Year 11 GCSE

Exam 2015Apart AND / OR TOGETHER

(pick and choose from the following tasks)

Similar to a camera capturing multiple

exposures in a single image, artist Katie

Grinnan created this sculptural time-lapse

of her body moving through a daily yoga

routine using sand, plastic, and enamel.

The end result is representative of both

time and form as each split second is

layered onto the last creating what is both

a singular figure and many

Task• Press your hand/fingers 3 times across a piece of clay

showing movement. Cast this in plaster.

• Alternatively work in groups of 3 or 4 and take a group

cast using mod-roc. 2 people need to have hands

overlapping while the other using mod-roc to cover. Then

add plaster to your cast

Layered photo drawings

Photographer Christoffer Relander created a series of

photographs titled “We Are Nature” using double and triple

exposures.

TaskUsing 2 sheets of acetate, layer a photo of yourself with images from

nature. Make a detailed tonal drawing or tracing of the double image.

Transfer your tracing onto the silver juice carton sheet. Scratch out

the drawing using a compass point to create an etching plate.

Print the plate using the etching press.

If you have 2 printing plates you can create one portrait and one

natural plate. Then experiment with layering the plates as you print

them using different colours/tones

Alternatively create this layered effect on photoshop!

Homework

http://www.christophniemann.com/

1. Create a visual and annotated brainstorm

across a double page spread.

Find as many relevant images and ideas as

possible related to the exam theme. Consider

using a dictionary and thesaurus to help you find

alternative ideas besides those given in the exam

paper.

2. Place an object on a piece of paper. Draw on

the paper around the object to create a new

image. Photograph your creations and stick them

in your sketchbook. Some could be quick

drawings, and some more detailed. Complete 10

images/drawings and photograph each one.

Fine Liner drawings

Vasco Mourao is an architect and illustrator originally from Portugal

who now lives and works in Barcelona. His densely illustrated cities

and structures are drawn entirely by hand and while all are of course

fictional places, they often incorporate real buildings. For instance, in

the most dense piece above entitled New Yorker one can find the

Chrysler building, the Met, the Whitney, and the Guggenheim among

others

Task

• Using fine liner pens copy the images of building to

create a densely packed, detailed line drawing covering

the whole of your paper. It does not need to be realistic

and you can pile buildings on top of each other

In Things Come Apart, McLellan exposes the inner working of 50 objects

and 21,959 individual components as he reflects on the permanence of

vintage machines built several decades ago—sturdy gadgets meant to

be broken and repaired—versus today’s manufacturing trend of limited

use followed by quick obsolescence.

Task

Bring in an object that you can take apart. Try to choose an object with lots of different parts to it, like an old broken radio or phone.

Lay the parts out on a piece of paper and photograph/draw them.

Then create a new sculpture from the parts using glue/wire/tape. Re-photograph your sculpture/object

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWqH1oIWJJY

The latest work from

Illinois-born artist and

dancer Tony Orrico.

Tony has

worked/performed

continuously for

upward of four hours

on his drawings that

resemble enormous,

manically scribbled

spirographs

“I stand facing the wall in a stationary stance, using my arm span,

bilateral movement, and alternating variables to inscribe three large

circles. In circle one (day one), my right hand spontaneously navigates

as my left hand instantly copies and reverses the patterning. In circle

two (day two), I repeat this practice with the left hand leading. For the

center circle (day three), both hands direct simultaneously, striving for

perfect unison.”

Tasks• In front of you on the table stick down 1 sheet of paper

with masking tape. Using fine liner pens or pencils create

exactly the same movements with both hands and draw

whatever is in front of you. Keep your arms outstretched

and don’t bend your elbows!

• Now take another piece of paper. Fold the paper in half.

On one half draw trees (from photos provided) using

black ink and a thin brush. Fold the paper in half to

create a symmetrical print. Work in to using more ink

maintaining symmetry in the image.

Homework

Collect together a group of the

same objects. Make a detailed

observational drawing or painting

of this collection.

Research the work of Lisa Milroy

and Lorraine Shemesh (her

drawings and paintings of objects-

right)

Task

Students get into pairs and create a combined portrait of themselves and their friend using collage techniques (see John Stezaker) these can be create using horizontal strips, or random shapes as long as they create a combined portrait.

At the end of the lesson, take in all collages to photocopy up to A3 on cartridge paper, ready to paint into using black and white acrylic.

Task :Drawing Animal Hybrids

Make detailed hybrid animal drawings.Usephotographs (provided)to first create collages, then either monoprint or draw from them. Look at Thomas Grunfeld.

Take photos of each student for next task!

Task: Sculpting Animal Hybrid

Students begin to sculpt their animal hybrid using clay. Small scale sculptures that can be fired and glazed.

