GCSE Art
Food & Drink Project
Structure of the Project
AO1: Artists Research
Develop ideas through research of Art History and other sources. Analyse
the work you find and show you understand how, why, where and when it was
made.
AO2: Experimental Work
Refine your ideas through experimental work and selecting appropriate
materials and techniques.
AO3: Drawing
Record your findings visually, through observational drawings, painting,
collage, and other forms.
AO4:Final Outcome
Produce a unique outcome that is meaningful and shows your
intentions and that is relevant to your project so far.
AO1: Artists Research
Develop ideas through research of Art History and other sources.
Analyse the work you find and show you understand how, why, where
and when it was made.
AO2: Experimental Work
Refine your ideas through experimental work and selecting
appropriate materials and techniques.
AO3: Drawing
Record your findings visually, through observational drawings,
painting, collage, and other forms.
Starter: Setting your own
learning objectives…
Some ideas:
Develop my final outcome
and learn how to add
detail to my design.
Develop my
understanding of colour
theory and consider the
colours I will use on my
final outcome.
Learn how to develop my
ideas with different
materials.
Learning Objective:
To learn how to
develop my final
piece design in
different materials.
AO4: Final Outcome
Produce a unique outcome that is meaningful and shows your
intentions and that is relevant to your project so far.
Plenary: Self Assessment
Have I met my learning objective for
today?
Learning Objective:
To learn how to
develop my final
piece design in
different materials.
What do I need to do in order to achieve my objective?
What can I do at home to help me to achieve my goals?
Set your self a homework task!
Self Assessment
Limited : restricted, incomplete, narrow, imperfect. The work is
only completed so far due to the skills of the pupil.
Basic: undeveloped, uncomplicated, plain, simple. The work has
been produced in a simple way and may not have been thought
about enough.
Competent : capable, able, skilled, knowledgeable, experienced.
The work is done with skill and shows that you have knowledge.
Confident :secure, assertive, poised, certain, self-assured. The
work shows an firm approach. The materials are used well and the
pupil is able to note the reasons for using the materials and follow
a path.
Fluent: flowing, effortless, smooth, easy, self-assured. The work
takes risks but is relevant to the project. All areas and materials are
explored to the full.
Task One
Food & Drink Mind Map
Food &
Drink
Task Two
(AO1) Observational Drawings of Food & Drink
Remember
the key to a
successful
drawing lies
in:
Scale
Shape
Tone
Textures
Detail
Shadows
Highlights
Task Three
(AO1) Mixed Media Drawings
Using a variety of materials
draw the food items we have
looked at lately. Explore
different materials and try
mixing materials together and
see what results you come up
with. You need to take notes of
the materials you use and
compare and contrast them
with each other. Suggest ways
of improving the work you
have done and suggest why the
images work or didn’t work
well.
An Examples of A good Sketchbook
Page
Notes to say
what has been
done on the
page and why?
Examples of drawing
different
textures/tones
Food
label/packaging
Accurate
drawing/
paintings of
food products
An example of
the food in the
page
Designing a Page Layout
http://www.amiria.co.nz/artist/gcse-art-sketchbook-coursework/
Same Material: Different
Textures
Notes on the
page
Different
Papers
Different
Materials
Photographs of
Full/Exciting
fish
Pages
Getting the design of your page right can mean the difference
from your work looking competent, confident of fluent. So it is
important that you consider the way your work will look.
Task Four
Photographing Food
(AO1 & AO2)
Photographs of food, Using the food items/wrappers provided,
arrange them in an artistic way and take several photographs of them.
These can be used to manipulate and then use as developmental
works. They can also provide interesting images to draw from.
Above are some examples of professional food photographs.
Can you match the piece of work to the assessment
word?
Which image do you think is limited, basic,
competent, confident & fluent?
Task Five
Semi Abstract Images
(AO2) Lesson Objective: Using a
viewfinder to look at part or a
detail of a wrapper.
Enlarging the images to create a
semi abstract image of that
wrapper.
Add colour, tones, textures and
details with watercolour paints
Lesson Objectives
Target
Grade
Actual
Grade
Basic:(D/E)My work is ok but it looks plain, it has
good colours but the shapes are not accurate.
Competent:(D/C)I can draw the wrapper with
accurate shapes and colours and I have considered using tones.
Confident:(C/B)I am confident that my work is
accurate and the colours are accurate with tone and highlights.
Fluent:(A-A*)My work is successful, it looks
realistic, it has the correct shapes, tones, colours, textures and
details
.
Did you achieve your target grade today? (yes, then how?/no what do you need
to do to improve?):
Lesson Objectives
Target
Grade
Actual
Grade
Basic:(D/E)My work is ok but it looks plain, it has
good colours but the shapes are not accurate.
Competent:(D/C)I can draw the wrapper with
accurate shapes and colours and I have considered using tones.
Confident:(C/B)I am confident that my work is
accurate and the colours are accurate with tone and highlights.
Fluent:(A-A*)My work is successful, it looks
realistic, it has the correct shapes, tones, colours, textures and
details
.
Did you achieve your target grade today? (yes, then how?/no what do you need
to do to improve?):
Using your watercolours create a painting of a food wrapper as
you did today focus on a section of the wrapper and enlarge it.
