Author: lwilson

AO3 Photography
You will take a range of portrait photographs, focusing on facial expressions, lighting and shadows, pose/gaze, composition.

AO1/2 Rankin Destroy

Research Rankin’s Destroy series. Analyse his work. Apply the idea to one of your own photographs and ‘destroy’ your photo to show a side of your personality. Experiment with different ways of doing this on small photographs then go larger!

AO3 Mind map and collage
First, produce a mind map about your identity.
Next, create a collage of images that link to the words on your mind map. Add some of the key words into your collage.

AO3 Drawing and printing
Working from your own photos, you are asked to produce an A4 pencil drawing, a Biro drawing, and a large charcoal and chalk drawing. You are also asked to produce little studies of facial features. Any extra drawings will get you extra marks.
Next, use your photos to mono print, and work into at least one mono print using other materials.

AO1 Independent Artist Research
Select an artist that inspires your ideas. Analyse their work and create a copy of your favourite piece of art by that artist. Try to get the copy as accurate as you can—really experiment with the artist’s technique, style, colours etc. as this will help you later.

AO1 Artist Workshop
Your teacher will introduce you to 3 very different artists through workshops where you will analyse their styles and then try them out. The purpose of this is to generate 3 artist copies that you could use later on your board and when developing your independent experiments. You will use at least ONE of these artists as one of your two main artist influences.

AO2 Independent experiments
This is where you develop your ideas for your final piece visually, through experiments with:
Different materials and techniques
Different colour schemes and textures
Different sizes and lay outs (composition)
Try varying the image you work from so your work is not repetitive
All of this section must link clearly to your two artists so that your project reads clearly.

AO1/2 Artist responses

Next, you need to apply TWO of your artists to your own ideas by painting/creating one of your drawings in the artist’s style, using the same technique and colours as your artist copy.

AO3 Annotations
Put your boards together so they tell the story of your project, then explain your ideas and experiments with links to your artists. Explain why you made certain choices and changes etc. and how your work progressed. Aim to use art language in your annotations.

AO2 combine artist styles
Take your favourite things from your two artists and combine them as you start your experiments. You might want to try different combinations eg. Background from one artist textured materials from second artist.

AO4 final piece
Your final piece should bring together the best of all of your ideas and experiments. It should link clearly to your artists, and be your best piece yet! In preparation for the GCSE Exam, you will have around 10 hours of lessons to complete your outcome.

AO4 Evaluation
To finish the project, you will need to evaluate the final piece.
What was the idea and how did you create it?
Which artists inspired you and how?
What are the strengths and areas for development?

Mindmap
Collage
Photography
Head shots
Use of lighting/shadows
Drawing from own photographs
Pencil drawing
Biro drawing
Charcoal and chalk – large scale
Facial features drawing page in different materials
Printing from own photos
Plain mono print
Enhanced mono print
Mixed media piece
Research Rankin ‘Destroy’
Experiments with ways to ‘destroy’ a photo
Destroy own photograph, linking to own identity and interests
Artist research ‘workshop’
Introduce students to 3 artists that they could later refer back to. Mini artist copy of each and a paragraph to analyse – ready to use on boards later as the second artist.
Artist research, copy and own drawing created in their style – choice of:
Francis Bacon – large scale torch painting
David Hockney? – photo montage
Guy Denning – loose painting style
Francois Niely – bright colours, bold brush strokes
Florian Nicolle – simplified figure on mixed media background
Patrick Bremer – collage portraits
Second artist research, copy and own drawing created in their style. Students choose either one of the artists from the earlier ‘artist workshop’ or a new artist through discussions with teacher for guidance, thinking about what will suit their ideas and their ability.
Combine 2 artist styles in an experiment.
Independent experiments to move ideas forwards, primarily exploring technique, materials, composition and colour scheme.
Annotations
Final piece
Evaluation

Presentation board guide

Visual Recordings board – drawing and photography / Mindmap / Collage / Photography / Head shots / Use of lighting/shadows / Drawing from own photographs / Pencil drawing / Biro drawing / Charcoal and chalk – large scale / Facial features drawing page in different materials / Annotations	Second visual recordings board – photography/printing / Printing from own photos / Plain mono print / Enhanced mono print / Mixed media piece / Research Rankin ‘Destroy’ / Experiments with ways to ‘destroy’ a photo / Destroy own photograph, linking to own identity and interests / Annotations
Artist research and experiments board / Artist research, copy and own drawing created in their style – choice of: / Francis Bacon – large scale torch painting / David Hockney? – photo montage / Guy Denning – loose painting style / Francois Niely – bright colours, bold brush strokes / Florian Nicolle – simplified figure on mixed media background / Patrick Bremer – collage portraits / Second artist research, copy and own drawing created in their style. Students choose their artist through discussions with teacher for guidance, thinking about what will suit their ideas and their ability. / Combine 2 artist styles in an experiment. / Annotations	Further experiments board / Independent experiments to move ideas forwards, primarily exploring technique, materials, composition and colour scheme. / Annotations / Final piece evaluation.