1. GCSE Art and Design (Fine Art) Mock Controlled Test 2011 Record observations and ideas – make studies, sketches and drawings. Take photographs and collect appropriate images. Do this in your sketchbook. Analyse and evaluate images - write about your own work and about other artists work. Annotate some of your studies and write a commentary about your project using artistic vocabulary. Explore ideas by using a range of media, processes and resources. Review your work, modify and refine it as it progresses. Present a Final Piece. This must be a personal response to the theme. Make sure this is completed to your very best standard. Ensure that your work shows connections with the artists you have looked at.

2. Starting Point 2: Self-Image Rembrandt

3. Andy Warhol

4. Frida Kahlo

5. Vincent van Gogh

6. Chuck Close

7. Marlene Dumas

8. Self-Image : How to answer this question Week 1. On a large sheet make 15 - 18 black and white studies of the suggested artists. Keep the images small. Use a variety of materials. Do close-ups. Homework 1. In your sketchbook make some black and white studies of the suggested artists. Keep the images small. Fill two or three pages. Find images on the web. Add notes Week 2. On a large sheet make colour studies of the suggested artists. Keep the images small. Use a variety of materials. Use full copies and close-ups. Homework 2. In your sketchbook make some colour studies of the suggested artists. Keep the images small. Fill two or three pages. Find images on the internet. Add notes Week 3. Get a mirror. On a large sheet of paper draw yourself from different angles in black and white. Draw close ups and details. Use photographs. Homework 3. In your sketchbook fill three to four pages with small black and white self-portraits. Take photos of yourself. Add notes Week 4. Choose a variety of objects that are important to you and fill a sheet with colour studies of them. Use a wide range of materials; collage, crayon, paint Homework 4. In your sketchbook fill three to four pages with small black and white studies of the objects. Add notes Week 5. Produce a range of larger studies in colour and black and white. Homework 5. Continue to develop your project with studies, sketches and notes as you plan your Main Piece. Christmas: produce 9 – 12 sides of further studies as you finalise what you are to produce in the exam.