Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Seed: Deterioration and Transformation
Create a still life of something that will self transform over a period of time. This could be perishable substances; fruit, flowers etc. or it could be something that collapses or melts (ice, wax, snow,...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Seeing Through a Master's Eyes
Copying can be a valuable tool in teaching close observation of technique. In fact in the centuries past, students in art schools frequently engaged in intensive copy work. In copying a Michelangelo figure...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Inspired by..
Copy the Creativity Ideally it is the creative process we want to copy when looking at the great artists of the past, not their work. A copy will always be only a copy, whereas if we can teach students...
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Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Authenticity of Student Work
The importance of the process and the crafting is integral to the work that is presented for the final exhibition, All art work submitted for assessment should be made by the student. When students enlist...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Seed: Creepy Ink Drawing
Make a drawing that allows the expressivity of the materials and mark making to communicate the nature of your object. Experiment with the material, don't try to be neat, messy is the point! Choose an...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Alexander McQueen
“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.”—Alexander McQueen The British designer Alexander McQueen who died in 2010 was best...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Shinique Smith
who needs to buy art supplies when you can just use what other people throw away? Brooklyn based artist Shinique Smith uses discarded clothing,shoes and soft toys among other things, to look at over...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Objects for Drawing
Keep a shelf with interesting objects that you can use at any time as a subject for drawing or as part of a still life. Here are some of my favorite objects on that shelf Objects that show the concept...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Research Methods EE
Gather information first from a wide range of sources, then begin to sift it into some order and shape. You can't begin to write until you have amassed a sufficient amount of information. Students need...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Art and Knowledge
ToK teaches students to question ways of knowing and examine how knowledge affects understanding. Let's see how this comes into play in looking at art. Both experiences (not knowing and knowing) have...