12VA: OUR LAND

REPOSTED from Mrs Moore's blog:

Our Land 2015

For my Grade 12s .......

Last year we started work on the 2014 Matric Final Practical Brief. 

This year we will consolidate all the preparatory work into your sourcebook. We will work on this in class and it is due on the 13th Feb 2015. You will then evaluate it yourself.

The Final (LO2) piece is due on the 27 March (last Friday of Term 1 for Mrs Sturgess's class). 

Hood - drawing

  

Sourcebook Rubric

Category	Possible content	Marks	Possible no. of pages
Concept development	mindmap, final intention (this includes a compositional sketch and artists statement, originality and innovation of idea	10	2 x A3s
Research, investigation, experimentation, et cetera	inspiration artists, experiments, tutorials, reference images - photographs, internet images, collages	15	3 xA3s
Process drawings	thumbnails, illustrations, skilful drawings (tonal range, linear drawings, illusions of form and space)	15	2-3 x A3s (depending on drawing style)
Presentation and overall view	time management, binding, aesthetics	10
Total		50

12VA Sourcebook Deadline

Dear Grade 12s, I hope exams are going well!
Just a reminder that your practical work needs to be delivered on the morning of the 27th November 2014. Please get any outstanding stuff into your source books before then."

11VA: Our Land Project

Jess Forster's example of blending landscapes and faces...

Dear Gr11s,
Your sourcebook needs the following content:

Photos:

1) Photo Album of Landscapes (at least 5)
2) Photo Album of Faces (at least 5)

Drawing Experiments:

3) Time magazine drawing
4) Michelangelo drawing

Digital Experiments:

5) Photoshop screen shots of:
-  layers
- opacity
-blending modes
-composition
- filters
(You can use the following programs for your experiments: Pixlr, Photoshop elements, Photoshop touch, Photoshop express or Adobe Photoshop)


Please note that each version is different but here are some screenshots to remind you:

 Link to screenshots of blending mode on Photoshop on Mrs Sturgess's computer
Photoshop cut-out tutorial
Screenshots of Gaussian blur on Photoshop
link to using Adobe bridge to prove your photos originality

Pixlr Screenshots:

Using blending modes on pixlr

By Thursday the 30 of October you must have printed an A4 image of your final composition for your teacher to check.

After exams and during Term 1 in 2015 we will add:

6) Mindmap of ideas
7) Thumbnails, final intention etc...