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Saturday, 17 November 2012

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Stereotypes - End of year exam

For my grade 9s.......

Your theory Exam has 80 marks.

10 marks is a short drawing test of a recycled object.
Link for practice

30 marks is on the work of the artists you have studied ..... in our case:-
Segal (FDR Memorial); Link to Segal
Dunywa (What do want from me?); Link to Dunywa
Arnott (Exile and Citizen) Link to Arnott

No pictures for these three artists - each for 10 marks.

40 marks are short questions on UNSEEN art works. These are application questions testing your detecting skills.


Study hard and do well!


Thursday, 8 November 2012

Analysis - ceramics & jewellery

For the Grade 10s........

Try to write a formal analysis of these two works .......

Pot from Rorke's Drift


Artist's block from Chris de Beer


Stencils

A clever idea for all sorts of repetition in design and visual art ..... He uses a jeweller's saw and a 'sandwich' of many pieces of paper or plastic.

Stencil link



Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Ardmore - ceramics

Look at the link below to see all the wonderful items produced by Ardmore Ceramics.....

Look at my presentation to learn how to analyse a ceramic piece from Ardmore.
Link to presentation

Chameleon jug


Owl Jug

Rendering - ceramics & jewellery

For my Gr 10s .......

Try this rendering activity as practice. Remember to retain an illusion of form and space while you try to add patterns onto the plain beads.

View the link to the whole presentation


Sunday, 4 November 2012

Stereotypes - drawings

For my Grade 9 class ........

I love what some people make from junk!
Practise drawing these using tone so you can do well in your quickie exam drawing.