A Level Art

Welcome to A Level Art

Year 12

Autumn Term: Foundation skills (Portraits, Structures, Still Life )

Spring Term: Foundation Project outcomes & Harbour House Exhibition

Summer Term: Personal Investigation Project ( Self directed project theme )

Year 13

Autumn Term: Personal Investigation Project outcomes & personal study essay (1000-3000 words )

Spring Term: Final Coursework submission & Harbour House Exhibition. Exam project commences in February

Summer Term: Course completion * Due to COVID 19 there will not be an Exam project in Summer 2021

Art Literacy Resources

Useful help sheets, prompts & sentence starters

A Level art Help Sheet.docx

A Level Art Help Sheet

Use the prompts on this sheet to help with :

Artist references ( studying a range of artists linking to a theme)
Critical Analysis (in depth analysis of 1 artist)
Annotations ( critical reflection on your own work)
Sentence Starters ( useful sentence starters for annotations)
Proposal ( explaining what you intend to create )
Evaluation ( project reflection & evaluation prompts)

A Level Art Critical Analysis HelpSheet VLE Rersource.pptx

A Level Critical Analysis

Use the prompts on this sheet to analyse an artist's work in depth: This should include your own reaction, a detailed description of the content and elements of art. Followed by your analysis of the mood or message created and how this research has informed your own ideas.

Annotations Help Sheet VLE Resource.pptx

Annotations Help Sheet

Use this sheet for prompts when annotating your sketchbook pages, this will encourage you to evaluate your own work & show critical reflection skills

Home Study -Weekly Tasks

If you are working from home complete each weekly task to create evidence for each assessment objective...

Critical Analysis.pptx

Critical Analysis Task

A01: Refer to the slide & links to complete a critical analysis and artist transcription

Observational Drawing.pptx

Observational Drawing Task

A03: Refer to the slides & links to complete a double page of observational drawings

Experimentation.pptx

Experimentation Task

A02: Refer to the slides & links to complete a double page of experimentation

Experimental Photography.pptx

Experimental Photography Task

A02 & A03: Refer to the slide & links to complete a double page of photography experiments

Sketchbook Improvements.pptx

Sketchbook Improvements Task

A02: Refer to the slides & links to review and refine your sketchbook ideas & skills

Mind Maps.pptx

Mind Map Task

A03: Refer to the slide & links to complete a creative mind map illustrating your ideas for your project final piece

Year 12 Project Resources

Foundation skills focusses on drawing, printmaking, painting and sculpture skills using the themes of Portrait, Structures & Still Life as starting points..

Portrait Artists.pptx

Expressive Portraits

Use these slides on contemporary artist & illustrators for artist research, inspiration & ideas. Produce your own portrait drawings & paintings working from photographs.

John Piper Images.pptx

Structures

Use these slides on John Piper for your artist research, inspiration & ideas. Produce your own photographs, drawings & mixed media experiments of man made structures.

Still Life & Collections (1).pptx

Still Life

Use these slides on John Piper for your artist research, inspiration & ideas. Create your own still life collection and use this as a starting point for drawings, designs & sculpture work.

Year 13 Project Resources

Produce a personal project based on your own theme or concept. This is a large body of coursework that is worth 60% of your grade.

Personal Investigation & Exam Weekly Slides 2017.pptx

Personal Investigation Project

These slides support the weekly tasks to research, record, explore & experiment using your own personal project theme

Week 1 Art – Written Personal Study Introduction.pptx

Writing A Personal Study Essay

Use this guide to support your extended essay (1000-3000 words on your chosen theme).

6th form Extension Tasks.pptx

Extension Menu

Select tasks from the extension menu to extend & develop ideas & boost your marks

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