Expressive Unit/Art Studies/Homework tasks
To prepare for the written Prelim in January and the written exam in May complete the
following tasks.
If you have been completing written questions on Portraiture then go to slide 2, if you have
been completing written questions on Still-Life go to slide 3.
Print out or write out responses and hand in to your teacher on the first Art and Design
Expressive Unit/Art Studies/Portrait
Copies of all homework tasks set by Mr. Hogarth are included here and will be updated as more are set.
Expressive Unit/Art Studies/Portrait
You should have completed three homework tasks –
Responding to a Portrait and writing 10 clear points about the subject and use of Visual Elements.
This was to prepare you for Question (a) in the written exam.
The next task is to prepare for Question (b) –
Write 10 points (Int 2) or 20 points (Higher) about TWO portrait artists you have looked at and TWO artworks they
have made.
Choose another portrait artist from the list below Francis Bacon
Pablo Picasso
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
Frida Kahlo
Mary Cassatt
Paul Gauguin
Chuck Close
Peter Blake
Henri Matisse
Chaim Soutine
William Strang
Alison Watt
Andy Warhol
Vincent Van Gogh
Peter Howson
James Guthrie
William McCance
Jules Bastien-Lepage
To Do • Go on to the internet.
• Keyword search one artist’s name you have chosen
• Find a high quality picture of a portrait by the artist. Write Title and any other information about Portrait.
• Copy and Paste portrait into a document and print it out. Or, complete task by hand and make a small sketch of portrait.
• Write 10 points about the specific portrait using the help sheets form your yellow folder.
You must write about –
The subject in the portrait.
How the Artist uses the visual elements to tell the viewer about the subject.
How the Visual Elements have been used to make a successful portrait.
Expressive Unit/Art Studies/Still-Life
You should have completed Several homework tasks –
Responding to an artwork and writing 10 clear points about the subject matter and use of Visual Elements.
This was to prepare you for Question (a) in the written exam.
The next task is to prepare for Question (b) –
Write 10 points (Int 2) or 20 points (Higher) about TWO portrait artists you have looked at and TWO artworks they
have made.
Choose an artist from the list below Samuel John Peploe
William York Macgregor
Pablo Picasso
Henri Matisse
Vincent Van Gogh
Paul Cezanne
Camille Pissarro
Paul Wonner
Giorgio Morandi William Bailey
Janet Fish
Jack Morroco
Elizabeth Blackadder
William Michael Harnett
William Gillies
Ben Nicholson
James Frazer Madeleine Davenport
Jan Wightman
These artists are suggestions; if you have a different Still-Life you would like to write about then go for it.
To Do • Go on to the internet.
• Keyword search one artist’s name you have chosen
• Find a high quality picture of a Still-Life by the Artist. Write Title and any other information about the Still-Life.
• Copy and Paste Still Life into a document and print it out. Or, complete task by hand and make a small sketch of portrait.
• Write 10 points about the specific Still Life using the help sheets that you have been given by your teacher.
You must write about –
• The subject matter in the Still-Life.
• How the Artist uses the visual elements to make the Still-Life visually interesting.
• How the Artist has created a successful composition and focal point.
Expressive Unit/Art Studies
You should have completed three homework tasks –
Responding to a Portrait and writing 10 clear points about the subject and use of Visual Elements.
This was to prepare you for Question (a) in the written exam.
The next task is to prepare for Question (b) –
Write 10 points (Int 2) or 20 points (Higher) about TWO portrait artists you have looked at and TWO artworks they
have made.
Choose another portrait artist from the list below Francis Bacon
Pablo Picasso
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec
Frida Kahlo
Mary Cassatt
Paul Gauguin
Chuck Close
Peter Blake
Henri Matisse
Chaim Soutine
William Strang
Alison Watt
Andy Warhol
Vincent Van Gogh
Peter Howson
James Guthrie
William McCance
Jules Bastien-Lepage
To Do • Go on to the internet.
• Keyword search one artist’s name you have chosen
• Find a high quality picture of a portrait by the artist. Write Title and any other information about Portrait.
• Copy and Paste portrait into a document and print it out. Or, complete task by hand and make a small sketch of portrait.
• Write 10 points about the specific portrait using the help sheets form your yellow folder.
You must write about –
The subject in the portrait.
