• 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