1. After the prep time you will have
AQA GCSE Art, Craft and Design Externally Set Assignment
Counts towards 40% of your final mark for your GCSE
AO1 (Develop) -
Find relevant artists to look at
Use this work to inspire mini pieces of work
Make personal comments about this work
Visit museums, galleries, cities, spaces etc to inspire your work
Starting Points
Human figure
Telling stories
In the news
Materials
Light and dark
In a different way
Connections
AO2 (Experiment) -
Explore different media in your sketchbook
Use different techniques and processes
Evaluate how successful your experiments have been
AO3 (Record)
Collect and present only relevant imagery
Produce high quality drawings/sketches/ paintings etc
Take your own photos
Annotate your work
After the prep time you will have
10 hours over 2 days
at the end of the
Spring Term
AO4 (Present)
Produce confident and high quality final piece/s
Ensure your work links to your prep work

2. Important Information
Starting Tasks….
INTRODUCTION PAGE
In your sketchbook produce a introduction page based on your chosen theme.
Use your imagination with this page! Just make sure it includes the starting point title somewhere on the page.
MIND MAP
Using a mind map note down all the related words that come to mind when you think of your theme/ question.Your mind map should be pleasing to the eye and contain a wide variety of ideas.
ARTIST INVESTIGATION
Produce an artist page on an artist that links to your chosen theme. You may select an artist from the hand-out given to you OR find one yourself.
Ensure your page includes the following:
- The artist’s name
- Images of the artists work
- An analysis of the artists work (using the prompt sheet as a guide)
- A copy/ study of a piece of the artists work OR your own interpretation OR both!
Important Information
· You will be aiming to show that you have meet all of the assessment objectives in your preparation work and work created in the 10 hours.
· The controlled conditions will be spread over two days and total 10 hours.
· The work you produce in your prep time and in the 10 hours will count towards 40% of your final marks.

3. Karen Elizabeth Vaughan
Q1. HUMAN FIGURE
Raija Jokinen
Jaume Plensa
Karen Elizabeth Vaughan
Derek Gores
Pablo Picasso
Alexander Yakovlev
Stephen De Staebler
Keith Vaughan

4. Dimosthenis Prodromou
Q1. HUMAN FIGURE
Martin Debenham
Stephen de Staebler
Anna Gillespie
Jean-Michel Bihorel
Henry Moore
Dimosthenis Prodromou
Marcelo Daldoce
Pia Mnnikk
Mark Demsteader

5. Q2. TELLING STORIES Tim Burton Faith Ringgold Kirsty Mitchell
Su Blackwell
Julia Feld
Marc Chagall
Arthur Rackham

6. Q2. TELLING STORIES Annie Leibovitz Christian Schloe Leslie Ditto
Jim Kazanjian
Mike Mignola
Andrew Wyeth

7. Q3. IN THE NEWS Nam June Paik Shepard Fairey Kirsty Whitlock
Hannah Hoch
Shaun Oakley
Roshini Kempadoo

8. Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Q3. IN THE NEWS
Unicef ad campaign 
Nils Westergard
Banksy
David Carson
Tim Noble and Sue Webster

9. Q3. IN THE NEWS Clémence Eliard and Elise Morin Guerrilla Girls
Isaac Cordal
Animal Equality Protest
Andrew Fairclough
Grayson Perry

10. Benjamin Rollins Caldwell
Q4. MATERIALS
Benjamin Rollins Caldwell
Paul Kenny
Susan Lenart Kazmer
Jason Twiggy Lott
Lucy Brown
Elfi Cella
Kisa Kokin

11. Dario Vazquez and Misterpiro
Q4. MATERIALS
Stacey Page
Jill Ricci 
Anne Brooke
Nick Gentry
 Dario Vazquez and Misterpiro
Phillipa Leith
Harriet Popham
Barbara Segal

12. Q5. LIGHT AND DARK Emily Hogarth Joakim Heltne David Stanley
Michael Levin
Eva Rothschild
Gordon Baldwin
Janne Parviainen
Richard Sweeney

13. Harikrishnan Panicker and Deepti Nair
Q5. LIGHT AND DARK
Harikrishnan Panicker and Deepti Nair
Franco Grignani 
Mark Rowden
Rebecca Adams
Yayoi Kusama
Man Ray
Mark Khaisman
Shintaro Ohata
Janet Echelman

14. Q6. IN A DIFFERENT WAY Hennie Meyer Claes Oldenburg Ilvy Jacobs
Deckstool
Sandra Backlund
Cristina Troufa

15. Q6. IN A DIFFERENT WAY (a) Magnify / Miniaturise / Modify
Grace Grothous
Les Astronautes
Arman
Lorenzo Quinn
Rémi Noël
Takanori Aiba
Jeff Koons
Hideki Kuwajima

16. Q6. IN A DIFFERENT WAY (b) The way I see it Patianne Stevenson
Mark O'Brien
Patianne Stevenson
David Kemp
Michael Craig-Martin
Jean Paul Gaultier
Gilbert Legrand

17. pattern, colour, texture, tone, form, shape and line
Q7. CONNECTIONS
(a) Connections between any of the formal elements
Anila Quayyum Agha
David Dauncey
Roy Lichtenstein
Angelika Arendt
Paul Catherall
Sarah Morris
pattern, colour, texture, tone, form, shape and line

18. Q7. CONNECTIONS (b) Connections between the past and the present
Alexey Titarenko
Abigail Reynolds
Bobby Neel Adams
Zen Ren
Tom Hussey
Harry Enchin
Val Jackson

19. Q7. CONNECTIONS
(c) ‘Cultured Connections’: a commission requiring fashion accessory designs for a new multicultural retail outlet
Dolce & Gabbana - Maiolica Collection
Maud Villaret
African print headwrap
Traditional Slavic Wreaths
Shaka Zulu Tribal Fine Beads
Dolce & Gabbana - Siciliano Collection
PUMA Yutori Kimono
Native American Jewellery