Grade 10 Illusionism in Art

Willendorf Venus, Austria,
c.39,OOO - 28,OOO BCE
Limestone carving; Height (12cm)

For the Grade 10s......

This post should be used together with the DVD -'How Art Made the World - More Human than Human' (BBC). If you missed this, then borrow it from your teacher or download it. LINK to website can be found here....


A LINK to the DVD (hopefully not blocked) can also be found on YouTube.

Just as we have been exploring 3-D illusionism in our practical work, so we will look at how other artists have worked both in real 3-dimensions and with the illusion of 3-dimensions during the long history of art.

BAROQUE Vermeer
The Milkmaid (interactive link) 
c. 1658-1661 
Oil on canvas (45.5 x 41 cm)

Use this presentation to follow the steps from the Willendorf Venus to the Baroque Milkmaid.

Here is another interesting LINK to Jon Baker's thoughts on this DVD.

Grade 11 Fragility sourcebook - self-evaluation

Please use this LINK to evaluate your sourcebook.

Woolworths Bright Ideas 2016

Here is the LINK to the presentation for your PAT 2
- for Term 2

Grade 12 - self evaluation of your Fragility Final

For the Grade 12s ...

You may do this evaluation as often as you like to help finish off your Fragility final work. I will use the LAST timestamped evaluation and delete the rest.
This final evaluation must be completed by the 4th March.

LINK to form

Geopolitical Child Watches Birth of New Human by Salvador Dali 1943

Leaf skeletons

Thanks to Kaylé Bowes for her tutorial on skeletonizing leaves .....
LINK to tutorial

Grade 9 - A humanoid figure

Now that you can work with wire and paper, we can start building our EXPRESSIVE human-like figure. 
You may work with accurate human proportions OR distort and exaggerate for expressive purposes.

Have a look at these two presentations to get some ideas and some tutorial help.

LINK to Basic Wire figures
LINK to Poses


This rough sketch may help you. It assumes a 16cm figure will fit into a tub and is called the 8-part figure. Remember to leave some wire for the thickened shoulders and hips.

Sketch by Mrs Moore

Criteria - for 25 marks

Construction skill
- no sticky tape, glue or staples used in the construction! [5]

Expression of a character [5]

Innovation / originality [5]

Final surface treatment e.g colour; texture; contrast; variety;  [5]

Presentation & effort [5]

Woolworths Design workshops

Our Learner workshop is around the corner if you are interested in attending, please indicate so via email as to how many Educators as well as learners will be attending for the respective workshops. Please can you do so before the 5^th of February 2016 for catering purposes.  

Thank you to the schools that have already confirmed attendance.

Please note the : 

·       Learner Workshop will be hosted at VEGA in Umhlanga on the 13^th of February 2016 from 9am-1pm.

Please see the speakers and topics that will be discussed on the morning :

·        Robin Opperman - Planning Project Execution to meet Deadlines

·        Neith Moore - Practicing Processes

·        Rob Mills - Teamwork and Feedback

·        Nicholas Criticos – Head of Woolworths Store Design

Please make sure the learners that are attending produce their indemnity form as this will allow them access at the venue. Please may they also carry with them a notepad and pen.

Please may all learners attending wear their school uniform for the workshop.

Adobe Creativity Scholarships

For the Grade 12s .....

I have broken down this application process into easily manageable steps.

Step 1: This weekend, put together a series of photos (a 'photo essay' of +/- 10 photos) on yourself (not your work!). Think carefully about the subject matter and composition of these photos. Share these with me for discussion.

See posts to follow about the next steps.

The Adobe Creativity Scholarships program is open to AYV alumni and past finalists of the AYV/Adobe Aspire Awards who will be entering their first or second year of college/university during the 2016-17 academic year. Further information can be found at http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Adobe-Creativity-Scholarships.

I welcome you to view these videos about some of the students who have received the scholarship in the past:

• Ayah and Sebastian from Eastside Educational Trust, London, UK
• Angela and Edwin from Urban Arts Partnership, New York City

Please feel free to contact us at AdobeScholarship@iie.org with any questions about the scholarship or the eligibility requirements.

Best regards,

Adobe Creativity Scholarships

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This drawing/painting/sculpture by Karen Anderson looks like a wonderful new mixed media technique to try out.

“Nesting Fleecebox”
drawing: gouache, acrylic and graphite on paper 30×30″ 2008
sculpture: charred paper, bronze wire, acrylic, black birch branches, sheep’s fleece. 34x27x12″ 2008.
©2014 Karen Rand Anderson
LINK to her blog

Grade 12 2016 Fragility Final

For the Grade 12s......

You have completed your sourcebooks and done your self-evaluation of them. LINK

The deadline for the Final work is Monday 22nd February. This means that the work is delivered on this day - not that you finish it on this day!

We will start on the new brief - PAT2  - on the 22nd Feb.

Wire and paper sculpture - 'Fragility'

Giacometti - 'Woman with her throat cut'
- 1932  bronze