Year 7, 8 & 9
- The students are required to spend a minimum of one hour per fortnight working on a detailed, realistic copy of a selected piece of artwork.
- Every homework task requires students to copy a picture that will be provided.
- The students will improve their observational skills & hand & eye coordination.
- The students will practise new skills & techniques that they have learnt in their lessons.
- The students will be able to select the image they wish to copy from, from a selection of different examples. These will vary in difficulty.
- Once a month, the students will be given the opportunity to do a ‘free drawing’, where they can select what they will draw.
Year 10 & 11- Art
- Homework will be set every week and will last two hours
- Homework is part of their ‘portfolio of work’ which is 60% of their overall GCSE grade
- Transcriptions of artists work
- Research, analysis & annotation of an artist’s work
- Photography
- Design ideas for potential artwork
- Completing case studies on different artists
- Presenting work in a creative fashion in their portfolio’s
- Working on improvements to previous work within their portfolio’s
Year 10 & 11- Photography
- Homework will be set every week and will last two hours
- Homework is part of their ‘portfolio of work’ which is 60% of their overall GCSE grade
- Going out to different locations to do a photoshoot
- Setting up objects with dramatic lighting for a photoshoot
- Transcriptions of photographers work
- Research, analysis & annotation of photographers work
- Case studies on photographers
- Presenting work in a creative fashion in their portfolio’s
- Working on improvements to previous work within their portfolio’s
Year 12 & 13- Art
- Transcriptions of artists’ work
- Research, analysis & annotation of an artist’s work
- Photography
- Design ideas for potential artwork
- Completing case studies on different artists
- Presenting work in a creative fashion in their portfolio’s
- Working on improvements to previous work within their portfolio’s
Year 12 & 13- Photography
- Going out to different locations to do a photoshoot
- Setting up objects with dramatic lighting for a photoshoot
- Transcriptions of photographers work
- Research, analysis & annotation of photographers work
- Case studies on photographers
- Presenting work in a creative fashion in their portfolio’s
- Working on improvements to previous work within their portfolio’s