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Activity One: 25 marks

Create an A5 or A4 composition using some stones in a landscape. Aim at creating a mysterious mood using PAINTS in any combination. You may base your composition on the pictures of the famous Callanish stones below. (3000 BC)A cross-shaped setting of standing stones erected around 3000 BC.

This is flexible BUT do not get too complicated as you will not finish.

Tips:

Choose your favourite size depending on your chosen media for 3 hours.
You can work on this question and question 2 at the same time if you need drying time.
Photographs often don’t give good illusions of spatial depth so be careful about slavishly copying them. �Don’t flatten your forms!
You may use a netbook BUT don’t waste time!

Criteria:

Technical skill – use of chosen paint media.�N.B. also an observation mark for correct sequencing & good habits! [10]
Interpretation of mood [5]
Use of tones; textures; patterns; colours etc. [5]
Creation of illusions of space and form using colour [5]

NAME: ……………………………………………………..

Sequence:

Lightly pencil in the composition.

Put in washes for the underpainting. Do you need to leave areas of the paper as your whites?

Then start building up your layers as you model with tonal values.

Add textured details (& patterns?) at the end…..

Grade 10 Practical exam Oct 2015

6 hours 50 marks

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Criteria: ACTIVITY 2
Technical skill – use of chosen media OBSERVATION mark	10
Interpretation of any mood	5
Variety of tones; textures; patterns ; colours etc.	5
Creation of illusions of space and form using colour [5]	5
TOTAL	25

NAME: ………………………………………………..

http://livingexposed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/IMG_63591.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2454/3798088971_a9223888b1.jpg

Callanish, Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom�The Callanish Stones are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle. They were erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age.

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Activity OTwo: 25 marks 3 hours

The Venus of Willendorf is a famous Paleolithic (Early Stone Age) carved stone figure. Use ANY drawing medium to showcase your drawing skills.

Tips:

Look carefully at both the figure and the ground.
Start with a light soft layout – no hard outlines!
Assess tones accurately and be careful not to lose your contrast.
Aim at capturing the form and the texture of this stone figure.
You may investigate the image using a netbook BUT don’t waste time on non-essentials.

Criteria:

Technical skill – use of any drawing medium or mixed media [10]
Observation of form (proportions) [5]
Variety of tones and textures [10]

NAME: ……………………………………………………..

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Criteria: ACTIVITY 1
Technical skill – use of any drawing medium or mixed media	10
Observation of form (proportions)	5
Variety of tones and texture	10
TOTAL	25

NAME: ……………………………………………………..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Venus_von_Willendorf_01.jpg/200px-Venus_von_Willendorf_01.jpg

https://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/willendorf3.jpg

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