Easter Checklist (AS Students)

You must use the Easter break to ensure your sketchbook is up to date, as you will be working on final pieces under exam conditions when you return.

Remember that everything must be stuck in, well presented and annotated. The annotation is particularly important for assessment criteria AO3 and has a big impact on your grade so spend time on this.

Click here for a checklist to follow

Easter Workshops take place on Monday 10^th and Tuesday 11^th April 9am to 4pm for support with any of the following:

• Completing outstanding practical work
• Annotation and evaluation
• Presenting work
• Design Ideas
• Completing mock pieces

FIRST YEAR HOMEWORK

AS STUDENTS

Use your independent study this week to complete your designs in sketchbooks.

• Initial ideas x 8 as a double page spread
• 8 Developed designs modifying three or four of your best initial ideas

 

Click here for examples to present your developed design ideas

Click here foroutcome ideas if you are struggling

Initial Ideas (AS)

AS HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY 23RD MARCH

Create a double page spread of 8 initial design ideas – consider different possibilities for using the materials and techniques you have researched in your books.

Annotate with construction information, design considerations, materials/techniques. You can also mount inspirational imagery (primary/secondary) to show where your ideas have come from.

A2 Homework: Mini Conclusion

For homework complete a mini-conclusion analysing your progress with the project so far. When complete email a copy to Erin at: erin.day@asfc.ac.uk

Suggested structure questions:

When I first began my project how did I explore the theme and how has this developed?

What about my theme am I interested in investigating further?

What artists have I researched and what have I learned from them?

What techniques and materials have I experimented with? Which have been most successful and why?

What are my plans moving forward toward design ideas?

How do I see my project progressing from here?

What primary sources will I need?

Is there anything my work so far is lacking/that I wished I had more of in order to develop? Is there an artist/additional research that I could utilise to help me with this?

*Save pins that visualise your ideas on Pinterest ready to print out as an inspiration moodboard on Monday

Deadline: 20^th March

Homework w/c 13th March

Use your independent study time this week to:

Sign into Textiles and complete any unfinished samples

Present and annotate your samples – primary and combination – in your sketchbook

 

Click here for adviceand examples of how to present work in your sketchbook

Homework w/c 27th Feb

Create 4 additional independent studies using primary sources as inspiration. 

This should show further investigation so choose ideas that excite you and link to your theme.

Make use of the space in your A3 sketchbooks: 

Mount your study alongside the original primary image and use the questions for writing about your own work to annotate what you produce.

Click here for lots of different ideas of what you can produce

Ensure this is complete before Erin reviews your sketchbook:

Monday 6th (A2: second years)

Tuesday 7th (AS: first years)