & bleach....and painting with a palette knife.

Photograph by Hamaad in Year 11

Sculpting with wire, by Jesse in Year 12

A few notices....

DRAWDECK - paper submissions should be handed in today...online submissions should all be of your own work. Please do not upload artist copies, keep those for your sketchbook development work only. Any uploads should be from primary sources and your own work. Think of it as an online gallery - you wouldn't exhibit sketches of someone else's work in a gallery.

PORTFOLIO CLUB - the next Wednesday session will focus on LARGE scale life drawing. All are expected to attend.

EXAM PREPARATION - you should have completed your artist research, analysis and studies by now...start experimenting with a range of media whilst working from primary & secondary sources....you may choose to work in a colour scheme / style / medium of one of your chosen artists. Ensure that strong links are evident to the theme.

Using photo manipulation in the style of Calvin Merry. These experiments are by Ali in Year 10.

Year 13: When experimenting with your ideas for 'Still life' make sure that you work from PRIMARY SOURCES (your own photographs & from life)...use a range of media (printmaking, paint, charcoal etc) and annotate your work explaining the connections to your chosen artists and the theme. Here are some examples from EC 2011.

Year 12: When experimenting with your own ideas make sure that you make strong links to your chosen artists and that you use PRIMARY SOURCES (such as your own photographs)....Here are some examples by Claudia.

Have you seen this?

http://www.creativeyouthdubai.com

Here are some of the experiments for their project on Metamorphosis.....drawings by Chloe and Rachel in Year 10....