• Page 4-5: sketchbook checklist February – March
• Page 6-7: sketchbook checklist April
• Page 8-9: sketchbook checklist May
• Page 10: Creative Title Page Ideas
• Page 11: Creative Mind Map Idea
• Page 12-13: Observational Drawing
• Page 14-20: Suggested Artists
• Page 21-23: Analysis Help Sheet
• Page 24-25: Initial Ideas Help Sheet
• Page 26-27: Evaluation Help Sheet
first steps first words
first love
first job
First car first house first child
children leave home
retirement last love
last steps last words
weddings
marriage
divorce
illness will
parents
responsibility
age
hereditary
grow develop
bucket list
conversation
Hello - goodbye
memory
monkeys
cave people
evolution
digitization
community
society
individual
labour
contractions
breath
murder
hospice accident
heart Brain stem
heart
Jenny Saville In “Umbilical (study),” 2009, the
artist was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci and
Pablo Picasso to create not a portrait of her child
specifically but of “the moment of human birth.”
She said: “I’ve spent most of my life trying to paint
flesh; and when I was pregnant, the experience
of growing flesh and giving birth felt very
profound to me. I felt like I gained a different
level of understanding in terms of painting and
drawing bodies, so I had to do something with
that.”
“For Valerie Hegarty, the joy of her work lies in its
destruction rather than its making. Centring her
practice on the politics of the American myth,
Hegarty’s canvases and sculptures replicate
emblems of frontier ethos - colonial furniture,
antique dishware, and heroic paintings of
landscapes and national figures only to demolish
them by devices associated with their historical
significance.” Saatchi Gallery
“Mark studied Art at High school. He worked whilst studying which
meant that his grades weren\'t what they could have been. He has
worked in what may be, over a hundred jobs and lived in the same
number of houses, occasionally with only the streets to call home.
After leaving one of his many jobs, he accidentally found himself
walking around the studios of a university and started to talk with
the head tutor. Within a few hours he had enrolled and been given
a studio space within the university. Since graduating he has
exhibited in America, Europe and across the United Kingdom.
Both the found canvas and individual offer a story of mystery and
intrigue. Showing the scars of travel and a life lived; catching a
certain beauty and rejecting images of perfection projected on us
by society.” Curious Duke Galleries
“My exhibitions are thematic and they reflect all my obsessions. All paintings are connected. When I paint I like to do on printed materials, is a way to unite my passion for topics such as anatomy, mechanics and my hobby for
collecting posters, maps, atlas geographic and geographical anatomy with my work. I've been to have this material in the flea market of Madrid (called “Rastro”), in shops and antique fairs and even my first exhibition were paintings on advertising posters, which are on the bus shelters and posters that advertise concerts, many of these posters, some them are torn off the wall of the street, they spend some time in the study before even thinking about using them as support for a painting. Once I bought a collection of posters from mechanical and they accompanied me a
few years before becoming tables, is my “Anatomies” series, I try to turn the posters to find the shape of the human figure, creating a kind of robotic, cyborgs or forms, I am always interested by cyberpunk culture and the human body.”
Scott Fife is an American sculptor well-known for his incredibly detailed busts of
popular icons, made only from archival cardboard, drywall screws and glue. Scott says he has been working with cardboard for the last 25 years, and he remembers he first decided to use it purely for economic reasons. He would find cardboard boxes on the streets, cut them up into pieces, paint on them and create unique artworks, but the high acid
content of cardboard meant the lifespan of his works could be limited, so he eventually switched to archival cardboard. He liked the coolness of the blueberry coloring from the beginning, and it wasn’t that much different to work with than ordinary cardboard, so archival cardboard became his favorite material. The cardboard busts Scott Fife creates
look so realistic, it’s hard to believe he uses only low-tech tools. All he really needs is loads of archival cardboard, an Xacto knife, drywall screws, a screw gun, and glue. Seattle-based Fife has been exhibiting his works across America since 1976, and while his technique hasn’t changed much since then, his incredible
cardboard art is just as fresh and popular today as it was back then.
Brooklyn based Morning Breath, Inc. was founded by
Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto in 2002. This design
studio delivers an informed visual experience that
ignites client brands across a wide array of industries
from gaming to advertising, and publishing to clothing.
With strong backgrounds in skateboarding (THINK
Skateboards), graffiti art and music packaging design
(Kanye West, Jay Z, Eminem), Morning Breath’s
approach transcends pop culture and speaks directly
to a younger audience known as being particularly
disdainful of blatant “demographic” marketing and
“sell-outs.”
What can you see? Describe the work: who/ what is the subject? What are they doing? Where does it take place?
How has it been made? Materials, techniques etc. E.g. It is a black and white print which has been made using woodcut techniques.
