Lesson 32,33,34,35: Experimentation

Starter: Did you meet your weekly targets?
Complete last week's weekly progress tracker and fill in this week's sheet with as much detail as possible. Keep in a safe place as you will be using this sheet each week for assessment progress and more importantly to keep you on track!

Lesson Aims: Continue to develop your work further through the 'What If?' activity to explore new possibilities within your project.

Assessment Objectives: AO1/AO2/AO3/AO4

Lesson Objectives:
1. Complete the weekly progress sheet
2. Complete the 'What If' activity and select 2 options to experiment with this week
3. Create a fresh set of prep work (photocopying, printmaking, collages, line work, Photoshop, etc.)
4. Receive teacher feedback on current work and complete a December review.
Extension: Research our Pinterest board for new techniques to incorporate within your work!

Tasks:

What If? 
Choose 2 'What If?' options from the words on the sheet below (or come up with your own       words!) and use these to develop a new way of exploring your project focus - the aim is to produce a different look on your boards! E.g. Change scale / colour / imagery, etc.

Prep Work

Create a fresh set of prep work in response to your 'What If?' task - this may require photocopying, printmaking, collages, Photoshop work, line drawing, etc. You should also add images of other artists work that may inspire this new work!

Photocopying:

Photocopy your studies - crop, enlarge, change colour, invert, repeat, move it, etc!

Recording:

To be successful at recording you must successfully sketch out ideas, collage, experiment with hand/digital materials to create a range of interesting patterns/marks, include photographs, detailed annotation, etc!

Pattern/Mark-making:

YOU MUST INCLUDE DETAILED DRAWINGS IF YOU ARE CREATING SCULPTURES:

Sculpture/Installation:

Recording ideas/processes for a painting:

Collage:

Explore collage - you will need to find a range of source imagery to work with before you get started!

Digital:

These are some techniques you could try in Fragment, Brushes and Photoshop to enrich your prep work!

FRAGMENT APP: Use an iPhone/iPad and create quick fragmented studies of photos or prep work! You could use these as base layers, collage or create a new exciting composition!

BRUSHES APP: Create digital paintings or interesting patterns/marks to work on top of!

STENCIL: Create a stencil to cut-out and spray/sponge paint through or layer up on top of colour.

DOUBLE/MULTIPLE EXPOSURE: Use multiple images/studies to layer up and experiment with colour/transparency - you could even heat transfer and use these to stitch into or print out and further work on top!

Homework:

1. Create a min of 3 experimental studies using your 'What If?' options

2. Start recording ideas/processes in details using the above examples as guidance - this includes 'swatches' as before

3. Mount development board by last lesson of the week - including personal annotation

4. Complete and submit concertina book with Personal Study mounted inside by 11th December!

DEADLINE: 11th December 2:35pm!

Lesson 11, 12: Experimentation / Refinement

Starter: Weekly Assessment Sheet

Lesson Aims: To continue experimenting on a large scale and refine studies in lead up to final composition designs.

Assessment Objectives: AO1 / AO2 / AO3

Lesson Objectives (during these lessons you will):
1. Complete the Weekly Assessment Sheet 
2. Complete the 'What If' Activity to take your work in a new direction
3. Receive 1-1 feedback to discuss your progress and ideas
4. Start refining experimentations in the lead up to final composition designs next week.

Tasks:

What If?
Choose two 'What if?' words below (or come up with your own!) and use these to develop a new way of exploring your work. The aim is to produce a new interesting direction in your work: change the colour, scale, imagery, etc. You will feedback what your two words are in two minutes time!

Ideas:
Photocopying: Photocopy your paintings/prints/drawings, etc. Enlarge, crop, repeat, change colour, print onto different materials!

Drawing: Sketch out ideas, collage, find/take new imagery if relevant - it all counts towards AO3!

Collage: Explore collage - you will need to find a range of source imagery to work with before you get started and look on pinterest for inspiration!

Pinterest: Look through our tutorials/ideas board on Pinterest for further inspiration!

