1st Year A Level Art and Design
Project I – “Journey”
Outline: Over the first few weeks of the course we will explore a range of approaches, producing a series of images around the theme of “Journey”. Through this project we hope to build on your existing skills and introduce new ways of working, the techniques you will learn will also set you up to succeed with the second part of the AS Coursework which starts in November and requires you to work in a more independent fashion. The images we create in this project will explore different aspects of a journey you have made and recorded photographically.
Week 1: Drawing/Photography.
At the outset of the project we will focus on drawing. In class we will be producing sustained and expressive drawings based on the photos you took of your journey (see separate pre-course work brief for full details of this). You will need a selection (6 - 10) of your photographs printed out at a reasonable size (A4/A5) to work from.
Homework: Use your collection of Journey objects (stuff from bags/pockets plus found objects that represent your journey) as the basis to create a sustained and controlled piece of tonal drawing from Direct Observation in pencil. This should take a full page of your sketchbook and really demonstrate your drawing ability, spend around 4 hours on this. Consider the arrangement and lighting of your objects carefully, use a small box to contain and frame your composition.
Week 2/3: Printmaking.
For the printmaking tasks you will be working from photographic sources and exploring two main processes – monoprinting and relief (gold card) printing.
In Week 2 of the project we will concentrate on monoprinting. We will instruct you on the practical aspects of the printmaking techniques you will be tackling.
In Week 3 we will undertake relief (gold card) printing.
Homework: You will need to research the drawing or printmaking of two Artists, presenting the work across at least 4 sketchbook pages, detailed guidance on this task will be issued.
Drawing and Printing References: Alberto Giacometti (Linear Drawings), Frank Auerbach (Expressive Drawings), Leonardo Da Vinci (Anatomical Drawings), Georges Seurat (Tonal Drawings), Alison Lambert (Portrait Heads), Emil Nolde (Woodcuts), Lucien Freud (Etchings), Henry Moore (Shelter and Sheep Drawings).
Weeks 4/5: Painting
For this stage we will be working on A2 or A3 paintings using acrylic paints, inspired by your Journey photographs. You should aim to complete 2 pieces (one controlled and one more expressive).
Homework: A sustained piece of portraiture drawing, this can be completed from direct observation or your source photographs .
Painting References: Chaim Soutine (portraits, objects), Jenny Saville (portraits), Peter Doig (landmarks), Paul Cezanne (objects), Lisa Milroy (objects).
Week 6/7: Collage, Photomontage, Digital Imagery
Using the imagery you have generated in the project to this point (drawings, photos, prints, paintings) we want you to create some collage pieces, in these you should be creative and combine media. Use the photocopier to make duplicates and variations of your existing imagery and then mix with torn papers/acetates/text/paint etc.
In addition to the mixed media work we would like you to create a photomontage inspired by David Hockney’s photographic joiners that explores:
· Your mode of transport (from your feet to a train/bus/car/bike).
You may need to take some additional photos to achieve this.
Finally you should select some of the best images you have produced over the duration of the project and scan these into PhotoShop, using this software start layering and altering your images to create engaging digitally collaged pieces.
Homework: You will need to research the collage, photomontage or mixed media work of two Artists, presenting the work across at least 4 sketchbook pages, detailed guidance on this task will be issued.
Collage References: Kurt Schwitters, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Martin O’Neill, Peter Blake, Joseph Cornell, Ben Allen, Eduardo Recife.
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