Art GCSE

[Barwy]

I have no idea what im on :S

All i know is that i got 3 big A3 books i need to fill for each 3 topics we're doing and it aint gonna be fun

[FlyingJesus]

I didn't get a lot of coursework for my art GCSE.. then again, I didn't do any backup work at all for most of it, so I've failed for that reason alone. The actual art (if I may say so myself) was pretty good I thought, but like someone said, all they really care about at the examining board is that you can back up why you've done what you've done.

On a side note, I sold my exam piece for a cool £100 :8

[GommeInc]

My Art GCSE was relatively easy from what I remember, I got a B. In year 11 you had to make a model of your own choice, and you are able to make it within the year and the exam was a 10 exam I think which took 2 days, and you had to make something like a model, textile, painting etc.

[NekkLe]

We had the option to do a 'bigger' peice of work, so basically we were allowed to experiment.

[Polly-alyssa]

K thnx ppl. I see Art GCSE must be quite hard to achieve an A or A* then, and it takes lots of effort and time. I'm looking forward to doing my Art GCSE though, i hope it'll be fun.

[Drooped]

I found it easy. On my prelim i got a 2 which.. 1 being top credit 7 - not sit/ no mark. So... it's similiar to the letters. A - F.

But... i'm expecting to get an A for my proper exam, when i finished even the invidulators said it was amazing, so did my teacher. I was quite proud.

Art's easy if you DON'T concentrate on the pain your hand is going through [5 hours of constant sketching, colouring, shading]

It's also easy if you PRACTICE. we got all our items and drew them OVER AND OVER.

[Stab]

oh yeh and you should keep everything you do aswell, as i chuck most of mine away.

Don't be bothered by what other people do, because your style or art is different to them.

[Fomas]

Art is really difficult.
For the whole 2 years you need full commitment.

Its fun at times, but you need to do alot of work outside of the classroom.
Meaning extra lessons and homework.

Here is my art exam piece, i got a C...
And this is with 2 books of art work and 10 A2 sheets of research.

[FlyingJesus]

I retract my statement from last month. Like I said, I didn't do a lot of work, in fact I pretty much didn't do any other than the actual art which I do enjoy. Still, I got an A, no effort involved. Basically with art I think it's something that you either got or you don't got, it's not easy to teach or learn. Saying that, I did only work out my style this year, after thinking I was hopeless all through year 10.

[womanizer]

For my GCSE coursework was 60% and the final exam course was 40%.

For coursework I had to pick 2 themes. I picked Cartoons and Egyptian. I completed 15 sheets for each topic which made 30 sheets in coursework. I also had to make a "Final" piece for eqyptian art and cartoons. The class spent 3 months for each final piece.

Next was the exam theme ours was "Surfaces" so I decided to do food. I done 15 A2 sheets again filled with food etc.

However the final piece was this was actually my GCSE exam, we didn't have 3 months, we had 10 hours.

Here is my GCSE which I done in 10 hours:



In the end I recieved 396/400 which is 99% if I'm correct. I recieved my A* and it was alot of work.