Want some extra work to do to help you in lessons?
I have had a request for some extra work for year 10 students who want to do more work outside of lessons which is fantastic! Below, you will find a range of things to try, youtube clips to watch and attempt, plus other ideas for improving your art skills to help you in lesson.
Develop your drawing skills:
In general, the people with the best drawing skills go on to get the highest marks. Use Youtube to search for different ways of drawing portraits. focus on the following:
- facial features
- drawing the face in proportion
- lots of different expressions
- using colour to show emotion
- the body as a whole, and the proportions
- different positions of the body
Practice using other materials:
- pencil crayons
- biro or handwriting pen
- felt tips - multiple colours, layers of cross hatching
- charcoal or pastels
- collage materials
- watercolours (you can buy a set for about £3 in the works!)
- acrylic paints
- sgraffito (google it!) - where you scratch into a surface
Work onto different surfaces
- book pages (ask Miss Wilson for some out of an old book!)
- newspaper
- brown envelopes
- tracing paper
- different coloured papers
- cardboard
- thin plastic
Work in the style of different artists
Google them - find out how they create their work, look at photos then give it a go! (you can also find out basic information on each artist HERE)
- Guy Denning
- Chuck Close
- Danny O'connor
- Giacometti
- Marion Bolognesi
- Lucian Freud
In general, the people with the best drawing skills go on to get the highest marks. Use Youtube to search for different ways of drawing portraits. focus on the following:
- facial features
- drawing the face in proportion
- lots of different expressions
- using colour to show emotion
- the body as a whole, and the proportions
- different positions of the body
Practice using other materials:
- pencil crayons
- biro or handwriting pen
- felt tips - multiple colours, layers of cross hatching
- charcoal or pastels
- collage materials
- watercolours (you can buy a set for about £3 in the works!)
- acrylic paints
- sgraffito (google it!) - where you scratch into a surface
Work onto different surfaces
- book pages (ask Miss Wilson for some out of an old book!)
- newspaper
- brown envelopes
- tracing paper
- different coloured papers
- cardboard
- thin plastic
Work in the style of different artists
Google them - find out how they create their work, look at photos then give it a go! (you can also find out basic information on each artist HERE)
- Guy Denning
- Chuck Close
- Danny O'connor
- Giacometti
- Marion Bolognesi
- Lucian Freud