Ahin's Website
Context:
Unit 1: ‘Looks Like’ versus ‘Is like’
http://pictify.saatchigallery.com/377193/stanley-
spencer-self-portrait
Unit 2: ‘Stories and Stereotypes’-
Film Noir
Unit 3: The Edge – land/sea- land /sky
Unit 4: 6 Steps to Success- how to approach thematic projects.
Unit 1: ‘Looks Like’ versus ‘Is like’
- Focus on portraiture skills and concepts
- Subjective and objective approaches to portraiture.
- Using contextual knowledge to gain a more accurate ‘reading’ of art works
- Drawing, photography and painting.
- Website, art journal, personal engagement – organizational skills. Presentation skills.
- Writing/communicating intentions and reflecting on process and development.
http://pictify.saatchigallery.com/377193/stanley-
spencer-self-portrait
Unit 2: ‘Stories and Stereotypes’-
Film Noir
- Exploring the genre of Film Noir.
- Examining the use of stereotypes in these films and then our own possible assumptions about others.
- Planning a narrative based on this self knowledge and using Film Noir tropes to make an art piece.
- Seeking ways of make time based work without using lens-based media (using unconventional media and electrical circuits).
Unit 3: The Edge – land/sea- land /sky
- Investigating landscape Art.
- Local field trip to gather observation source material.
- Collagraph print making
- Photography, drawing, painting.
Unit 4: 6 Steps to Success- how to approach thematic projects.
- Opportunity to apply acquired skills in a more individual way.
- Structure for sustaining a creative inquiry.