Year 12 - Drawing Project
Week 1
Work Set : Students start the Foundations Course 1 - Drawing Project.
It expected that students spend approximately 10hrs per week on the Art A level work (including lessons). Two example projects can be seen below.
Work Produced:
Sketchbook investigations - drawings, photographs and annotations
Artists’ drawings research and investigations
Drawing development work
Final large scale drawing(s)
In this first week students make a decision about the topic, take photographs, and start sketchbook work. The topic is research and explained, and there is a high quality pencil drawing.
Foundation Course Drawing Example 1
Foundation Course Drawing Example 2
Week 2
Work Set : Student complete the initial topic research work (normally 2 - 3 double pages in the sketchbook). An example on the topic of ‘Death & Life’ is shown below.
Students start to collect and present work showing different drawing styles.
Week 3
Work Set : Students research one or two artists in more depth and experiment with copying work to develop an additional ‘style’ of drawing, or adopting a new ‘drawing material’ to work with.
Week 4
Work Set : Students plan the final major drawing.
Week 5
Work Set : Students continue to work on the final major drawing and associated sketchbook pages.
Week 6
Work Set : Students continue to work on the final major drawing and associated sketchbook pages.
Week 7
Work Set : Students complete the final major drawing and associated sketchbook pages. This is normally the week before half-term.
During this week the Foundations Course 2 - ‘Homage’ Project will also be introduced.
During this week the Foundations Course 2 - ‘Homage’ Project and oil painting materials and techniques will be discussed. An example project can be seen below.