Welcome to GCSE ART, this is the beginning of a hard, but enjoyable two years. Art is not easy; it’s about hard work, creativity and the will to do well. If you listen to the help, advice and guidance that we will give you and give 100% in every piece of work, and try your best, you will succeed. You have chosen this option, so we expect nothing but your best.

Welcome ...

We currently run the EDEXCEL UNENDORSED ART, CRAFT AND DESIGN course. This enables you to learn a range of different disciplines and skills including drawing, painting, photography, photoshop, mixed media, printmaking, contextual studies and sculpture.

The Course ...

As an artist you must be punctual, well equipped and always complete work on time for deadlines

If you miss deadlines you will be given an hour after school detention. All the Art work you create from now on will count towards your GCSE so it is extremely important that you keep up to date as this could affect your final GCSE Art grade.

You must have your sketchbook with you and be fully equipped for every lesson.

What to Expect…

Equipment pack…-Paintbrushes-Watercolour set-Paint pallett-Set tonal pencils-2 large glue sticks-Two fine liners

All basic equipment as well as your Art pack and sketchbook mustbe brought to every lesson.

 

Marking… Assessment ObjectivesAO1: RESEARCH – IMAGES & ARTISTS

Develop your ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating

analytical and cultural understanding.

AO2: EXPERIMENTS WITH MEDIA

Refine your ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials,

techniques and processes.

AO3: IDEAS, OBSERVATIONAL DRAWINGS & EXPLANATIONS

Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to your intentions in visual and/or other forms.

AO4: FINAL IDEA & FINAL PIECE, LINKS WITH ARTISTS

Present a personal, informed and meaningful response demonstrating analytical and critical

understanding, realising intentions and making connections between visual or other elements.

http://artatbeaumontschool.blogspot.co.uk

http://www.pinterest.com/beaumontart/

The Beaumont Art Blog can be found on the school website and using the link above. Your Home Learning will be posted on here, Power Points as well as current exhibitions and other useful Art links

The Beaumont Art Pinterest can be found on the school website and using the link above. This is used for Artist research, Art techniques as well as good GCSE Art examples created by students to inspire you.

• Natural Forms are objects in nature in their original form.

• Examples…

• Natural Form are objects in nature in thier original form.

• Examples…• Leaves, flowers, pine cones, sea weed,

shells, bones, insects, stones, fossils, crystals, feathers, birds, fish, animals – in fact anything you can find in nature – complete or part of it.

On the first double page of your sketchbook create a spider diagram/mood board. Consider all the different things that link to the title ‘Natural Forms. This can include different forms, colours, textures, Artists etc. Keep it broad and put as many ideas as you think of on the page.

Think about presentation and the layout of the page carefully.

Natural Forms

Places these four words around

your spider diagram and

consider all the different things

that link to these words. Fill the

WHOLE double page.

1.Landscape

2.Humans

3.Animals

4.Plants