Ideas for Abstraction: A Top in the World International GCSE Art Exam

Looking for ideas for your GCSE Art exam?

Those who are looking for ideas for their 2012 IGCSE or GCSE Art exam are likely to benefit immensely from analysing the artwork of talented Year 11 student Tarika Sabherwal from ACG Strathallan College, Auckland, New Zealand. Along with another student in her class, Tarika achieved 100% for her recent IGCSE Art exam (Controlled Test, CIE 0400) and [...]

Line Drawings

graphite line drawing by Aaron Earley

When you first picked up a pen or pencil and started making marks on paper, you began with line. Whether through self-taught trial and error, or the helping wisdom of others, we learned how line defines form, creates structure, divides a frame, traces contour, creates tonal variation (cross-hatching, for example) and leads the eye [...]