During lesson take photos of students in Superhero poses/and or strange angles (.eg from above, arms outstretched as though they are hanging from edge of a building etc). These can then be collaged on to different backgrounds next week

Half Term Tasks

If your house suddenly caught on fire, what would you grab as you fled out the

door? That's precisely the question Foster Huntington asked himself

This started as a website and became a book. People are asked to group together

the objects they would save from a burning building and submit the photo of the

collection and an explanation of why those objects are significant.

Arrange your own objects like those above and photograph them together. Write an

explanation as to why you would save these. Make detailed drawings of your

objects.

http://theburninghouse.com/

Half Term Tasks

http://www.tomhussey.com/SERIES/Reflections/thumbs

Tom Hussey Photographer

These images are part of a series of photos created for an advertisement for medication to help people

suffering from Alzheimers. Alzheimers is a condition where recent memories are stripped away leaving the

sufferer left with memories of their youth. So we the mirror used as a way of showing how the person sees

themselves, in contrast to how they appear to those around them.

Task: Find 2 different photos of yourself at different ages. Create this effect using collage or photoshop, the

hard edges of the mirror makes fitting together the two different images fairly easy. You could create an image

that looks at differences between how we see ourselves and how we are seen by others or how you were and

how you are now. You could even use an older family member as your subject.

Half Term Tasks: Impossible Buildings

Filip Dujardin

http://www.filipdujardin.be/

Take photographs of as many different

types of buildings as you can. Take close

up shots and different angles. Then from

your photos create an “impossible

building” collage.

Draw this collage using pen and ink /

etching/printmaking.

http://www.fromkeetra.com/

Half Term Task

Out of sketchbook piece.

Create a sculpture by combing two of the same object together. Think about how best to

join them. Maybe you could join more than two? Take a photograph of your new sculpture

and put in your sketchbook. Collect images and research from the website here.

Apart and/or together

Ideas for things to draw :-

Objects in pairs – shoes, socks, roller skates, boots, trainers, skis.

Objects that can be grouped together – food on plates, food in

cupboards, objects in the bathroom cabinet, clothes in a wardrobe,

boxes full of odds and ends.

Objects that can be dismantled – mixers, power tools, engines,

plumbing, chicken carcass.

Objects that can taken apart – clocks, calculators, old phones, old

typewriters, old speakers or headphones.

Ideas for Recording A03Topic Observational Drawing Your own Photographs

People Embracing, hugging, showing affection.Happiness, grief, loneliness, separation.Portraits. Self-Portraits. Facial expressions.Clothing. (folds, creases, colour, pattern, tone)Human Figures. Hands.

Embracing, hugging, showing affection.Happiness, grief, loneliness, separation.Portraits. Self-Portraits. Facial expressions.Clothing. (folds, creases, colour, pattern, tone)Human Figures. Hands.

Places Interior spaces.Places where people gather in your home, socialising or on your own, empty or crowded.

New and old parts of a town or city. Newly developed, urban decay, regeneration.Bridges, subways, tunnels, roads, railways, embankments.Places where people gather; empty or crowded. Inside or outside.

Natural World Symmetrical and irregular shapes and patterns in nature and natural objects, e.g. fruit, vegetables, flowers, shells, roots, twigs, nuts, seeds, plants. (internal & external)Natural objects sliced, chopped, peeled, ripped, cracked, pulled apart, mixed together.Natural objects growing and decaying. (colour, tone, texture)

Landscape. Weather and climates. Erosion and decay.Decay of natural objects over time. Growth & decay.Changing seasons.Groups of living things.Creatures alone or in groups. (zoo, farm, wild-life park, pets)

Objects Any object man-made or natural that can be taken apart or put together.Found objects.Objects before and after being taken apart. Objects crushed, twisted, stretched, broken.Discarded objects. Scrap material.Mechanisms. Storage and packaging.Pairs of objects – shoes, gloves, scissors, cutlery, ear-rings, etc.

Any object man-made or natural that can be taken apart or put together.Found objects.Objects before and after being taken apart. Objects crushed, twisted, stretched, broken, exploded.Discarded objects. Scrap material.Mechanisms. Storage and packaging.Pairs of objects – shoes, gloves, etc.

Activities Stitching, sticking, fixing, folding materials together.Ripping, tearing, cutting, dismantling, separating, pulling apart.Objects related to activities, hobbies and interests.Figures, faces and hands. (single people or in groups) Facial expressions.

Sporting events, concerts, tube/train station, school bus, shopping, parade, boot-sale, market stall, air-port.People at work or working.Crowds organised (queues, marching, dancing, parade) or disorganised, (rioting, shop sale) or both. (demonstrations, school playground, football crowd)People protesting for change in groups or as individuals.Imprints (mark and texture)

Imagination Colour combinations. (individual or groups of objects)Figures, faces and hands. (single people or in groups) Facial expressions.

Colour combinations. (individual or groups of objects)Figures, faces and hands. (single people or in groups) Facial expressions.

Images For Class Tasks