How the Artist uses the visual elements to tell the viewer about the subject.
How the Visual Elements have been used to make a successful portrait.
Title - ‘Self Portrait With Stetson’
Artist - John Byrne (Scottish, born 1940)
Materials - Oil on canvas
Date - 1989
Dimensions - 90 x 70cm
Write 10 points about this portrait using the helpsheets
from your folder;
• Think about what clues you see which tell us about the
personality of this person.
• Describe how the visual elements have been used to
make this painting interesting to look out.
Title – ‘The Scream’
Artist – Edvard Munch (Norwegian, born 1863)
Type of Artwork – Portrait/Figure Composition
Materials – Oil on Canvas
Date – 1893
Dimensions – 91 x 73.5 cm
Write 10 points about this portrait using the helpsheets
from your folder;
• Think about what clues you see which tell us about the
personality of this person.
• Describe how the visual elements have been used to
make this painting interesting to look out.
Title - ‘Heroic Dosser’
Artist - Peter Howson (Scottish, born 1958)
Materials - Oil on canvas
Date - 1987
Dimensions - 197 x 213 cm
Write 10 points about this portrait using the helpsheets
from your folder;
• Think about what clues you see which tell us about the
personality of this person.
• Describe how the visual elements have been used to
make this painting interesting to look out.
Expressive Unit/Art Studies/ Homework task
Expressive Unit/Art Studies/ Homework task
Name -
Name -
For Question (b) in January’s written prelim exam you were
asked to -
For Question (b) in January’s written prelim exam
you were asked to -
‘Write 10 points (Int 2) or 20 points (Higher) about TWO
portrait artists you have looked at and TWO artworks
they have made.’
Write here the two artists and two specific portraits you will
write about in the written exam.
‘Write 10 points (Int 2) or 20 points (Higher)
about TWO portrait artists you have looked at
and TWO artworks they have made.’
Artist 1 –
Write here the two artists and two specific portraits
you will write about in the written exam.
Portrait –
Artist 1 –
Artist 2 –
Portrait –
Portrait To Do –
Artist 2 –
You should have written 10 points about Artist 1
and their artwork.
Portrait -
Now - Write 10 points about the portrait you have
chosen for artist 2.
To Do –
Describe the subject in the portrait referring to
specific parts of portrait and use of visual
elements.
Write about each visual element and their effect
on each other and telling us about the subject.
Attach your homework to this sheet.
Once these two homework tasks are
completed you should have your answer to
Question (b) for the written exam.
Write 10 points about the portrait you have chosen
for artist 1.
Describe the subject in the portrait referring to
specific parts of portrait and use of visual
elements.
Write about each visual element and their effect
on each other and telling us about the subject.
Attach your homework to this sheet.
Expressive Unit/Art Studies/ Homework task
Expressive Unit/Art Studies/ Homework task
Name -
Name -
For Question (b) in January’s written prelim exam you were
asked to -
For Question (b) in January’s written prelim exam you were
asked to -
‘Write 10 points (Int 2) or 20 points (Higher) about TWO
portrait artists you have looked at and TWO artworks
they have made.’
‘Write 10 points (Int 2) or 20 points (Higher) about TWO
portrait artists you have looked at and TWO artworks
they have made.’
Write here the two artists and two specific portraits you will
write about in the written exam.
Write here the two artists and two specific portraits you will
write about in the written exam.
Artist 1 –
Artist 1 –
Portrait –
Portrait –
Artist 2 –
Artist 2 –
Portrait -
Portrait -
To Do –
To Do –
You should have written 10 points about Artist 1
and their artwork.
You should have written 10 points about Artist 1
and their artwork.
Now - Write 10 points about the portrait you
have chosen for artist 2.
Now - Write 10 points about the portrait you
have chosen for artist 2.
Describe the subject in the portrait referring to
specific parts of portrait and use of visual
elements.
Describe the subject in the portrait referring to
specific parts of portrait and use of visual
elements.
Write about each visual element and their effect
on each other and telling us about the subject.
Write about each visual element and their effect
on each other and telling us about the subject.
Attach your homework to this sheet.
Attach your homework to this sheet.
Once these two homework tasks are
completed you should have your answer to
Question (b) for the written exam.
Once these two homework tasks are
completed you should have your answer to
Question (b) for the written exam.