GCSE ART FOUNDATION COURSE An Introduction to the

Development of Your Skills Throughout the course you’ll learn new skills and improve existing skills to enable you to progress successfully with your GCSE. The workshops and intensive lessons will introduce you to a range of materials and working methods. You will develop independence and confidence in your own Art skills. This kind of learning builds self-motivation, commitment and initiative that allows you to develop your projects independently, guided and supported by your Art teacher. Aims of the Course

Details of the Course Keeping your Knowledge! Your Sketchbook will not only become a visual record of your progress and achievements, but will serve you as a working Art handbook. You will use this throughout your GCSE to refer to methods and materials and help you to realise your ideas and intentions, helping you to plan, research, explore, experiment with methods, to evaluate and come to realisation. It will be your responsibility to write down instructions, illustrate or photograph methods; so you can use it in the future.

Details of the Course The GCSE Art Foundation Course will be broken in to 6 mini courses; each specialising on a specific set of skills and materials. The whole course will be centred around the theme ‘Details in the…’ with each mini course focusing on a different set of ‘Details’. Course One : DRAWING Details in Fruit and Vegetables Course Two : PAINTING Details in Natural Forms Course Three : DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY Details in Landscape Course Four : DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Details in People Course Five : CERAMICS Course Six : PRINTMAKING

Details of the Course Course One : DRAWING (4 weeks) Details in Fruit and Vegetables Reminder of how to draw from Observation (5 steps – Paper, Marks, Outline, Detail, Tone) Mark Making and Experimentation with Various Dry Media Tonal Pencil Observation Chalk/Charcoal Observation Biro Observation Ink Observation

Course Two : Painting (3 weeks) Details in Natural Forms Mark Making and Experimentation with Various Wet Media Watercolour Observation Colour Tub Observation Acrylic Observation Acrylic Observation using a Palette Knife Details of the Course

Course Three : Darkroom Photography (3 weeks) Details in Landscape Introduction to Composition Introduction to technology and Using a Camera Using the Darkroom and Enlargers Image experimenting with Enlargers Image experimenting with Developing

Course Four : Digital Photography (3 weeks) Details in People Introduction to technology and composition Using Photoshop CS4 Basic Image Manipulation and Improvement Using Layers and Layer Masks Using Actions Details of the Course

FIRST INDEPENDENT PROJECT: Photography (1 week) Details in People or Landscape USING YOUR NEW SKILLS IN EITHER DIGITAL OR DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY CREATE A SERIES OF 5 IMAGES THAT FOLLOW YOUR CHOSEN THEME Details of the Course

Course five : Ceramics (6 weeks) 3D designs – based on previous artwork Using White Buff Clay Using St Thomas Oxidising Clay Using the Pottery Wheel Glazing Clay

Course Six : Printmaking (6 weeks) 2D designs – based on previous artwork Polyblock Printing Mono Printing Lino Printing Relief Printing Silk Screen Printing Details of the Course

GCSE ART FOUNDATION COURSE Remember this is your course to learn skills – the more effort and energy you put in, the more valuable you will find it!