My two years work that earned me an A in GCSE
During the two years of doing art there was an unpredictable stress that I found hard to deal with. The whole time I was scratching away at the desk trying to come up with new ideas that would make my work stand apart from others in my class and that only delayed me further.
I'm not trying to put you off doing art if you haven't already chosen it, but be aware it's not a laid back subject that I stupidly thought it would be. I did enjoy art and did have since I was a little kid, but the work you do becomes a chore if you don't personalize the work to a subject you like.
I'll stop moaning now... You do become incredibly proud of the work you do when you finish and you can look back and think of all the progress you made. It's strange looking at the first piece of work you did compared to the last piece, it does annoy you that your work was that bad but then again it gives you brownie marks with the examiner because it shows how you develop, which it always a bonus.
My Work from over the years - Feel free to judge me ;)
Links to all of the artists shown at the bottom of each topic
Description of the video and useful advise for people wanting to take the topic
Over the course of 2 years, I made this study of work, of course I wish I put more effort into this I was only a couple of marks of an A* which is highly frustrating. Much of my work has been ruined over the year so it may look smudged or scruffy, so for that i'm sorry. If anyone is debating whether to take art, then I think you need to consider how much work you will need to put into it, yes you don't need to a formal exam but there is a lot of coursework involved in this. This is what shocked me when I first started and I wish I was better prepared. I feel as the years went on I have developed some skills, and i'm now doing my A-Levels now, which I feel a lot more confident now in doing. I will be showing that work as well when finished (If I get a good grade haha)
In this video, I show all my course work and 3 Final pieces which the last one I had a limit of 10 hours to do. If anyone needs help in getting a good grade then I feel you need to follow this criteria. .You need to have work that flows from one point to another and basic comments to let the examiner understand better and it's always good to get him on your side. .High quality work isn't necessary but a good standard with a large body of work is best. .Make sure you have an interest in the subject as it could become very laborious otherwise. .If the school doesn't or can't afford many materials for you work, (such as mine) then make sure you have available equipment such as pen, pencils, paints, pastels, etc, also you want to make sure you use a wide variety of media, you could use- Photography, drawing on newspaper, wallpaper, metal work, 3D modeling, these will all make a unique aspect to your work and make it more interesting to the examiner. .Make sure all your own photography is labeled your own, because the examiner isn't going to know otherwise. I will add more if I can't think of more haha.
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I hope you managed to get some inspiration from my work, and I will be adding more helpful advise as-well later on for people taking the subject and also to get ideas for different aspect of you're work, Thanks.
These are the lists of all of the artists that I can remember, I will post a range of artists later in the blog to help get inspiration.
Natural Forms
Paul Beckman (Bug Artist) - Sorry I can't find Website (there are many books on his work)
Robert Kushner (Plant Artist) - http://www.robertkushnerstudio.com/
Vincent Van Gogh (Plant in the Pot) - http://nativeplantwildlifegarden.com/plants-in-paintings-vincent-van-gogh/
Bird Nerd (Wallpaper Birds) - Bird Nerd Picture
Deformation
Pierre Bonnard (Naked Woman) - http://www.pierrebonnard.com/
Francis Bacon (Deformed Faces) - http://www.francis-bacon.com/
Leonardo Da Vince (Baby in the womb) - http://gallerycache.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/study-of-a-fetus-in-the-womb-leonardo-da-vinci/
Ordinary and Extra Ordinary
Robert Delaunay (Eiffel Tower) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Delaunay
Antoni Gaudi (Onion Domes) - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/320
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