Written Artist Analysis
Gut reactions.
You are going to briefly write in detail about an artist/designer - think carefully about who you choose!
First Reactions = Your Immediate Responses
When you first consider your theme, map out your initial reactions in a mind map - this will help to focus your attention on why you selected this theme / art object to explore in the first place!
Use these prompts to start with - then add in more detail as your responses develop..
Second Thoughts
These thought showers / mind maps can now evolve into a more extended piece of writing. There are detailed writing prompts to follow, that will assist you. Remember - the art examiner is more interested in your IDEAS and INTERPRETATIONS - than in a finished essay… Communicate your ideas to them.
Detailed Descriptions
Use the prompts below to assist you… Remember to sketch/photograph/illustrate what you write - and don’t focus on creating a long essay - just capture the IDEAS that interest you!
Concluding Comments
Crucially - sum up!
- What have you have found out?
- What ideas have you found most interesting
- What are you going to explore next, creatively?
Distortion of Form: A Level Art Sketchbook, Preparation and Final Piece
Last Updated on April 2, 2023
These last few weeks I have been fortunate enough to write about three amazing A Level Art portfolios. This is the second of the three: a comprehensive and well-executed A2 Painting project (AQA A Level Fine Art) awarded 100%. It was completed by Claire Lynn, while she was a student at Carmel Sixth Form Catholic College , Merseyside, England.
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Claire’s initial ideas are explored through photography, with a time lapse/open shutter and a 50mm lens. A Level Art teachers (and examiners) often worry about the use of photographs within Painting folios, particularly when it involves drawing from second-hand imagery. Claire’s portfolio, however, demonstrates how photographic works can be integrated with outstanding success. Not only are the photographs her original works (rather than sourced of the internet or cut from magazines, for example, which would be frowned upon in almost all circumstances), but the camera has been used as a tool to manipulate composition, exploring transparency and overlays through double exposures – effects which are critical in her subsequent drawings and paintings. Even better, Claire’s photographs are not merely snapshots to draw from; they are beautiful, well-composed images in their own right.
Showing an exceptional level of skill, Claire continues to investigate her topic (distortion of form) through a large number of smaller drawings. She conducts extensive experimentation with media, producing charcoal, graphite, and biro pen drawings. These monochromatic drawings are rich and full of tone: black, whites and a multitude of greys (or colour) in between.
With backgrounds frequently omitted (allowing the focus to be upon the intertwined figures that slip and merge into one other) Claire paints and draws on range of surfaces, including newspaper and mixed media collages. She produces gauche and acrylic paintings and paints and draws on acetate (clear plastic) overlays to further explore transparency.
As Claire develops and refines her ideas, she learns from digital photographer Idris Khan ; line drawings by Dryden Goodwin ; blurred paintings by Gerhard Richter ; portraits by Shawn Barber ; and, for painterly treatment of human skin, Jenny Saville .
While Claire’s technical skill is excellent, it is her intriguing and original take on portraiture and innovative compositions that really sets this portfolio apart.
The multi-layered artworks suggest a relationship between the subject and the way they view themselves; the alter ego and the burden of the other self. Serene and somehow hopeful, the multiple expressions capture a moment in time that writhes and wriggles a little; as if a collection of frozen stills in a video frame. The works tell you much more about a person than you would ever know from a conventional single-image portrait. They give us a story.
This is one of those rare portfolios where the development journey is so beautiful and thorough: exactly as you wish it would be. So many students produce scattered, incoherent portfolios: here you have an A Level Art submission that is substantial and carefully sequenced: it can only be the result of a fantastic student meeting a great teacher. In depth and speaking volumes, this A Level project will be a valuable learning tool for many students and teachers to come.
A Level Art sketchbook
Claire’s project is accompanied by an outstanding A Level Art journal. There is no tacky decoration on the pages: effort has been placed into the work alone: a sincere and aesthetically joyful investigation.
I first discovered Claire’s work while perusing the Asia Region Art Educators website, where I stumbled across the beautiful images that her teacher Martin Cockram (an A Level Art moderator and examiner) had uploaded. Martin was kind enough to share these with me, along with several other stunning images of her work.
More of Claire’s A Level Art journal pages are available for viewing here in this article about A Level Art sketchbooks .
Amiria has been an Art & Design teacher and a Curriculum Co-ordinator for seven years, responsible for the course design and assessment of student work in two high-achieving Auckland schools. She has a Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honours) and a Graduate Diploma of Teaching. Amiria is a CIE Accredited Art & Design Coursework Assessor.
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AQA A-Level Art and Design Past Papers
AQA A-Level Art and Design past exam papers. AQA exam papers are provided for Art and Design (7201-7206, 7241-7246) and History of Art (2250). You can download the papers and marking schemes by clicking on the links below.
