1. Artist Selection and Research
Aim: To find 1-2 Artists to inspire media and style explorations that will progress your project in an interesting and imaginative path.
TASK ONE: 15 mins
Go onto Pinterest and Find the area (search as a person in the search engine) Click follow if you aren’t following it already.
Use my suggestions on the Year 11 Mock Exam Pinterest board and Pinterest search engine 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.

2. 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.

3. 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).

4. Analysing Art work: Task
On lined paper, write an analysis of one of your chosen Artists’ work
WILF:
Careful observation and description of the details in the Art work.
Using your imagination to interpret and consider the and meaning in the work.
Well constructed analytical sentences, which examine how you get meaning and to the specific visual elements.
Eg: The bold and dark outlines make the shapes stand out and appear more flat.
Aim:
To use the literacy mats help you understand how to write personal and analytical comments about Artists work.
You will better understand:
What you do when you analyse art work.
What are the visual elements?
How to start an analytical statement and use connectives to extend your sentences.
Title: Artist Studies

5. 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