Photoshop: These are some techniques you could try in Photoshop to enrich your prep work!
For more tutorials look here...

Homework:
1. Complete concertina for final submission
2. Start writing personal study for 1st draft submission Monday 9th November - min 1000 words
3. Complete 3 x studies for the week - you should have 11-17 by now
4. Ensure a min of 2 boards are mounted to a confident for diagnostic review.

Submission for Diagnostic Review:
1. Completed concertina with written review
2. Min of 2 boards - must include annotation, recordings and a contact sheet.

Deadline: First lesson w/c 12th October!

Lesson 5,6: Line Continued

Lesson Aims: To continue developing your work through line by completing further and more refined studies that link clearly to your artist research.

Assessment Objectives: AO1 / AO2 / AO3

Lesson Objectives (during this lesson you will):
1. Focus on creating observational studies
2. Use your observational studies to inform more refined studies
3. Receive 1-1 feedback on your work.

Tasks/Timings:
During the lesson you should be working independently, continuing developments from your primary images. 

Experimenting with materials:
As you develop your work it is important you experiment confidently with materials. Make sure you push each piece to it's fullest limits before moving onto the next study. 

Here are some ideas for potential experiments:

Homework:

1. Complete written review and blu-tack in back of concertina

2. Complete a min of 3 confident studies - reflecting on peer and teacher feedback

3. Print and annotate contact sheet (include larger photographs to go alongside refined studies)

4. Buy A1 mountboard / folder / blu-tack for mounting of work next week.

Deadline:  First lesson w/c 28th September 2015!

Lesson 4: Responding to artists and Focusing on Line

Starter: Responding to an artist

Lesson Aims: To create a series of line studies that explore creative drawing techniques in response to your chosen theme/subject matter.

Assessment Objectives: AO1 / AO2 / AO3 / AO4

Lesson Objectives (during this lesson you will):
1. Reflect on your concertina and highlight the key elements you are taking forward from your artists work into your own studies this week
2. Start working directly from objects/imagery to produce a series of confident studies
3. Take sections of your artwork and experiment with drawing as a method of recording.
Extension: Create blind/continuous line studies in response to your imagery.

Tasks:

Example Boards and Approaches:

Below are examples of Unit 3/4 initial response boards for you to reference, reflect and take inspiration from. Notice: consistently confident artwork, annotations and photographs.

Recording:
Experiment with drawing as a method of recording - you can use these studies to go alongside more refined work and your drawings will help you gain a clearer direction for development of your project.

Contact Sheet and Typography:

Mark-making:

Colour:

Drawing:

Plenary: Peer Feedback
Hold up your strongest study from today's lesson and in a clockwise direction say what artist you have been inspired by - what is successful about your peer's drawing?

Homework:

1. Complete written review and blu-tack in back of concertina
2. Complete a min of 3 confident studies - reflecting on peer and teacher feedback
3. Print and annotate contact sheet (include larger photographs to go alongside refined studies)
4. Buy A1 mountboard / folder / blu-tack for mounting of work next week.

Deadline:  First lesson w/c 28th September 2015!

Lesson 3: Continuation of large scale studies

Starter: Discussion of techniques

Lesson Aims: To continue working in large scale by working with a variety of materials and media.

Assessment Objectives: AO1 / AO2 / AO3

Lesson Objectives (during this lesson you will):
1. Refine charcoal studies and develop further through various colour schemes
2. Experiment with a variety of materials to create a min of 1 A3 study
3. Receive 1-1 feedback on concertina before final submission.

Tasks/Timings:

Experimental Studies:
Continue experimenting with materials to up-scale your work. Consider different colour schemes and media such as paint, ink, wax and pen. You may continue using charcoal if you wish! Remember to reflect on your ideas sheet and relate your work to your artists. E.g. use of colour, marks, line, etc.

Homework:

1. Take photographs related to 'theme' and gather relevant secondary imagery

2. Research Pinterest and use Google Drive for artist/project inspiration

3. Complete a min of 2 confident studies by your first lesson w/c 21st September.

Deadline: First lesson w/c 21st September 2015!