I have to do my mock art gcse but i cant think what to do any ideas?

Question

the main titles are flowers, location, movement and colour!

Answer 1

hey i did my gcses in may/june and got an A* for art. and for my mock i got an A. .............basically i did the flowers question (botanical illustration) i started off with a brainstorm of wot i would do eg drawings visits etc......start off with sketches of flowers plants etc. and do prime observation and take a pic of the plant and stick it in for evidence.......from these sketches u can photocopy them and play around with them eg differnt colour scheme...........complementary, secondary etc

u also need artist reseacrh i did.......margaret ursala mee, georg d ehret, georg o'keefe, francis and ferdinand bauer, pierre joseph redoute and u could also do william morris but i didnt have time too.

also do atleast one copy of their work preferably in their style to show u understand their technique. and try to take photos or do work in their style to show u were inspired by them. this then shows a connection. eg geroge d ehret did paintings of palm trees so i took a photo of palm tree and painted it in his style to show i was inspired by him.

then u could do ur initial ideas and say which artist u were inspired by them eg a drawing/painting of a zoomed in flower could be inspired by gergi o keefe. or a repeat pattern could be inspired by william morris as he did wall paper u could collect samples of wall paper from diy shops to show u did research.

last but not least.......try out ur chosen idea on different surfaces and styles and colours for development.... eg i tried out on A4 canvas, wood etc.........even though i knew wot i wanted to do from the begining u still have to do this lol hopes it helps

Answer 2

Yes. Here's an idea that's fun. It's not necessarily beautiful - but beauty is subjective anyway.

Go the thought pattern route.

Start with a sketch of a daisy (or the word 'daisy') and from this starting point work through a whole series of 'daisy-chains'. For example: Daisy>White>Ghost>House>Doll>etc. It'll take you into endless creative paths!!!

And by so doing - will enable you to cover the other titles of location, movement and colour.

This is a great lateral-thinking exercise that applies to children as well as it does to people like me. Learn this methodology - as well as learning how to draw - and the creative world is all yours!

Answer 3

Basicall you can do anything, as it can always go in the colour section.

For my art gcse, I did a view of trees/flowers out of a window (like someone looking from inside a house out of their window) for my mock and for the real thing I did a closeup of some leaves.

Work out what you're good at: perspective, humans, nature, still objects etc. Look at other artists work, either in text books or online (google images) and you can let those inspire you.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Draw the Eiffel tower, pretend you misread the first one, make it a weird colour, and show someone falling off it, hitting their face on steel girders all the way down.

4 birds with one stone.

Answer 5

my daughter got an A, she picked something topical. There are a few weather stories around, and "natural" disasters...why not use them..if you are into being topical. for example, tornado in London, volcano in Russia, and minor earthquake in UK. Just a suggestion.

Answer 6

i got A in my art O level, by drawing our local church. did lots of sketches from different views and some feature from inside the church good luck

Answer 7

try a fruit bowl with fruit in it - will look brill