A-level Art 2023 - 2025
Year 11 into Year 12 bridging work
Introduction to A level Art:
Watch the videos here;
Then have a look at the Challonerart Pinterest site for any boards in the Y12/13 Urban project.
Obtain an A3 sketchbook and start making some sketches and drawings of buildings. Aim to fill 3 pages
Look at this brilliant website about school student work
Look here for some details about how to tackle the personal study
Homework Week 1
Make some sketches and drawings of the Human shape by transcribing some of the images on this page.
Note the name of the artists
Extended writing
articles; Built Environment
Week 24 + 25 and Easter; Complete your Y13 sketchbook
2. Complete corrections with your Personal Study; Make a final push for brilliance.
Week 23;Continue with the Year 12 sketchbook. Complete your Y13 sketchbook
2. Complete corrections with your Personal Study
Week 22;Complete the Year 12 sketchbook. Ensure you are ready for the Main Piece session on Friday 2. Complete corrections with your Personal Study
Week 20;continue in the Year 12 sketchbook. Continue with the studies for your Main Piece
2. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 19;continue in the Year 12 sketchbook. Use the photographs of the cottage as a resource for making a page of studies and continue with the studies for your Main Piece
2. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 18.continue in the Year 12 sketchbook. Use the photographs of the cottage as a resource for making a page of studies and continue with the studies for your Main Piece
2. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 17
1.continue in the Year 12 sketchbook. Use the photographs of the cottage as a resource for making a page of studies. 2. Continue with your Personal Study
Extended writing:
Human Form
Week 16
1.continue in the Year 12 sketchbook. Sir David Adjayi and Towers
2. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 14 and 15.
1.Coursework analysis; Following the lesson, plan a series of studies in the Architecture project from Year 12.
2. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 13. Continue to enhance and improve your sketchbook. You should be up to P20 of your book. Focus on backgrounds.
2. Continue with your Personal Study over the Christmas break
Week 12. Continue to enhance and improve your sketchbook. You should be up to P20 of your book. Add paper additions
2. Continue with your Personal Study - hand in by Friday 10th
Week 11
1. Continue to enhance and improve your sketchbook. You should be up to P20 of your book. Add paper additions
2. Continue studies for a main piece/ pieces
3. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 10
1. Ensure further studies have focused on backgrounds. You should be up to P20 of your book. add paper additions
2. Continue studies for a main piece/ pieces
3. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 8 and 9
1. Continue to fill your new sketchbook with further studies, focusing on backgrounds. You should be up to P20
2. Continue studies for a main piece
3. Continue with your Personal Study
Week 7
1. Fill pages 19 and 20 with further studies for a main piece
2. Continue with your Personal Study.
Week 6: Half term work
1. Re- configure your new sketchbook. Make sure to number all the pages and complete each piece of work set here.
2. Fill pages 17 and 18 with initial studies for a main piece
3. Continue with your Personal Study.
Week 5 Fill page 15 and 16 with studies of patterns. Use paper additions.
Wk 4 Fill page 13 and 14 with studies of Ukiyo-e paintings and prints, focusing on the drapery and cloth. Use paper additions.
Week 3 Fill page 11 and 12 with studies of drapery and cloth. Use paper additions.
Week 2 Fill page 9 and 10 with studies of flowers. Use paper additions
Week 1 : Fill page 8 with studies of feathers. Complete holiday work
Start the research into the Personal Study; Finalise your titleNumber all the pages of your new sketchbook.
On Page 1 design a title page for the project "Japanese Art"
Fill page 2 with mark making in black and white
Fill page 3 with mark making in colour
Fill page 4 with an exploration of tone (8 - 12 blocks)
Fill page 5 with an exploration of colour (8 - 12 blocks)
On p6 make an artist study of
On P7 make studies of Manga images from
Wk 32 & 33: Read the information about the Personal Study
On two pages of your sketchbook, continue with your studies in your sketchbook. Use a range of materials. Add notes. Use ideas in the prep work; bodies, birds, hair, flowers, figures, hands.
Week 29: Plan your classwork for week 30. Use a range of materials. Add notes. Use ideas in the prep work; bodies, birds, hair, flowers, figures, hands.
Week 27 + 28: Make two pages of developmental studies. Use frames. Use a range of materials. Add notes. Use ideas in the prep work; bodies, birds, hair, flowers, figures, hands.
