GCSE Art Exam 2012 Extraordinary

O Remember the title is only a starting point O My advice is to stick to Extraordinary. O You have 8 weeks to research develop and refine ideas and prepare for the exam days. O You will have 10 hours to complete a final piece or pieces.

Synonyms O uncommon, unusual, singular, remarkable, exceptional, special, rare, phenomenal, odduncommonunusualsingularremarkable exceptionalspecialrarephenomenalodd

Task 1- Mind map O Create a Mind Map to show the areas you could look at. O The next slide has some suggestions

Examples for research areas O Landscapes - Strange formations O People- extraordinary feats O Events – eg, extreme weather O Buildings – cutting edge Architecture O Animals/insects – Close ups O Plants – exotic plants -Close ups O Sea Life/Coral – Close ups

Task 2 Artist research O Look at the artist/ movement/ architect/designer suggested or areas you would like to research this may come from your mind map

Artists/ Designers O The exam paper has some suggestions and you can look at artists you have already studied. Eg. O Dali- mad landscapes from dreams and nightmares O Magritte- Odd mixture of well known objects O Max Ernst- Surrealism O Roger Dean- Fantasy Landscapes O John Martin – huge apocalyptic canvases O Fashion - Zandra Rhodes, Vivienne Westwood

O Max Ernst-

Dali

Magritte

Roger Dean

Yves Tanguy

Task O Choose one of the Artists and produce at least 4 pages A4 of research and examples. O This will form one of the research topics. O Don’t worry if you already have studied one artist you can use as many as you need. O You must annotate the examples and display in relevant and creative manner showing you have explored the artists style.

Task 3 O You need evidence of Primary and Secondary(found) examples O Primary Resource; You must provide evidence of your own drawings (from objects) and/or images you have taken your self. O Presentation and display of this is very important. O Experiment with display and recording and ideas O Record all experiments for marking

Deadlines O All coursework should be completed and ready for marking by February week beginning 6 th February 2012 O Exam will be given out on the February 20 th 2012 O You will have 8 weeks to prepare for the exam O You will have 10 hours to produce your exam final piece. This will be starting week 14 th May O Finally you will present both coursework and exam work in an exhibition on 14th June 2012