Assignment 1

Use drawing methods and skills for recording information using wet and dry media

This assessment will take all of term one and be submitted in the last week of term one. There will be a chance for reassessment at the beginning of term two.

it will involve drawing objects from life using observation.

these objects should have personal relevance to you and could include:

• personal objects such as cellphones, jewellery, watches,

• drawing yourself using mirrors,

• drawing family or friends from life,

• drawing your favourite landscape,place, or a spot that has significance to you.

These objects and places will be created using a variety of wet and dry mediums.

you will need to submit a minimum of seven pieces of work .

below is the NZQA page that shows examples of student work to give you an idea of the standard you need to meet for excellence, merit, and achieved.

Part one learning how mediums work.

Pencil shading and how to create three dimensional shapes using pencil

• draw a personal object using shading to create three dimensional volume.

• using a small mirror draw different parts of your face.

Part 2

indian ink shading and how to create 3 dimensional shapes using Indian ink and wash

• draw a personal object using shading to create three dimensional volume.

• using a small mirror draw different parts of your face.

Part 3 realistic pencil drawing

choose a photographic image related to your years theme in art that you have taken .

enlarge it to A4 size and draw it as accurately as possible looking carefully to find all the light and dark shading.

try to avoid using lines to show a shape instead use the difference between shading to show shape.

Part 4 realistic painting

This is very similar to part 3 just in paint choose an image related to your theme, preferably that you have taken, and copy it with paint as realistically as you can. try to match colours as well as you can. look carefully at how colours change and shading develops and attempt to do the same with your paint.

Part 5 mixing and combining ideas and methods

look at the work you have done so far this year. what have you liked ?what have you disliked?

using the methods and ideas you liked create an image that combines your drawings using wet and dry methods together.

A couple of things to keep in mind:

paint is stronger so tends to come towards you in a painting

pencil as it is shades of grey will tend to go fade backwards when there is a painted section of work.

to get these credits you need to show accurate understanding of objects . so make sure you are really looking and not drawing what you think it looks like.

Have a look at the year 11 student gallery at the top of this page as there are really good examples of how previous students have combined ideas of wet and dry mediums together.

Assignment 2 Using an artist model to develop work

Starts beginning of term 2

Using an artist model in your work is a fundamental in NCEA Art .

The basic idea is you use your subject, idea or concept and mix the style of another artist into the work.

This sounds complicated and it is.

The basic method is to find artist who have a style, colour palette, methodology, or feel that you like and experiment with putting some of those ideas into your work.

For example At the simple end it would be doing something like a self portrait and making it cubist because you liked picasso

Then to reach excellence you have to look at the intensions and meanings behind your artist models and start thinking how you can put that intent, meaning, emotion, concept into your own work.

Risk taking gets rewards. But not every risk will work. be willing to create disasters in your process of creating masterpieces.

It is your choice what artist model you choose, but...

Please check with me as there are some discussions I would like to have around your choices as you make them.

How to find an artist model

There is a large collection of art and artist books in the artroom we will start with these.

as you can see below I have a doc with contemporary maori artists which I think are awesome.

but there are also some good websites that you can go down the rabbit hole in and find something you like. here are some I found.

https://www.booooooom.com/

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/

https://www.juxtapoz.com/

https://www.boredpanda.com/

https://hyperallergic.com/

https://thedesigninspiration.com/

https://www.deviantart.com/

Another resource which I find fantastic is this Art teachers pinterest account she has created an amazing resource

Once you have found Artist models you like and want to work with you have to create work which combines your topic and subject matter with ideas and styles of your artist model.

the more work you do with the more experimenting the better your grade.

When we do get back to school we will be mixing these ideas and styles with printmaking and photography.

How many artworks do you do?

a minimum of four works using an artist model. they dont have to be big A5 is fine .

Then find a new artist model and do some more.

ideas for art themes

Very important thing to remember below read and then read again.

Being able to draw and paint to a high skill level and then play around with styles is great but will only ever get you merits.

To achieve excellence you have to experiment with ways of getting your message, idea, concept, beliefs, thought processes across to the viewer.

Experimenting with this concept is MORE IMPORTANT than being the best painter. making people think , be uncomfortable, feel serene, aiming at attaching an emotional concept to your work is when you start reaching the higher levels of understanding that moves your work to excellence.