AQA Art and Design Specimen papers (7201-7206, 7241-7246)
A-Level - Art, Craft and Design – Externally Set Assignment – Download assessment material
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AS - Textile Design – Externally Set Assignment – Download assessment material
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June 2018 AQA A-Level Histroy of Art (2250) past exam papers and mark schemes
Unit 1 – Visual Anaylsis and Interpretation – Download Insert - Download Paper – Download Mark Scheme
Unit 2 – Themes in History of Art – Download Paper – Download Mark Scheme
Unit 3 – Investigating and Interpretation 1 – Download Paper – Download Mark Scheme
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This article relates to preparing for the Personal Study, an important aspect of A level Art & Design. It has been written (and updated) with the following intentions: To shed some light on what the Personal Study actually is (although the official line from Edexcel can be found here - other exam boards available).; To provide students with practical advice for writing their essay - developing ...
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Gut Reactions. You are going to briefly write in detail about an artist/designer - think carefully about who you choose! First Reactions = Your Immediate Responses. When you first consider your theme, map out your initial reactions in a mind map - this will help to focus your attention on why you selected this theme / art object to explore in ...
A2 Art Personal Study: A Beautiful Illustrated Essay. This Personal Study was completed by Mary Faber, while studying A Level Art (CIE 9704) at ACG Strathallan College in 2004. A simple, yet elegant 'book' presentation, Mary's Personal Study focuses upon the painting techniques, processes and compositions of New Zealand artist Russell ...
a stimulus or issue. a design brief or problem. a task which specifies an image, object or other outcome to be achieved. There is synoptic assessment in both components of the A-level that provide stretch and challenge opportunities for students as follows: In Component 1, students develop work based on an idea, issue, concept or theme leading ...
You must show evidence of research and of investigating and developing ideas. This should include visual work and, if appropriate, annotations or written work. Sketchbooks, workbooks and/or journals may be included. Practical responses to the work of other artists, designers, craftspeople and photographers must show development in a personal way.
A-level Art and Design Specification Specifications for first teaching in 2015. Contents. 1 Introduction 5. 1.1 Why choose AQA for A-level Art and Design 5. 1.2 Support and resources to help you teach 5. 2 Specification at a glance 8.
Distortion of Form: A Level Art Sketchbook, Preparation and Final Piece. These last few weeks I have been fortunate enough to write about three amazing A Level Art portfolios. This is the second of the three: a comprehensive and well-executed A2 Painting project (AQA A Level Fine Art) awarded 100%. It was completed by Claire Lynn, while she was ...
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Moderators reported leniency in the application of the assessment criteria, particularly but not exclusively in the 9-12 mark band. In the majority of centres, marks were either broadly in line or close to the AQA standard. A-LEVEL. - 7201-7206/ART/U - JUNE 2022.
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96 marks. 60% of A-level. Non-exam assessment (NEA) set and marked by the centre and moderated by AQA during a visit to the centre. Visits will normally take place in June. Component 2: Externally set assignment. What's assessed. Response to an externally set assignment - 7201/X, 7202/X, 7203/X, 7204/X, 7205/X, 7206/X. Assessed.
pdf, 1.04 MB. Best formatting, for our AQA Art & Design COMPONENT 1 Personal investigation essay. 2 STUDENT HANDOUTS AND Explaination examplar PP to help. State the Brief - Introduce and outline project. Clarify your focus of the investigation, Meaningful connections Artists & Movements, Development and refinement of ideas Artists & Movements ...
Introduction. Non-exam assessment (NEA) is work that is marked by teachers and moderated by an external moderator. Teachers assess their students' work for each component and submit their marks by 31st May. An AQA moderator will contact the school or college in April/May to arrange a visit in June to view a sample of the work across components.
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awareness of intended audience or purpose for their chosen area (s) of fine art. understanding of the conventions of figurative/representational and abstract/non-representational imagery or genres. appreciation of different ways of working, such as, using underpainting, glazing, wash and impasto; modelling, carving, casting, constructing ...
The basics. • It must be between 1000-3000 words • It must be continuous prose • You must talk about all four of the assessment objectives • It must contain a bibliography to help you avoid being accused of plagiarism. • It should include images to help illustrate what you are saying in your writing. How to begin.
the ability to explore elements of visual language, line, form, colour, pattern and texture in the context of photography. awareness of intended audience or purpose for their chosen area (s) of photography. the ability to respond to an issue, theme, concept or idea, or work to a brief or answer a need in photography.
Give your artist a short introduction. Get pictures of that artists work, analyse them one by one in terms of colour, composition, mood, feelings, brushwork, materials, representations ect. Try to draw your own opinions for the work and really ponder the work on many levels. Repeat for another two works from the artists, and then do another ...
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