AQA GCSE Art and Design - EXAM

Component 2 = 40% of your final mark for your GCSE

10 hour exam week beginning

AO1 (Develop) - 3 double pages as a minimumFind relevant artists to look at (look at your exam question) Use this work to inspire mini pieces of workMake personal comments about this workVisit museums, galleries, cities, park etc to inspire your work

AO2 (Experiment) - 8 pages as a minimumExplore different media in your sketchbookUse different techniques and processesEvaluate how successful your experiments have been

AO3 (Record)Collect and present only relevant imageryProduce high quality drawings/sketches/ paintings etcTake your own photos Annotate your work

AO4 (Present) Produce confident and high quality final piece/sEnsure your work links to your prep work

TASK 1Look at the hand out provided and begin your artists investigationsRemember it should:• Have the artist’s name present• Contain high quality images of the artist's work

• Have your own personal analysis of the work written out (use the prompt sheet)

• Be presented in an attractive and creative manner (possibly linking to the artist style)

When you complete this then begin to work on a mini study influenced by your chosen artist.

GCSE ART AND DESIGN COMPONENT 2

EXTERNALLY SET UNITJan - March 2019

Art Exam Dates• Exam issued Monday 7th January 2019.• All Prep book must be completed and handed in by Tuesday

19th March 2019.

• Option 6 groups Ar.1 and Ar.2 Exam Controlled Assessment:Wednesday 20th March and Monday 25th March 2019.

• Option 5 and 3 Exam Controlled Assessment:Thursday 21st March and Wednesday 27th March.

Assessment Your work will be marked according to how well you have shown evidence of:

• AO1. developing ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding.

• AO2. refining ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes.

• AO3. recording ideas, observations and insights relevant to your intentions in visual and/or other forms.

• AO4. presenting a personal, informed and meaningful response demonstrating analytical and critical understanding, making connections between written, visual, oral or other elements.

6. HabitatsMany artists, craftspeople and designers are inspired by human, animal, marine and plant habitats. John Bratby painted domestic habitats. Nick Brandt’s photographic series “Inherit the Dust”documents the effects of human intervention on animal habitats and Tom Eckersley has designed posters for “The World Wide Fund For Nature” about the impact of climate change on habitats. Edith Meusnier makes textile instalations that interact with plant and animal habitats and Moshe Safdie designed housing in the “Habitat 67” projectResearch appropriate sources and create your own work based on Habitats

Try this:• Take photos of items in your home, bedroom, etc• Take photos of your journeys to important places• Take photos of interesting local places - the river,

the church, Church yard, around school• Use the photos to draw from• Go into the country side and take photographs of

animals/insects in their habitat.• Research a environmental issue and produce a piece

of work that communicates a message about your chosen issue

John Bratby

Nick Brandt “Inherit the Dust”

Tom Eckersley World Wildlife Fund

Edith Meusnier

Moshe Safdie

Ian McDonaldIndustrial landscapes

Daniel Mackie

Colin See Paynton

“There’s a Rang tan in my bedroom “