Basic:(D/E)My work is ok but
it looks plain, it has good colours but
the shapes are not accurate.
Competent:(D/C)I can
draw the wrapper with accurate shapes
and colours and I have considered using
tones.
Confident:(C/B)
I am
confident that my work is accurate and
the colours are accurate with tone and
highlights.
Fluent:(A-A*)My work is
successful, it looks realistic, it has the
correct shapes, tones, colours, textures
and details
.
Task 6
Artist Research
O Lesson Objective: (AO1) To create a double page
based on an artists practice, relative to the project.
Information on the artists work
Examples of the artists
work
Background colours on the
page
Influences and examples of other work
Task 6: Artist Research
Lesson Objective (AO1): To complete the artist research page
and add notation, explaining the work of the artist you have
looked at.
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What is the focus of the
artists work? And what
genre are they?
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What materials do they
use?
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How does their work link
to the work you are doing
in the project?
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What do like/dislike about
the work?
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How could you use their
work to inspire your own?
Some Food & Drink Artists we could use:
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Joel Penkman
Claes Oldenburg
Vic Vincini
Luigi Benedicenti
Jeanne Illenye
Jelaine Fauce
Gerard Boersma
Ria Hills
Oriana Kacicek
Meltem Kilic
Jacqueline Gnott
Diane Morgan
Carol Keene
Linda McCoy
Linda Apple
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Peter Anton
Paul Wayne Gregory
Carl Warner
Prudence Emma Stait
Luciana Rondolini
Christine Chin
Andrew Farrugia
Lucie Thomas and
Thibault Zimmermann
Kyle Bean
Sara Asnaghi
Mary Ellen Croteau
Nicola Freeman
Ed Bing
Task 6 :Artist Research
Plenary
Have I got all of the aspects I need?
Information on the artists work
Examples of the artists
work
Background colours on the
page
Influences and examples of other work
Task 6: Artist Research
Self-Assessment
  Limited: I have researched an
artist given to me and I have attempted to
look at the work of others.
  Basic: I have looked at two/three artists and I can begin to discuss what I
like and dislike about it.
  Competent: I find artists to complement
my own ideas and I can compare
and contrast their work with my own.
  Confident: I have looked at artists who produced a range of different
styles. I produce imaginative and unique work based on this and I understand what
they are trying to do with their work.
  Fluent: I have imaginative ideas and I find artists who have the same ideas
but may produce art that looks different to mine. I have independent ideas about
images and what they mean and I find these meanings in artists work.
Starter : 3D Cupcakes
Learning Objective: To learn how to control air dry clay to
create Sculptures of food.
Which of these
sculptures work
best & why?
Design a cupcake!
(10 minute task)
Create a quick sketch of a cupcake that you would like to
make. Consider the base, toppings and decorations,
Learning Objective: To learn how to control air dry clay to
create Sculptures of food.
How to make a Clay Cupcake?
1. Make a base for your cup cake in the shape of a
cake case.
2. Make the sponge part of your cupcake like a
dome?3D Semi Circle.
3. Decide how you would like your topping, flat
dripped icing, swirled icing, Messy Icing.
4. What could you decorate your cupcake with? A
cherry, flowers, smarties, candles?
5. Create the decorations and add them with ‘Slip’
6. Think about the colours you could add to the
cupcake once dry and add them to your design. (EXT
task)
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Ext Task: Add colour to your designs
Consider the colours you are going to add to your design once dry.
Add labels to the design describing each part of the sculpture.
Learning Objective: To learn how to control air dry clay to
create Sculptures of food.
Plenary: ‘Show & Tell’
Compare your cupcake
sculpture to your design.
What worked well and why?
What could you improve and
why?
What colours/details are you
going to add to your
cupcake?
Artist Research:
Food Sculptors
• What is the focus of
the artists work? And
what genre are they?
• What materials do
they use?
• How does their work
link to the work you
are doing in the
project?
• What do like/dislike
about the work?
Examples of Artists: Tim Berg, Maria Laura
Benavente, Emma Staite, Claes Oldenburg,
Peter Anton, Brock Davis.
• How could you use
their work to inspire
your own?
Task 7: Experimental Work
Learning Objectives(AO2): Refine your ideas through experimental work
and selecting appropriate materials and techniques.
Ink
Work
Fabric
Collage
Play doh
Cupcake Collages :Plenary
Homework:
Collage of Food Images (AO2)
Refine your ideas through experimental work and selecting appropriate
materials and techniques
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Using photos, drawings,
magazine cut out create a
collage of food and drink
imagery.
Use the image above to produce a multi media piece of work, using oil
pastel, chalks, paint and collage work.
Starter
Create a list of things that need completing in
your book in order for your pages to be
completed. This will form your Homework
task for the week.
Front Cover
Mind Map Food & Drink
Observational Drawings
Semi Abstract Work
Artist Research
Collage of food Wrappers
Experimental Work
Photos of food
Notes on all pages
Final Piece Designs
Experimental Work
Learning Objectives(AO2): Refine your ideas through experimental work
and selecting appropriate materials and techniques.
Collage, Clay, Mod rock, Wire work, fabric, jelly, plaster of paris…..