Example of Paper 2 prep: Lonliness

This student looked at "lonliness" from the view that places,

situations and even animals can make you lonely. For

example, a lonely day at the beach, working in the city can make you feel alone,

an abandoned dog in a dark stairwell.

Also the idea that bare feet represent the honest soul of a pitiful human being.

In her development she started to experiment with putting the feet floating above the city...

The crab looking on at one person isolated from a crowd of others.

The busy executive feels very small and isolated from other human contact.

Here are the beginnings of some colour studies. The student did not have enough time to do proper colour studies which, should have been painted or coloured with colour pencils.

Other ideas for development she could have used include distortion, using scale (big and small) to change the relationship between objects, merging one object into another, playing with paint techniques, using mixed media, even simplifying the shapes and forms of the objects.

Below is the final work. This work could have been improved if there was better use of colour to create various tones. In her colour studies, she could have experiemented with symbolic colour. There is also not enough mixing of colour, much of it is paint squeezed directly from the tube (eg. the red and green buildings).

A successful piece of work will make use of the elements of art as well as make use of the principles of design. Overall, the prep and final work are moderately successful because there is a flow of thought. The examiner can see how the student has arrived at the final idea.