GCSE Art: Can i improve?
Reply 1
For other artists' work:
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Some background information on them is good but it's not so important
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What movement were they a part of and what informed their themes?
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Pick a piece of their work and analyse the hell out of it. What are the colours like? Are they complementary? Warm? Cool? What effect do they have on the viewer? What is in the foreground? Background? What is your eye drawn to? What do you think the meaning of the piece is? How is this conveyed? What can you say about form? Are there lots of straight/stark lines? Lots of curves? What does this suggest?
For your own work:
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Tell the examiner what you were intending to do with this piece. The fun thing here is that they cannot know what went on inside your head so you can spin a whole story that sounds sufficiently plausible and sell it with such confidence that they believe it. I wanted to draw cars for my final piece. Simple as that. But I had to make it into something so I played with scale a bit and waffled on about how the car is actually a toy car which symbolises the juxtaposition between the desires and perceptions of childhood and the realities of adulthood. I didn't believe a word I said but the examiner did!
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Again, go off on one about colour and form and perspective.
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Talk about the bits you thought were successful and the bits you want to improve. If you were to do this piece again, what would you do differently? Why?
Best of luck with your GCSEs! Hopefully this was somewhat helpful!
Reply 2
Have you looked at the mark scheme or how they grade your work? If you don't understand it, have you spoken to your art teacher and get them to explain each criteria to you?
Part of academic studies is to produce work that is marketed to the examiner to get high grades. It's not necessarily producing work for its own sake or necessarily getting a "correct" answer (this is partly why I don't like subjects where everything is subjective). It's really a marketing exercise as opposed to an academic exercise in my opinoin.
See the following mark/grading schemes for example (I don't know which exam board you're with):
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design-8201/specification/scheme-of-assessment
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/220463-specification-accredited-gcse-art-and-design-j170-j176.pdf (pages 37-40)
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/Art%20and%20Design/2016/specification-and-sample-assessments/specification-gcse-art-design-2016-spec.pdf (pages 37 ands 38)
What I would also do as an ongoing thing is to go through with the teacher on each piece of work and get feedback on what to improve and how it relates to the mark scheme that they were using. This is irrespective if the work is at A Level or degree level; the principle applies universally.
Reply 3
For other artists' work:
•
Some background information on them is good but it's not so important
•
What movement were they a part of and what informed their themes?
•
Pick a piece of their work and analyse the hell out of it. What are the colours like? Are they complementary? Warm? Cool? What effect do they have on the viewer? What is in the foreground? Background? What is your eye drawn to? What do you think the meaning of the piece is? How is this conveyed? What can you say about form? Are there lots of straight/stark lines? Lots of curves? What does this suggest?
For your own work:
•
Tell the examiner what you were intending to do with this piece. The fun thing here is that they cannot know what went on inside your head so you can spin a whole story that sounds sufficiently plausible and sell it with such confidence that they believe it. I wanted to draw cars for my final piece. Simple as that. But I had to make it into something so I played with scale a bit and waffled on about how the car is actually a toy car which symbolises the juxtaposition between the desires and perceptions of childhood and the realities of adulthood. I didn't believe a word I said but the examiner did!
•
Again, go off on one about colour and form and perspective.
•
Talk about the bits you thought were successful and the bits you want to improve. If you were to do this piece again, what would you do differently? Why?
Best of luck with your GCSEs! Hopefully this was somewhat helpful!
Thankyou so much for this. But our teacher didnt start talking or doing anything about analysis. And with the one we did of Jim Dine, he said it was really good. I got graded for a tonal project we did. Its only half done he already told me that Im gonna get like a grade 4 or 5. I paid attention to every single detail and everyone else who saw it told me it was really good. i really dont know what to do and i dread going to art lesson rn.
Reply 4
Part of academic studies is to produce work that is marketed to the examiner to get high grades. It's not necessarily producing work for its own sake or necessarily getting a "correct" answer (this is partly why I don't like subjects where everything is subjective). It's really a marketing exercise as opposed to an academic exercise in my opinoin.
See the following mark/grading schemes for example (I don't know which exam board you're with):
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design-8201/specification/scheme-of-assessment
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/220463-specification-accredited-gcse-art-and-design-j170-j176.pdf (pages 37-40)
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/Art%20and%20Design/2016/specification-and-sample-assessments/specification-gcse-art-design-2016-spec.pdf (pages 37 ands 38)
What I would also do as an ongoing thing is to go through with the teacher on each piece of work and get feedback on what to improve and how it relates to the mark scheme that they were using. This is irrespective if the work is at A Level or degree level; the principle applies universally.
Thank you soo much. I would try asking my teacher on what to improve in. But there are times when this teacher just ignores me. He does rounds sometimes telling us what to improve in, but he usually just dont do me . And before him grading my work he did a round and told me it was really good, But when he graded it he gave me a 4. We dont really have a mark scheme to follow, he just shows us what to do the visualizer and we have to do it. idk what to do at this point.
Reply 5
I'm so sorry, that's absolutely awful, has your teacher not really said anything about how you can improve? Ngl they sound as awful as my teacher, and she's pretty bad. If I were you, try contacting any older art friends, and send them photos of your work. Or even chat gpt, and ask them how you can improve, with contructive criticism. Trust me it will hurt, but if you want to get your grade up you need it. Also, you still have a bunch of time (i'm guessing you are still in year 10 or smth, so remmber to keep up with the work, and try not to rush). Genuinely dw bro, you’ve got this
Reply 6
Im in yr 9 cuz our school start preparing for gcse early and we had to pick in year 8 and I dont really know a lot of people cuz im new. But ill try using chatgpt and maybe ask the other people in my class. Tysmm for you helpp.
Reply 7
Lol same I also had to choose in year 8, no idea why but I definitely wish I chose another subject. Like art isn’t bad per se but it is very time-consuming, and is so much worse if you don't have good teachers. Best of luck though, I really hope your grade goes up!
Reply 8
Thankk you. I tht art was rly ez and if u waffle so much u get the grades butt i was wronggg
Reply 9
i know this is a late reply, my bad! i think if you want to switch subjects, you might still have time! you're in year 9 right? many people ik dropped art around year 9ish and were able to catch up on time, but if you want i can give some advice lol. it is really hard, but from what i've talked about with my teacher (because she already took in everything) i most likely will be getting an 8.
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