Year 11 GCSE Art Exam

Week 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10Refining your ideas• You need to produce 2 detailed sketches of your final compositional ideas.This needs to be annotated.• Then produce a final composition in colour• Experiment and develop even more refined ideas with materials andprocesses.• Develop and refine your ideas by annotating all your developments andwhat those successes are. Keep a diary of how your ideas progress.• Write a detailed description of your work. What it is about, how you havedone it and why you have done it.Write down below how you have refined your ideas.4

GCSE Exam ChecklistThis is the minimum work required for your GCSE art exam. You can use thissheet as a guide to help you organise and plan your exam preparationTick off the tasks when you have completed them.1. Brainstorm (Mind Map) (annotated).2. Initial ideas/sketches sheet.3. Research/development of ideas sheet.4. Image mood board.5. 2 Artist’s mood board.6. Drawings, photographs, sketches, paintings, written recordings and ideas.7. 2 compositional ideas.8. 1 final compositional idea in colour. This will be a finished final piece ideathat you use for your exam.9. A written analysis of the successes of your research, and explaining theprocess of coming to the idea of your final piece.Top Tips…..• Annotate all of your work.• Write about your opinions, ideas, plans, thoughts, developments andsuccesses and ways to improve.• Keep everything.• Stick to your strengths when choosing your medium6