1. Natural Forms
GCSE Art and Design

2. The original appearance of an object in nature.
What are Natural Forms?
TASK 1
Take the time to draw a spider diagram to help you with your ideas. You can do this with a friend, in a group or on your own. Try and think of all of as many items as possible to help begin your sketchbook story.

3. How you will be marked…
You will be assessed in the following Assessment Objectives (AO’s):
A01 – Developing your ideas from your starting point
A02 – Experimenting with different materials/techniques
A03 – Recording ideas (sketches/photographs)
A04 – Your final outcome
You will evidence all these 4 Assessment Objectives through the drawings, photographs, designs, experiments and processes you produce in your sketchbook.
For every AO a mark out of 20 will be awarded. This mark will be converted into a grade by the exam board.
I will review and assess you sketchbook work regularly and will inform you of the grade you are working at – remember you are developing – you probably will not hit your target grade straight away!

4. Natural Forms…
Your work can be hand drawn, computer generated, photocopied, painted, printed, cut, torn, photographed, sewn or constructed.
Use Natural Forms as a starting point to produce work in two or three dimensions that represents you and your personal style.

5. To succeed in this project you must:
Collect reference and research that links to natural forms from magazines, DIY stores, the internet, books, stencils, photographs.
Display the above in the form of a sketchbook… this does not mean a different design on each page that fills each page… be creative, experiment, sketch, collage, design and annotate your findings and developments, stick things in, fasten things in, sew things in….
Produce your own drawings and experimental work using a variety of media and techniques.

6. To succeed in this project you must:
Contextualise your own work with the work of other artists and designers. Examine how their work influences your own (Research artists who inspire you).
Develop and modify your work to produce a personalise response to the theme: Natural Forms.
Annotate and evaluate your work during all stages. This can be done via ICT, hand written, tags stuck over the top or hanging…

7. AO3 Recording Ideas & AO2 Using Resources
AIM: In this lesson you will learn to use ideas from observed drawings/photographs to inform mixed media technique experiments in the style of your chosen artist and explain your thinking behind your ideas through annotation.
In this lesson you MUST use drawings/photographs from objects/media to be used in your project which relate to your chosen artist. C - G
In this lesson you SHOULD use different forms of media to experiment with including Photoshop techniques. B – C
In this lesson you COULD layer different techniques together to make your designs more complex and ANNOTATE your experiments in your prep folder. A* - B

8. (5- 10 pages of drawings related to your theme)
A03 – Recording Ideas
Artist research
(2 pages on each artist)
Drawings
(5- 10 pages of drawings related to your theme)

9. A02 - Experimenting with media techniques
Produce 5 – 10 pages of experiments using a variety of different media and processes.
These must be experiments WITH A PURPOSE. Link your techniques to your project theme.
Location project:
My Garden
Oil pastel
Paint scraping
Collage
Ink drawing

10. A02 - Experimenting with media techniques
Produce 5 – 10 pages of experiments using a variety of different media and processes.
These must be experiments WITH A PURPOSE. Link your techniques to your project theme.
Identity Project
Annotation will earn you higher marks.

11. A02 - Experimenting with media techniques
Produce 5 – 10 pages of experiments using a variety of different media and processes.
These must be experiments WITH A PURPOSE. Link your techniques to your project theme.
Location Project:
My Garden
You can use magazine collages to inspire your experiments

12. A02 - Experimenting with media techniques
Produce 5 – 10 pages of experiments using a variety of different media and processes.
These must be experiments WITH A PURPOSE. Link your techniques to your project theme.
Location Project:
My Garden
Use media other than pencil to draw with. Experiment with ink, paint and washes.

13. AO1 Developing ideas AO4 Personal response
AIM: In this lesson you will learn to develop ideas for your mixed media final piece in the style of your chosen artist and explain your response through annotation.
In this lesson you MUST produce a variety of different designs in your prep folder which relate to your chosen artist and use them in your 10 hour main piece. A draft design of your final piece must be evident. C - G
In this lesson you SHOULD use different forms of media to create a variety of draft ideas which enhance and develop your original draft design. B – C
In this lesson you COULD layer different techniques together to make your final design more complex and annotate your response through an evaluation in your prep book. A* - B

14. A01 - design ideas for your final piece
Produce at least 4 different designs, compositions and drafts of what your final piece will look like.
REMEMBER, this must relate to the theme of your project and reflect the artists work you have studied.
Identity Project:
Annotate why you have chosen to design your final piece idea in such a way.

15. Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.
A04 – Final Piece
Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.

16. Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.
A04 – Final Piece
Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.

17. Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.
A04 – Final Piece
Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.

18. Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.
A04 – Final Piece
Here are some examples of what your final piece could be.

19. Homework
You will always have homework in art… research, look and make notes and sketches of anything around you that will inspire you and your project.
This GCSE is very independent and it will be up to you how much work you do in your own time.
There will be some days that specific homework will be set and you must ensure that you write this in your diary. It is vital that you don’t fall behind in Art because it is not an easy subject to catch up on!