GCSE Artist prompts and ideas for 2011 exam. Start your project planning and research now DO NOT WASTE TIME.Take photos. Start observation pieces.Coursework needs to be completed by end of January.Attend lunchtimes, after school and Enrichment time.Ask if you need Advice.

Suggested Artist John Bratby. Everyday domestic scenes are Bratby’s

inspiration. Still life’s of breakfast items, ironing and baby

feeding are some of the reccuring themes in his work.

Photograph these areas at home and base your work on your recording.

Keep your photographs as a separate A3 file so they are well presented and can be seen as a part of your research in their own right.

Question 1. The Everyday.

“TABLES FOR LADIES” shows a waitress setting tables in a restaurant. Hopper based all of his mature work on Everyday scenes like this.

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Edward Hopper

John Bratby – Everyday.

Suggested Artist Andy Warhol. Warhol used photography extensivley in his

Artwork. He was regarded as an important member

of the style known as POP ART. Take photographs of your own Portrait to

start your project off. Try to experiment in the Warhol style on

your computer to create your own experiments.

Question 2. Self Image.

Portraits of the Fifties and Sixties film Star Marilyn Monroe. Each portrait, although the same image, is treated in a slightly different way.

Try this at home!

Andy Warhol

Eric Cantona (MUFC) given the Warhol look.....try this at home.

Look at the work of Tony Cragg. He collects everyday items and makes Art

from them. Collect every day objects such as wrappers,

buttons, paper plates and doilies to use as a surface to work on.

Try projecting photos of collages onto your face and re-photograph to create collage face effects for you to work from/onto.

Question 3. Found Materials.

Collect up your own found objects and make assembleges of your own this can be to photograph or to use as a base to work on top of.

Work by Tony Cragg from found objects.

Laura has used found materials to use as a base to work onto. She has used bubble wrap paper plates to work on top of. You can try this in your

experiments.

Student work by Laura Wickstead.

Kieran Kemp drew self portraits from his own photographs and projected images onto his face to take additional photographs. This could be a good way to start this project. You could

also try replacing normal skin areas with parts drawn in so it becomes a collage portrait.

Self – portrait with projected images.

Painted face to reveal underneath of muscle, teeth and bone structures.

Observe and draw from Natural Forms secondary source material such as insects, birds, flowers, reptiles etc and complete good drawings.

If you can take your own photos to do your own sources, or you have access to specimens, then so much the better.

Research Aboriginal Art and see how they use pattern codes into their work.

Go on to develop ideas linked to this.

4. Signs and Symbols.

Banduk Marika –Left and David Bosun – Right.

Student work showing good use of Aboriginal signs and symbols pattern to show creative pattern.

Write down key words from your favourite song Lyrics.

E.g. “ ... look for the girl with kaleidoscope eyes....” or “...she came in through the bathroom window on the banks of her own lagoon...” “...well have you seen polythene Pam she looks just like a man....” (Lennon & McCartney).

All create Surreal images in the mind. Make collages linked to the Lyrics to start

your work from.

5. Words and Music.

Very jumbled work which moves in and out of vaguely familiar shapes or are they...........?

Work linked to Music by Wallisy Kandinsky

Jumbles of floating images which float around... a bit like a Beatles song.

Berge Missakien.

Hambling painted the jazz and blues singer after his death. The work is a bit like jazz with its jumbled images and swirling colours. If you look you can see

hidden images in the tie.

George Melley by Maggie Hambling

Surrealist Art by Veronica Kasatkina and De Chirico

Revolver cover by Klaus Voorman.Sgt Pepper cover by Sir Peter Blake.

Take Photos of winter Trees. Draw extensively from your photos. Develop work in materials such as collage

as a background with trial print on top. Work using paint. Mix media.

6. Imprint.

You can do this easily in the school area or in your own locality you can then springboard your observation drawings from your photos. Your being the

important key word.

TREES by TCS From School Environment.

Use photography to collect information and use the information to develop your ideas for Print.

Artist David Hockney has used Photography to record trees for this painting.

Try this yourself with Adobe or PSP.

TCS has used PSP X to overlay and experiment from his tree photos.

The artist (unknown) has experimented by reversing the shape of the trees from Black to White.

Lino Print using reversed sillouette of trees.

This is created by placing photos together to create a larger piece.

The photos are each slightly different this has been done on purpose to experiment with slightly different views in the same piece.

Trees in a town by Hockney.

Try this with a lino print rotated to create symmetrical design.

William Morris did Symmetrical Prints using the same design mirrored.

Photograph unusual aspects of Building Stuctures.

Photograph reflections or small Abstract sections.

Photograph areas such as windows or doorways or inside to outside.

7. Structures.

Try doing this yourself.

If you do not have a pool at home Try this idea with a different common idea such as a window or a doorway and create your own version of a Hockney idea.

Different viewpoints of same structure the pool being the thing they have in common

Try this yourself. There are buildings with mirror Windows at Preston Dock near to Bowkers BMW. Or you could look at other structures to be easily found such

as Cars. Photo unusual and carefully selected areas.

Reflections in Windows by Brendan Nieland. Paintings from Photos.