Week 26: ; Consolidation week
Week 25: ; Look at the images of hands here and fill a page of your sketchbook with drawings of them. Use a variety of materials. Ideally copy two images and then draw two inspired by them.
Wk 24 On two pages of your sketchbook, make four images of standng figures. Each study should be on different paper. You can draw from real life or photographs or look at the work of artists such as Alberto Giacometti and Alison Lambert; Look at their work here and here
Week 23: Individualised sketchbook tasks as negotiated with Mr Coultart in the lesson: In the Human form book, continue with the previous studies on birds, flowers and Japanese art and then make some studies of hands from this board and hair studies from here:
Week 22: Individualised sketchbook tasks as negotiated with Mr Coultart in the lesson
Week 21: Ensure the Paul Catherall colour separation work is complete.
Week 13 - Christmas holiday work: Task 1 Individualised homework task as negotiated last week in the lesson.
Task 2 - Extended writing. Choose a picture from this bank of images. Follow the "Extended Writing Task" sheet to draft your 400 - 500 words.
Week 11 &12 - Individualised homework task as negotiated in the lesson with Mr Coultart.
Week 10 - on p16 and 17 make some further studies for
a Main Piece in the Built Environment project.
Week 9 - on p15 make some initial studies for
a second personal development piece. Make plans for a piece of work you will make in class.
Week 8 - on p14 make some initial studies for
a first personal development piece. Make plans for a piece of work you will make in class.
Lockdown
1. create two pages of studies from the following board
2. create a series of studies inspired by the artist Sunga Park
3. create a series of studies inspired by the artist Rachel Whiteread
4. Create two pages of studies from the following board
Week 6 - Produce two pages of developments from the work you have produced this term; choose something you enjoyed making or feel was successful and make new studies using a range of varied materials.
Wk 19, Finalise your choice in the EST. Make 3 pages of initial studies for your project.
Continue with your Personal Study
Wks 14, 15, 16 and 17: Ensure your sketchbook is updated. You should complete a minimum of 20 sides.
Continue with your Personal Study
Wk 12 and 13: Personal homework task as negotiated with Mr Coultart in the
Wk 11 - Task 1: Catch - up week
Task 2: continue writing your Personal Study.
Wk 10 - Task 1: Consolidate your plans for a Main Piece idea following your recent work. The plans should be annotated and ready for you to start next week. - Be ambitious. Task 2: continue writing your Personal Study.
Wk 9 - Task 1: On page 19 make an initial study for a Main Piece idea following your recent work. The study should be annotated. Plan your classwork for next week : Be ambitious.
Task 2: continue writing your Personal Study
Wk 8 - Task 1: On page 17 and 18 consolidate the secondary developmental studies for a Main Piece idea following some more of your recent work. Plan your classwork for next week : Be ambitious.
Task 2: continue drafting your Personal Study
Wk 7 - Task 1: On page 15 and 16 develop the secondary developmental studies for a Main Piece idea following some more of your recent work. Blend two of your ideas together. Plan your classwork for after half term : Be ambitious.
Task 2: continue drafting your Personal Study
Wk 1 - On p 7 of your sketchbook. Develop a task of your own that develops some of your summer studies. Blend two of your ideas together. Plan your next lesson's work.
Wk 2 - Task1: Develop a task of your own that develops some more of your summer studies. Blend two of your ideas together. Work on page 8. Plan your next lesson's work. Task 2: continue with the draft of your Personal Study. Task 3: Read the two articles from the Summer HW
Wk 3 - Task 1: on page 9 Develop a task of your own that develops some more of your summer studies. Blend two of your ideas together. Plan your next lesson's work.ask 2: continue with the draft of your Personal Study
Wk 6 - Task 1: On page 13 and 14 develop the initial developmental studies for a Main Piece idea following some more of your recent work. Blend two of your ideas together. Plan your next lesson's work.
Task 2: continue with the draft of your Personal Study.
Wk 5 - Task 1: On p 12 Develop a task of your own that develops some more of your recent work. Blend two of your ideas together. Plan your next lesson's work. Task 2: continue with the draft of your Personal Study
Wk 4 - Task 1: On page 10 and 11 Draw some skulls; Plan your next lesson's work based on these
Task 2: continue with the draft of your Personal StudyRead the article below.