2014 Grade 8 June Exam Break-down:

http://artenormal.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html

Dear Grade 8s your exam is 1 hour and it is out of 50 marks.  We will also add a mark for your classwork  to your practical mark. your classwork mark is based on completing your printing and homework, as well as your logo.

Theory Exam Sections:
Section 1: A series of questions on the Ndebele people's home decoration. [10]
Section 2: A series of questions on the Ndebele Clothing [10]
Section 3: A series of questions on identifying the elements and principles of art [10]

Link to revision posts on theory powerpoints

Link to First Ndebele Worksheet Memo

Link to Memo for June Revision Worksheet

Practical exam: - Please bring pencils and colours
Section 4: Drawing question based on creating patterns using everyday objects and geometric shapes [20].

link to last's years practical question

here are some practise revision questions:  Link to revision questions

Ndebele Extension Question & Competition: Grade 8

Extension Question:
Images from:
http://local-moda.blogspot.com/2013/10/traditional-dress-and-adornments-of.html

Ndebele print sunglasses

 Link to more visual clues for the extension question.

How does Ndebele art inform popular culture? Describe some examples and designer's work to support your answer. [5]
Can you design your own fashion object? [10]

"Fashion - any mode of dressing or adornment that is popular during a particular time in a particular place among a particular group of people" (Concise Encyclopedia )

2014 Grade 8 Ndebele Art Revision Exercise

Image 1: http://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2013/12/ndebele-manala-ndebele-and-ndzundza.html




Image 2:


Image 3: 

http://local-moda.blogspot.com/2013/10/traditional-dress-and-adornments-of.html

Image 4 

http://hood-lum.com/20-March-2011-Ndebele


http://artenormal.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html

Image 1 & 3: Clothing Revision questions: [6]
1. What type of apron is the woman in image 1 wearing? [1]

2. How is it different to the apron that the woman in Image 3 is wearing? [2]

3. How is the woman's clothing in Image 3 symbolic? Is this woman married? How do you know? [3]

Image 1, 2,3 &4 &5: Application of Elements and Principles of Art Revision [8]

4. What form has the woman decorated  in Image 1? [1]

5. Draw a geometric pattern that you can identify in image 1 [2]

6. How has the artist used line in image 2? You can draw an examples to support your answer. [2]

7. Identify a negative shape in this image 3. Circle it in a bright colour. [1]

8. Draw an organic shape that you can identify in image 5. [2]

Image 3 & 4: Ndebele Home Design Revision [6]

9. Name the entrance way in image 3 and describe its defining feature. [2]

10. Name the cultural object that inspired the artist in image 4. Draw an example from the image to support your answer. [2]

11. Ndebele artists are often inspired by everyday life. Write down your version of story being told by the images image 5.  [2]

Link to extension question if you finish early

Grade 8 Exam revision Worksheets

Link to Digital Worksheet on Ndebele homes and clothing

http://nkosiafrica.com/gallery.html

Link to Pattern brief and Past exam question examples

Grade 8 June Exam Revision Powerpoint Links

Link to Google Drive Powerpoint on Ndebele Fashion and clothing

Link to Google Drive Powerpoint on Ndebele Wall art

Link to Powerpoint on identifying Elements and Principles of Art in Ndebele Art 

Link to Notes on Ndebele Art and Elements and Principles of Art

June 2014 Practical Exam Self-Evaluation 12VA

LINK  to Grade 12VA 6 hour Evaluation form

Grade 12 Exam Revision

See the links below for information on the artists we have studied:

(NB NO COPYING AND PASTING from the Powerpoints!

 Your work will be penalized if it is not in your own words!!)

Please Note I have put all the Artists we have studied in each theme up. However you only have to learn 3 artists Max for each theme!!

Your exam is 3 hours and it is out of 100 marks.

