Personal Portfolio: Records of Observation
Students further develop and enhance their observational drawing skills in order to support the development of their projects, improve accuracy and foster independence; they focus on enhancing their skills in tone, line, texture and form. Assessments are based on the development and refinement the drawings 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: Contextual Studies
Students study the work of Marcia Baldwin and learn about the origins and application of batik; they learn how to critically analyse and evaluate works of art, develop and justify their opinions, and consider how Marcia Baldwin’s application of colour and layer might be used 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: Batik – Experimentation and Design
Students learn about resist processes and how to build a batik safely, effectively layering colours in order to accurately realise their intentions, whilst developing their own ideas, designs and compositions; they create links to their artist research and focus on colour theory, colour mixing and line. Assessments will be based on the experimentation and design work presented in students’ portfolios with a focus on the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Batik – Final Piece
Students develop a personal outcome for their project, consolidating the projects learning with the creation of a final batik based on 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: 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 or fashion designer’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: Press Print, Stenciling and Design
Students learn how to manipulate and apply press printing and stencilling techniques in order to then develop and realise their own ideas, designs and compositions; they create links to their artist research and focus on shape, composition, colour and pattern. Assessments will be based on the experimentation and design work presented in students’ portfolios with a focus on the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Felt making and Design
Students learn how to make and manipulate felt in order to then develop and realise their own ideas, designs and compositions; they create links to their artist research and focus on composition, colour, shape, tone and texture. Assessments will be based on the experimentation and design work presented in students’ portfolios with a focus on the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Sewing Machines, Reverse Applique and Design
Students learn how use a sewing machine safely and effectively, learning how to use this skill to create reverse appliques in order to then develop and realise their own ideas, designs and compositions; they create links to their artist research and focus on layering, composition, line, colour, pattern and shape. Assessments will be based on the experimentation and design work presented in students’ portfolios with a focus on the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.
Personal Portfolio: Design and Final Piece
Students will learn about and experiment with the rules of composition in order to enhance the structure of their design work; they create a series of design ideas and refinements conveying their intentions and develop a personal final outcome, consolidating the projects learning with the creation of a detailed piece that is based on independent themes, combines textile techniques and conveys links with research. Students will be assessed on the quality of the design work presented in their portfolios, their final piece and their application of the key skills taught, with final assessments representing the accumulative development of students’ portfolios.