Personal Portfolio: Creative Mind Maps
Students explore and research the context and possibilities of their chosen theme, considering imagery, foci, debates and contextual research; they learn how to present their research in a creative and engaging way in order to visually communicate the start of their independent projects. Assessments are based on the quality of their creative mind map and their independent application of the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Observational Drawing
Students develop and enhance their observational drawing skills using gridding techniques in order to improve accuracy and independence; they develop their skills in tone, line, texture and form; whilst producing a series of drawings from students’ photographs based on chosen themes to inform independent projects. Assessments are based on the development and refinement of drawing pages in the students’ portfolios and their independent application of the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Contextual Research
Student’s research and choose an artist’s work or Art movement that inspires them; they learn how to independently critically analyse and evaluate works of art, develop and justify their opinions, and work in this style to inspire their own creative ideas. Assessments are based on the development and refinement of artist research pages presented in students’ portfolios with a focus on their written research and analytical abilities alongside practical skills and their application of the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Experimentation and Design
Students learn how to manipulate a variety of mark making and art techniques in order to develop their own ideas, designs and compositions whilst demonstrating links to and an understanding of the context of their own ideas and the research that have informed them. Assessments will be based on the experimentation and design work presented in students’ portfolios with a focus on the key skills taught and the quality of connections made with their research, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Personal Response
Students develop a personal and meaningful outcome for their portfolios, consolidating the projects learning with the creation of a final piece that realises their intentions, demonstrates understanding of visual language and the application of formal elements, based on their independent themes. Students will be assessed on the quality of their final piece and their application of the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Composition and Design
Students will learn about and experiment with the rules of composition in order to enhance the structure of their design work, considering how composition affects the tone of their work and how it communicates information or emotion to their audience; they create a series of design ideas, experiments and refinements conveying their intentions and making connections to their research. Assessments are based the quality of the design work presented in students’ portfolios and their independent application of the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Final Piece
Students develop a personal and meaningful outcome, consolidating the projects learning with the creation of a final piece that realises their intentions, demonstrates understanding of visual language and the application of formal elements, based on their independent themes. Students will be assessed on the quality of their final piece and their application of the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.