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- What is my project contention?
Why does that topic interest me?
What is the meaning that I am trying to convey?
How will I make that meaning clear in the visual language: composition/ colour / drawing / style
How will I use paint?
Thick / thin
In layers
Smooth and even with few visible brushstrokes
Rough and visible brushstrokes
Am I more interested in the range of painting effects than the image content? Y/ N? Say why
Carravaggio sketch for the penitent Magdelena. This is a preparatory work for this large painting in the Louvre in Paris
2. Learn this structure: SEEC
2. Learn this structure: SEEC
For A level, you must explain and evidence your arguments. Just saying 'what' gets you an E grade
Statement - what you want to say about them eg 'I like their work because...'
Explanation - explain the reasons behind the statement 'I like the use of colours/ the style of brushstrokes/ the intention to show the subject in a certain way' etc
Example - point out a specific area in a painting or a part of a work that illustrates your statement and explanation
Conclusion - what point do you draw froths/ how will this impact your own work
Remember
Remember
Answering with 'What' alone only gets you an E
Adding 'why' takes you up to C or B
Adding 'How' and comparison or evaluation of two points or one point in depth gets you to an A grade
3. What artists have I looked at so far?
3. What artists have I looked at so far?
Name them
Say how each one appeals to you in terms of image content/ visual language
What are their main interests?
Techniques: paint handling - SEEC
Techniques: colour - SEEC
Techniques: drawing - SEEC
Meaning: mood/atmosphere - SEEC
Meaning: dramatic and active/ calm and static - SEEC
Your interest: aspect of visual language that appeals - SEEC
Your interest: content and subject - SEEC
Small work by Giovanni Boldini
4. Individual artist research
4. Individual artist research
Transcription: Titian's Venus of Urbino; Angelika Kauffman's transcription and Manet's Olympia
Transcription: Titian's Venus of Urbino; Angelika Kauffman's transcription and Manet's Olympia
Make a copy of one of the images that most interests you
Make the copy into your version: do your version of it: use your styles, colours, techniques
Focus on some/ or one of the techniques for which the artist is famous
Try to use this in your transcription
Your image should be no smaller than half a page of A2 (which is A3) but it could be full page (A2) or double page (A1)
Manet's Olympia and the original Titian
4.1 Abstract application of techniques
4.1 Abstract application of techniques
Having identified the techniques which your artist uses, apply them to a full page image as an abstract arrangement
Think about the brushstrokes
Think about the character of the strokes are they long or short; agitated and rough or calm and fluid; do they work like handwriting that makes the work recognisable as by that artist (eg Van Gogh)?
Are they made with thick paint or thin splashes?
Reproduce some of these brushstrokes in typical colours
Think about layers and layering
Does your artist use layers one over another?
5. Response
5. Response
5.1 Written points about why they are well regarded
5.1 Written points about why they are well regarded
Remember, this is an A level and no longer GCSE
Remember, this is an A level and no longer GCSE
You have to say 'what' for GCSE
'What' is low level thinking
It is pointing at something - identifying, listing etc
'What' gets you an E grade at A level
For A level and AS you have to say 'why' and 'how'
For A level and AS you have to say 'why' and 'how'
'Why' gets you to B grade - a basic explanation with an illustrative example
'How' takes you on to an A grade - 'why' first, then 'how' with examples and a conclusion based on comparisons or evaluation.
Here are some questions to think about to help with this:
What makes the artist you have looked at important for other people what are they remembered today?
What characteristics do people talk about or admire or point to when discussing their work?
If you read an article or a piece of writing about an artist, put in the name and the source of the information eg:
5.2 An example of comparing two critics talking about one artist
5.2 An example of comparing two critics talking about one artist
Looking at Milton Avery at the Royal Academy and Jonathan Jones says that it is work that is often thought of as being like Matisse but it is more like Rothko. His article is called 'Wild waves, perfect pipes: Milton Avery, the original abstract expressionist' – review | Exhibitions | The Guardian' https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/12/wild-waves-perfect-pipes-milton-avery-inventor-abstract-america-review .
In the same paper, Laura Cummings says in 'Milton Avery: American Colourist review – pure, exhilarating uplift | Art | The Guardian' that Avery is clearly an inheritor of Matisse and although an important influence on several abstract expressionists, he should be thought about in that respect https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/17/milton-avery-american-colourist-royal-academy-london-review-pure-exhilarating-uplift
Of course, this only gets you halfway there. If you stop at this point, you only get a C grade. You need to add your point of view:
Do you agree with Jonathan Jones? If so why? Give an example
Do you agree with Laura Cummings? Again, if so why? Give an example
Compare the two: who gets the better take on this work?
Again, you must say why you think one is better or more accurate than the other or, why you think they are. Are both right? Or, are both are wrong? You must explain and state the case
You must always give a specific example that illustrates your point.
You will get extra marks for evaluation and comparison as a basis to make a judgement.
Try to get in the habit of comparing and weighing up two writers or two points of view
6. Written points about why they interest you: always use this structure to get the most marks
6. Written points about why they interest you: always use this structure to get the most marks
Finally, if you want to get a decent grade, you must say why you are interested in these artists and what judgment you form of their work:
Statement - what you want to say about them eg 'I like their work because...'
Explanation - explain the reasons behind the statement 'I like the use of colours/ the style of brushstrokes/ the intention to show the subject in a certain way' etc
Example - point out a specific area in a painting or a part of a work that illustrates your statement and explanation
Conclusion - what point do you draw froths/ how will this impact your own work
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