AS Art, Craft and Design

Unit 1: Introduction to Drawing and Recording

Nature Vs Man- made
The emphasis of this assignment is to develop skills with the experimental use
of a range of different recording techniques and the eventual development of
a final piece of artwork inspired by the artists studied.
You have nine weeks to carry out the assignment including all visual work and
notes to explain your ideas and prove your knowledge and understanding.

Recording and presenting your investigations and experiments

provides the evidence that is assessed towards your final grade, it is
imperative that you complete all work set to the best of your ability
and make your presentation clear, legible and visually enticing to
show how well you understand the themes, techniques, artists &
photographers and demonstrate the depth of your investigations and
your skills.
Your work will be marked on how well you:
Record in visual and other forms AO3
Develop ideas through sustained investigations AO1
Use media, techniques and processes AO2
Demonstrate analytical & critical understanding AO1
Review and refine AO2
Reflect on work and progress AO3
Produce a personal, well-resolved response demonstrating critical
understanding AO4

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Part 1 Deadline:
Final Project Deadline:

AS Art, Craft and Design

Unit 1: Introduction to Drawing and Recording

Part 1:
You are to investigate the theme nature Vs man-made using a range of
experimental recording techniques based on a range of natural and
man-made forms. You will study a range of artists of your choice that
relate to either or both the theme and techniques used in preparation for
developing a final outcome.

ONE: Experimental Drawing

Duration: 1 Week

Demonstrate analytical & critical understanding AO1

Use media, techniques and processes AO2
Review and refine AO2
Record in visual and other forms AO3
Reflect on work and progress AO3

Experimental observational drawing based on natural forms.

In the lesson

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Continuous line Draw at least 3 small continuous

drawings
line drawings from a range of view
points
Complete one more detailed
continuous line sketch on a larger
Paul Klee, Alberto scale- try to include detail to
Giacometti,
describe pattern and texture as well
Elizabeth Berrien as shape and form
Charcoal
Make a detailed reduction
carving
drawing in charcoal with a rubberremember you are adding drawing
in the light parts! Size as instructed
by your teacher.
Extension make a range of (three
or more) charcoal carvings- alter
your viewpoints and use different
Carevaggio,
thicknesses and sharpnesses of the
Kathe Kollwitz,
rubber. Work on a size of your
Mark Demsteader choice
Pencil drawing Make a detailed pencil study in
line of a natural form object of your
choice
Make a detailed pencil study in
tone of a natural for object of your
choice
Extension make a series of (three

HOME-LEARNING
Complete
all
drawings from the
lesson

Complete all
drawings from the
lesson

Complete all
drawings from the
lesson

Photorealism,
Collosal

or more) smaller close up pencil

studies combining line and tone

Photography

Karl Blossfeldt,
Edward Weston,
Andreas
Feininger, Ernst
Haas
Dutch Still Life
painters

Take a series of photographs of

the natural form objects.
You need to take:
At least 20-30
A range of different natural
form objects
Groups of chosen objects
Close-ups using macro
functions
You need to consider:
Composition
Colour
Lighting
Using available editing
software to improve photos

TWO: Experimental Drawing Continued

Complete all
editing and printing
of photos from the
lesson
Create a research
page for an artist
you have been
introduced to this
week. Research is to
include images,
keywords,
information about
the artist and their
work a copy of one
of their works or a
section of their work
and an analysed
image of a piece of
their work.

Duration: 2 Weeks

Demonstrate analytical & critical understanding AO1

Use media, techniques and processes AO2
Review and refine AO2
Record in visual and other forms AO3
Reflect on work and progress AO3

Experimental observational drawing based on food- organic vs

processed

In the lesson

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Oil Pastel and Draw at least 3 small close up

Coloured
drawings from a range of view
pencil of cakes points
Complete one more detailed
sketch on a larger scale- try to
include detail to describe pattern
and texture as well as shape and
Wayne Thiebaud form
Black and
Make a detailed sketch using
white on grey only black and white pencil crayon
and two
Make a detailed sketch using
colours on
only two colours
coloured

HOME-LEARNING
Complete
all
drawings from the
lesson

Complete all
drawings from the
lesson

paper of fruit
Claude Heath
Stick and ink
sketches

Karen Gelardi
Photography

Make a series of (three or more)

quick stick and ink drawings of food
stuff of your choice
Extension make a more
considered drawing with stick, ink
and card on a larger scale consider
the composition of drawing multiple
items
Take a series of photographs of
food items
You need to take:
At least 20-30
A range of different food
Groups/lines/blocks of chosen
objects
Close-ups using macro
functions
You need to consider:
Composition
Colour
lighting
Using available editing
software to improve/stylise
photos

Emily Blinco, Lisa

Milroy

THREE: Experimental Recording

Complete all
drawings from the
lesson

Complete all
editing and printing
of photos from the
lesson
Create a research
page for an artist
you have been
introduced to this
week. Research is to
include images,
keywords,
information about
the artist and their
work a copy of one
of their works or a
section of their work
and an analysed
image of a piece of
their work.