This means that the artist has carved the image into a block of wood. The surface that has not been carved
will be the part that prints.
What formal elements have been used and how ? Shape, line, tone, pattern, space, texture, composition, colour…
What effect does the use of formal elements have,
on the way we see the artwork?
What mood does the artwork create? How does it make you feel?
What does the artist want to show you? What could be the message of the work?
Use key words in your analysis
What can you see? The subject of the piece is... They are...The position of...It takes place in...I can see...it looks as if...It could be said that...
Types of Artwork: Landscape; portrait; still life; installation; animal portrait; hyper realistic;
sculpture; photographic series; print series; interactive piece; film; mixed media; land art etc.
How has it been made?
Materials: The materials used to make this piece may be... The most important material
used in this piece is...
Key words: oil paint; acrylic paint; water colour; pastel; found/ recycled materials;
paper; card; metal; fabric; rope; clay; wood; plaster; stone; dyes; ink etc.
Techniques and processes: The artist has used...I can tell this because...the effect
of this technique is...This processes is similar to...This technique reminds me of...
Key words: wet on wet/ dry on wet etc. painting techniques; a pallet knife; screen print;
lithograph; block print; welding; film; collage; scalpel.
What formal elements have been used and how ? Shape: geometric, symmetrical, asymmetrical, balanced, smooth, rounded, curvaceous, angular
Colour: contrast, complement, sooth, clash, subtle, muted, loud, organic, industrial, warm, cool. Texture: rough, smooth, jagged, peeling, soft, diaphanous, floaty, grainy, coarse, flaky, damp Composition: foreground, mid-ground, back-ground, the centre/ off centre, lead in lines. Framing, perspective. Tone: shadow, light, grey, value, contrast, reflection, highlights
What effect does the use of formal elements have, on the way we see
the artwork? What mood does the artwork create? It reminds me of...this relates to...this is similar
to...this contrasts...it could be said...this could mean...it could be suggested...However...nevertheless...furthermore...at the same time....in like manner...In conclusion...as a result...with this in mind...on the other hand...
Cindy Sherman Judith Supine
Judith Golden
Cindy Sherman Judith Supine
Own photos/ reference
Drawing from reference
Annotation • Artist links (to the artists you have previously studied) • Your own photos/ reference photos • Drawing of your idea, working from reference • A written explanation of your idea
C: Clear
presentation
and drawing
from
reference
B: Own
photos, skilled
drawing from
reference that
communicate
ideas
A: A range of
inventive
ideas, with
refined
drawings and
own photos
• This idea is based on...
• It has been inspired by the work of... (artists) and their work based
on....
• It relates to Together and/or Apart as it...
• To develop this idea further I would experiment with...
C: I complete
the sentence
starters
B: I give a
detailed
explanation of
my ideas and
explain how it
links to artists
A: I analyse and
evaluate my
ideas and how
they link to to
the theme of
the project as
well as my own
ideas.
• How did you record your idea? • What Initial ideas did you have? • Did you take photos? • What drawing did you do? • Have you annotated your work? • What does your annotation explain?
• What was your idea? • What was the theme of the project? • What was your subtheme? • Where did your ideas come from?
• What Artist studies inspired your work?
• Present a personal, informed and meaningful
final piece
• Your final idea has been developed with analysis and an understanding of its meaning or what you would like to say.
You final piece should...
• How was your idea developed? • How did you get reference? • What materials did you experiment
with? • What processes did you experiment
with? • How did you experiment with
Formal Elements? (composition/ tone etc.)
• What was your final piece? • What was your final idea? i.e. a painting showing... • What materials did you use? • What processes did you use? • What went well?
• What could be improved?
Answer all the questions writing in full sentences.
Title: Beginning and/or End Evaluation
• My idea was to...
• The subtheme of my ideas were... • It was based on the work of artists such
as... • I was influenced by there...(subject
matter/ techniques/ processes)
• Present a personal, informed and meaningful
final piece
• Your final idea has been developed with analysis and an understanding of its meaning or what you would like to say.
You final piece should...
• How was your idea developed?
• To get references to work with I took photos of...
• The materials I first experimented with were...
• The processes I experimented with were...
• I experimented with composition/
colour/ texture by...
• How did you record your idea? • My Initial ideas were...
• I took photos of...to develop my ideas
• I drew...to communicate my ideas • I have/haven’t annotated my
work to explain...
• What was your final piece?
• My final idea was... i.e. a painting showing... • The materials I used were... • The processes I have used were... • I am pleased with my final piece
because... • To improve or develop the piece I would
Answer all the questions writing in full sentences.
Title: Beginning and/or End Evaluation