LINK to Mrs Moore's post on your exam layout

Theme 2  [30 marks= 20 marks on Seen works + 10 Marks Unseen]

South African Artists influenced by African and/or indigenous art forms - NB choose 3 artists to study!!

• Andries Botha- Sleeping - LINK
• Ka Mkame- Ancestral Spirits- LINK  or    Makhanya- Portrait of Isis -LINK 

• Crafford Mapungubwe Visitors centre &/or Peter Rich's Mapungubwe Intrepretive Centre  
• Link to Comments on Mapungubwe essays

• Link to Mrs Moore's post on Mapungubwe
• link to Mapungubwe presentation

• Deborah Bell - Journey Pots- Link to infographic on Deborah Bell

Theme  3:    [25 marks= 15 marks seen +10 marks unseen]
Socio-political art - including Resistance art of the 1970s and 1980s in South Africa NB choose 3 artists to study!!

• Willie Bester- The Chair- Link

• Brett Murray- The Spear - Link

• Johannes Phokela- Land of Cockaigne, 2000 -Link

• Brett Murray-It's a black thing/ It's a white thing- LINK

Theme 5:   [25 marks on Unseens and comprehension activities]

Multimedia and new media - alternative contemporary and popular art forms in South Africa

• LINK to introduction on New Media

Theme 6:  [20 marks= 10 marks seen +10 Marks unseen]
Post-democratic identity  in South Africa (including issues of language, ethnicity, globalisation, urbanisation in the new South Africa)

• Pascal Chandler- Wounded Tread of Gentle Souls - LINK & Link to KZNSA Gallery Educational Blog

2014 12VA June Exam Rubric

Dear Grade 12s,

Please Evaluate your idea  for the 16 MAY according to the following Rubric:

SECTION B: THE ARTWORK (LO2)

CRITERIA

• Choice and use of materials/techniques 10 (this is on-going while you work)
• Use of formal art elements 10 (this is on-going while you work)
• Overall impression of work – originality, creativity, innovation 10 (this comes together towards the end)
• Interpretation and practical implementation of research 10 (this is on-going while you work)
• Completion and presentation of artwork 10 (this comes together at the end)
• TOTAL 50

Remember to arrange to finish school later (2.45/3pm) on Friday!

DUT FASHION BLOG LINK

http://dutfashion.blogspot.com/

Neoclassicism: Grade 11VA

"PRELUDE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: MONARCHY IN CRISIS

As the 18th century drew to a close, France’s costly involvement in the American Revolution and extravagant spending by King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his predecessor had left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. Not only were the royal coffers depleted, but two decades of poor cereal harvests, drought, cattle disease and skyrocketing bread prices had kindled unrest among peasants and the urban poor. Many expressed their desperation and resentment toward a regime that imposed heavy taxes yet failed to provide relief by rioting, looting and striking." Read More at http://www.history.com/topics/french-revolution 

Link to an article and video on the French Revolution

Some information from Mrs Moore's Blog:

The Oath of Horatii by Jacques-Louis David   1784 (1792 = French Revolution)

LINK to presentation

LINK to the Louvre

Create your first 'infographic' of the year by analyzing the above painting using these chunks:-

• Basic data 
• Context of the 'message'
• Meaning / messages
• Most obvious images that help convey the message
• Most important elements and principles that help convey the message
• Your opinion of the success of this painting. Would something like this work TODAY?

An infographic should have at least 2 illustrations and 300 words clearly divided into the above chunks. It may be on an A3 card, a double A4 or be digital (shared with studio@dghs.co.za)

Jessica's example Try evaluating this example using this tool ....

Sturgess's Class Evaluation form

Link to DIGITAL Worksheet on the Oath of Horatii

WW MTDTD LO1 & Theory Evaluation Forms: 11VA

Here is your Sourcebook self evaluation ......

• Link to Sturgess 11VA MTDTD evaluation Form

Here is your Infographic self evaluation ......

• Link to Grade 11 Sturgess Self-evaluation Form on Liberty Leading the People