Duration: 2 Weeks

Demonstrate analytical & critical understanding AO1

Use media, techniques and processes AO2
Review and refine AO2
Record in visual and other forms AO3
Reflect on work and progress AO3

Experimental observational recording based on tools and Utensils

In the lesson

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

HOME-LEARNING

Drawing with
Draw a series of tools and utensils Complete
all
obscure tools and with the tools and utensils- use ink
drawings from the
utensils
and paint
lesson
Record the visual qualities and the
Mark-making,
pros and cons of working with

Patrick Caulfield
Anselm Kiefer
Photograph/
Photocopy
objects

Man Ray, Jan

Groover
Drawing into
backgrounds with
chosen
techniques

Cubism, Jan
Groover
Mono printing
with tools

different tools to make drawings

with by making simple notes in your
mini journal
Take a series of photographs of Complete all
food items
drawings from the
You need to take:
lesson
At least 20
A range of different utensils
and viewpoints
Groups of objects
You need to consider:
Random Compositionoverlapping objects
Using available editing
software to improve/stylise
photos
Make a series of at least 5
photocopies A4 of some of the tools
and utensils by laying them on the
photocopier- consider moving
objects as the copy in is process
Using your photocopy
backgrounds as a base draw into
at least one image of tools and
utensils to create a unique
composition- you could work from
your photos or from life
Extension: use photoshop to
create a short series of digital
images of your tools and utensilslayer images over one another and
play with blending options to create
different images
Make a series of mono prints by
imprinting objects into ink and
paper and drawing the object into
ink

Complete all
drawings from the
lesson

Complete all
editing and printing
of photos from the
lesson
Create a research
page for an artist
you have been
introduced to this
week. Research is to
include images,
keywords,

information about
the artist and their
work a copy of one
of their works or a
section of their work
and an analysed
image of a piece of
their work.

Harry Bertoia
Jim Dine

FOUR: Experimental Printing

Duration: 2 Weeks

Demonstrate analytical & critical understanding AO1

Use media, techniques and processes AO2
Review and refine AO2
Record in visual and other forms AO3
Reflect on work and progress AO3

Experimental printing based on natural or mechanical forms

In the lesson
Etching
Grace Keown
Jim Dine
Collagraph Print

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

HOME-LEARNING

Make an etching on a piece of

Complete your
plastic or shiny board using a sharp etching
and
point. Use either your natural form
produce 5 prints
or mechanical form photos to work
from. Consider composition.
Produce at least 5 prints

Make a collagraph printing plate.

Collage pieces of card, string,
textured paper, found materials,
leaves etc onto a piece of card.
Use your natural and mechanical
form images to work from.
Lynn Bailey, Mark Experiment with using no ink as
Hearld, Angie
different colours to create different
Lewin, Sue Lowe effects

Complete your
collagraph plate
and produce at
least 5 prints

FIVE: Experimental Recording 3D

Duration: 2 Weeks

Demonstrate analytical & critical understanding AO1

Use media, techniques and processes AO2
Review and refine AO2
Record in visual and other forms AO3
Reflect on work and progress AO3

Presenting work for assessment

In the lesson
Casting /
Ceramics
Tracy Hayes,
Anthony
Gormley, Henry
Moore, Steam
Punk
Human
Ceramics

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

Make a cast using clay. Base
your work on the human form and
use your life drawing to inspire your
work

Forms Take a series of photographs of

your ceramics piece
You need to take:
Photography
At least 20-30
A range of different viewpoints
You need to consider:
Composition
Contrast/lighting
Using available editing
software to improve photos

Christopher
Grider
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Heather Knight
Halima Cassell

HOME-LEARNING
Complete all clay
work from the lesson

Complete all
editing and printing
of photos from the
lesson
Create a research
page for an artist
you have been
introduced to this
week. Research is to
include images,
keywords,
information about
the artist and their
work a copy of one
of their works or a
section of their work
and an analysed
image of a piece of
their work.

Key Tips: How to produce high quality work

Introduction to Drawing and Recording

Skills/Tasks

What you need to do

Drawing
AO2&3

Photography
AO2&3

Printing
AO2&3

3D Work
AO2&3

Artist Research
AO1

Presentation

Add more of your own first hand studies to show your

skills
Use a wide range on tones to show more depth
Blend in outlines
Add more fine detail to show texture and pattern
Use a wider range or mark making techniques in line
studies
Ensure all drawings/sketches are of a consistent quality
Ensure all drawings/sketches are complete
Take a good number of images of each subject group
i.e. food, tool & utensils etc
Try to use different viewpoints/lighting/subjects
Identify on the contact sheet good images by
highlighting/circling, adding a sticker etc
Cross out poor imagery on contact sheet
Annotate good images to explain the positives
Select a few good images to simply edit and print out
larger
Base your printing work on your own drawings and
photographs of mechanical forms
Make sure that you use the appropriate amount of ink
Register each print carefully
Include many different ways of mark making and a
wide range of textures
Colour use of colour carefully
Use artists to inspire you and influence your work
Create many different experimental prints using
different colours and surfaces to print on to
Try to complete all tasks
On clay and plaster smooth/brush off surfaces to
appear smooth/finished
Blend in/disguise any joins
Add lots of images of the artists/ photographers work
Use keywords to highlight the main visual features and
conceptual themes
Add information based on the questions from the visual
literacy sheet
Analyse one chosen image using the how, the what
and the why section of the visual literacy sheet
Add a clear title (the artists name!)
Do your own versions of their work replicating their styles
Fill gaps with copied sections of their work in a variety of
appropriate materials
Fill the page
Consider layout of information on pages
Add flaps, tabs and pull-outs if you are struggling to fit
everything on
Keep handwriting clear and neat or type
Use a consistent style/ font/pen colour
Try to make pages/boards visually appealing
Do not use pixelated images

Make keywords bigger and do not list them

If in doubt keep it simple
Dont waste time double mounting
Cut out neatly and straight
Create a uniform style for the pages/boards

High quality presentation is key 75% of the mark for your work is in the
prep/journal/sketchbook/board, if it is incomplete or illegible your marks
will suffer.