Artist Selection and Research Aim: To find 2-3 Artists to inspire media ad style explorations that will progress your project in an interesting and imaginative path. TASK ONE: 15 mins Use my suggestions and Pinterest to find artists whose styles you might like to explore in your project. TIPS FOR SELECTING AN ARTIST Go on gut reaction to one you like a lot. Select on technique and style; don’t worry if they do people and your doing flowers. We don’t expect identical copies of their style. NEVER select an artist because you think their style looks ‘easy’; Guaranteed boredom and poor marks.

TASK TWO: Artist research Task Aim: To use the internet to research about your chosen artists, and learn what information is relevant to mention for your project in terms for your artist’s background. Part One: Image collection Part Two: Research Copy and paste lots of images of work by these Artists onto a word doc. Make sure they are not too small so you can see the detail. Research and write down the materials, method and techniques of the Artists. Start to use the internet to research the theme and ideas the artist has for their work. Copy and paste relevant paragraphs of information about the Artists’ work. Understand: The theme of your artist’s work. What other artists they admire. Why they chose to work in this style. YOU MUST include the web address too so it is CLEAR this is research, as we will add this to your book.

TASK THREE: Start to compose Artist study pages These pages must be well presented and include: HEADING: Artist Name Print out of research done on the internet. You should highlight, underline and make notes about the most interesting information which links to: Why the Artist makes their work and what it is about. Influences and inspiration they have The ideas and feelings they explore in their work Their methods, style and techniques. Images of Artist work Analytical writing about a few of their works using the Worksheet from the back of your books (we will do this next week).

Analysing Art work Your comments have two parts to consider: Aim: Your personal response and questions about the Art work. Eg; describe the work,what does it make you think about? Examining the visual elements in order to explore and further understand your response and questions. These two elements can be combined in one sentence, or can be done in a different order. As long as we have both, you are analysing! Aim: To understand how to write personal and analytical comments about Artists work. Visual Elements: Colour Tone Line Shape and form Texture Title: Artist Studies

Example analysis: ‘Repose’, 1911 by John Singer Sargent I enjoy looking at Repose, by Sargent, because it feels luxurious and indulgent. It is different to his usual portraiture as it presents us with a clearly upper class lady reclining informally on a sofa. The composition feels incidental, like a snapshot. She leans back gazing into the distance, and I almost feel like I am intruding on a quiet moment. Her skirt is painted with pale tones of blue and cream in broad strokes. The directional marks are layered in many different tones so you get a clear impression of how the stiff texture of the expensive silk shines under the light. The blue and cream hues are echoed in the sofa and wall, so the whole scene is in harmony and feels serene. A shimmering strip of pink across the wall catches my eye, and lead it towards her face. What is she thinking about? Who is she? Whose else might be in the room? I think we are suppose to see her as a mysterious and somewhat haughty character. Personal Response in green Visual element examination in red