| Subject: Art |
| Task: |
| 1/. Create a short list of 3 potential topics to study for you’re a level art course (you may wish to consult SHS/ MMN)
Discuss your short list with your art teacher and decide upon the best choice 2/. Create a mind-map of your chosen topic (see mind maps from GCSE art) 3/. Take a series of 10 photos connected with your topic 4/. Make 3 drawings from your photos- 1 in pen, 1 in pencil. 1 in pencil crayon 5/. Select 3 artists who are connected to your theme and create an A3 artist research page for each (see artist research pages for GCSE projects) |
| Why is this required for September? |
| You will need to arrive for lessons in September with this ground work in place, as lessons and homeworks will build, immediately upon this foundation. |
| What Assessment/Feedback should you expect? |
| All work will be looked-at by your teachers, discussions will take place between yourself and your teachers, your work will be, “post-it noted” with tasks for you to do in order to refine and develop the work submitted |
| Time this task (s) should take: |
| A minimum of 6 hours will be required to complete the tasks and present them professionally and appropriately in your sketch book. |
| Suggested links or other resources to support: |
| Discussions will need to take place with your teachers prior to the summer holiday
Material on VLE Reflection upon work in your GCSE sketch book |
| Optional Extra tasks: |
| Visiting galleries and museums relating to your line of enquiry. Additional reading on your chosen topic. |
| How will this link to independent study tasks in September? |
| The work created will be used immediately in September as a starting point. Your own photographs will be of particular importance and will need to be of a reasonable size and clarity (A5 minimum)
You will be using these from September until October half term as a starting point for a series of workshops which support you to explore different ways of drawing. |

