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Pupils complete two components each assessed out of 72 marks assessed against 4 assessment objectives
Assessment objectives – what you are assessed on/what your art portfolio needs to show:
(AO1) Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources.
· You will need to demonstrate critical understanding of sources, and one of the best ways of demonstrating critical understanding of sources is to show that you have informed ideas and investigations.
(AO2) Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes.
· You need to show you can refine work by exploring ideas and to do this through selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes.
(AO3) Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses.
· As work progresses you must ensure you record throughout your creative journey. You need to record visually and through written annotation.
(AO4) Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language
· There is a requirement for students to demonstrate their understanding of visual language. By visual language, we mean use of the formal elements and imagery to communicate visually.
Tasks to complete in this component.
1. Artist research (Minimum of 3 artists.)
2. Artist research information- Visual analysis and artist copy.
3. Artist responses- Your own work in the style of your chosen artist, experimenting with different processes and materials.
4. Developing ideas for final outcome by combining and refining your artist responses and experiments.
5. Final ideas planning page.
6. Further development and experiments.
7. Create final piece in mock exam.
8. Evaluate your final outcome.
Helpful Links
Look at standards booklets 1 and 2 to see the national standard for Art GCSE at each level.