Personal Investigation: Organic

• Artist section and artists research
• Bacteria samples using glue and brusho materials
• Flower painting, using the techniques of bleeding and black ink over the top
• Mark-making booklet from previous knowledge taught in year 7, 8, and 9
• Fruit drawings on a larger scale using a material of the students choice
• Fruit 3 can be completed in lesson or homework
• Skull drawings using a range of pencils / human figure that is a consecutive line drawing
• Wool ribcage using an image and textured wool
• Bird skulls using the bleeding technique with a black pen over the top for mark-making
• Leaf drawings, stippling technique taught in skills project
• Design four final ideas
• Final outcome

Externally Set Assignment:

• Pupils get given an exam booklet and they choose a question; they then research this question or theme.
• Create 3 research pages, including a mind map, a mood board and thumbnail observational drawings. 
• Take their own pictures of this theme for primary resources.
• Draw observational drawings from own photographs using a variety of media. 
• Look at artists and images with evaluations/ annotation.
• Study a minimum of 3 artists, recreating their own interpretation of their work and using their photographs to recreate them in the style of the artist.
• Design final outcomes based on their research with annotation.
• Refine and develop these designs, and using media and materials to recreate design work to know which material they want to use in their final outcome.
• Create the final outcome in exam conditions.