Art and Design (Fine Art)

Assessment

• Year 12: Personal Investigation (60%) For this unit, you produce a portfolio of artwork across a range of materials or media. You develop your skills by undertaking a series of workshops in your first term – drawing and printmaking, photography and film, sculpture, and painting. You also attend a series of life drawing classes to develop observational skills. After this, you undertake a more personal project, evidencing your learning and research in work journals, and portfolio sheets. • Year 13: Externally Assessed Assignment (40%) This project requires you to work in a self-directed manner, with the support of two teachers, to produce a collection of work that shows exploration, research, technique and skill. You write a statement of intent at the beginning defining what you want to learn and achieve during this unit. Your project involves the development of a sustained piece of studio practice, culminating in a fully resolved piece, or body of work. Preparatory studies and supporting work must also be submitted, including research, exploration, analysis and evaluation of working practices, ideas and contexts of related artists. Your project culminates in a 15-hour exam. For each unit, you receive marks under four assessment objectives. • Develop – develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding. • Experiment – explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops. • Record – record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. • Present – present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.