Year 12 - ‘Homage’ Project
Week 1
Work Set : 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.
Work Produced:
Sketchbook investigations - drawings, photographs, paintings and annotations
Artists’ research and investigations, including socio-historical references
Copies of paintings
Development work and set-up photographs
Final Homage in oil paint
Foundation Course Homage Example 1
Week 2
Work Set : Students should have started work on the Foundations Course 2 - ‘Homage’ Project research work over half term and hopefully started a first oil painting. This will normally be a copy of a section of their chosen painting.
Week 3
Work Set : Students complete the ‘Homage’ Project research work, writing a detailed analysis of their chosen painting, investigating the social and historical context of the work, and also looking at the artist’s life and other associated works.
Homage painting research work
Artist’s life and associated works research
Week 4
Work Set : Students complete the first oil painting and start a second.
Week 5
Work Set : Students explain and present their ‘Homage’ ideas and take photographs of the set up.
Week 6
Work Set : Student draw out the final ‘Homage’ painting and start painting.
Week 7
Work Set : Students continue to paint the final ‘Homage’ painting.
Week 8
Work Set : Students complete the final ‘Homage’ painting. This will normally be in the last week before the Christmas break.
During this week the Foundations Course 3 - Major Y12 Project will be discussed. The format of this project will be very similar to that of a GCSE project (Initial Preparatory Work, Artists’ Research, Development and a Final Piece), but will also include new ways of working, presenting ideas, and research as outlined during the first two Foundation projects.