A2 Art Personal Study: A beautiful illustrated essay

personal-study

This Personal Study was completed by the talented Mary Faber, while studying A Level Art (CIE 9704) at ACG Strathallan College in 2004. A simple, yet elegant ‘book’ presentation, Mary’s Personal Study focuses upon the painting techniques, processes and compositions of New Zealand artist Russell Hollings, gaining an overall grade of 91%.

Mary's completed Outline Proposal Form [...]

Creative Approach to Portraiture: An Exciting A2 Coursework Project

Creative pencil drawing

This A2 Coursework project was completed by Dave Watson, while studying AQA A Level Fine Art at Hereford Sixth Form College, United Kingdom. Dave achieved a final A Level Art result of 91% (A*). Portraiture is a common subject amongst A Level Art students; it is therefore essential that this topic is approached with [...]

Distortion of Form: A Level Art Journal, Preparation and Final Piece

AQA Art A Level painting

These last few weeks I have been fortunate enough to write about three amazing A Level Art portfolios. This is the second of the three: a comprehensive and well-executed A2 Painting project (AQA A Level Fine Art) awarded 100%. It was completed by Claire Lynn, while she was a student at Carmel Sixth Form Catholic [...]

Dark Matter: An Award Winning Coursework Project

Dark Matter: a gripping charcoal drawing

I have seen a lot of amazing A Level artwork over the years (in my role as a teacher, curriculum co-ordinator and, now, writer of this blog), but it has been a long time since I have encountered a project as inspirational as this.

Dark Matter is a mixed-media installation using charcoal, ink [...]

A Level Art Project: A2 Painting Coursework 98%

[Un] healthy eating art

This outstanding A Level Art project (A2 Painting Coursework, CIE 9704) was completed by Nikau Hindin in 2009, while studying at ACG Parnell College, Auckland, New Zealand. Nikau achieved a final A Level Art result  of 98%.

An example of an A Level Art sketchbook page: the top image is a photocopy of a Janet Fish [...]

NCEA Level 3 Painting Folio: The Shaping of Identity

Painting of an old door

This beautiful surrealist NCEA Level 3 Painting folio gained an Excellence (the top grade available) in 2010. It was completed by Bethan Powell, while studying NCEA Art at Whangaparaoa College, Auckland, New Zealand. NCEA Level 3 Painting is the New Zealand equivalent of A2 Art & Design (Painting & Related Media). Assessment methods and quantity of work [...]

NCEA Level 3 Painting Folio: Domestication of the Wild

Surrealist giraffe painting

This highly creative NCEA Level 3 Painting folio gained an Excellence (the top grade available) in 2009. It was completed by Courtney Harland, while studying NCEA Art at Long Bay College, Auckland, New Zealand. NCEA Level 3 Painting is the New Zealand equivalent of A2 Art & Design (Painting & Related Media). Assessment methods and quantity [...]

A Level Photography: Examples, Ideas and Creative Techniques

People in boxes

Students who are sitting A Level Photography (AS or A2 level) often search the net looking for ideas and inspiration. This blog post contains a gallery of creative techniques that A Level Photography students may wish to use within their work. It showcases A Level Photography examples and artist models. Ideas relate specifically to photographic technique, [...]

Inspirational Artist Models for Painting Students

Painting by Han Hyo-Seok

I frequently get asked to suggest good artist models for Painting students. There are thousands of inspirational historical and contemporary artists that students can learn from, and it is impossible for me to list them all within one blog post, however this is a collection of some of my favourite artist models. This list [...]

A-Level Art Sketchbook: Best Practice

Amazing A Level Art sketchbook

This aim of this blog post is to help students produce a stunning, high quality A-Level Art sketchbook. It is targeted at A2 Art & Design students of any discipline (Painting, Graphic Design, Photography, Textiles etc) but is also likely to be of assistance to NCEA, IGCSE or GCSE Art students.

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A-Level Art and Design: Coursework (A2)

Level 3 Painting Exemplar

A2 Art & Design students are required to submit:

1 x project (a two or three-dimensional final work, maximum weight 4.5kgs and maximum dimension in any direction of 750mm); 1 x folder of supporting work (maximum of 10 x A1 sheets). The supporting work is the research, recording, development and critical evaluation undertaken during [...]

A-Level Art and Design: An Overview

An overview of A-Level Art and Design

 

This diagram illustrates how the AS and A2 components combine over two years to create a final grade for A-Level Art and Design (CIE 9704). As you can see, the AS Course (usually completed in Year 12) counts towards 50% of the final result, with the A2 Course (usually completed in Year [...]

A Level Art: Personal Study

An IB Art sketchbook - equivalent of A-Level

A2 Art students are required to produce a detailed Personal Study (previously known as the Related Study for CIE students). The Personal Study is a critical and visual appraisal or theoretical study of any aspect of the visual arts. It is usually an analysis of historical or contemporary art or design that focuses on [...]