• Offer mentoring and support to other pupils where possible.
• Developing skills – you should practice working with a variety of different media on a regular basis to increase your quality of your outcomes.
• Independent research – please have a look at some of our suggested artists to inspire you. Share what you discover with your class and teachers.
• Key Artists:

David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Peter Blake, Damien Hirst, Andrea Joseph, Frida Kahlo, Tim Walker, Banksy, Sheppard Fairey

Offer mentoring and support to other pupils where possible.

Information and further research to support Gifted & Talented students in Art and Design.

Websites: Please have a look at some of our suggestion for curious and inquisitive minds…

http://www.tate.org.uk/

http://kids.tate.org.uk/

http://andreajoseph24.blogspot.com/

http://designmuseum.org/

http://www.photonet.org.uk/

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/

http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/

http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

http://www.mauricemagazine.com/

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/

http://www.lomography.com/

http://www.daydreamlily.com/

http://www.number8.org/

http://www.mikeperrystudio.com/

http://www.pbs.org/art21/

This stage of your education is preparing you for the world of work or further education. With this in mind the way that you approach the course should be different.

• Independent Work – you should be taking ownership of your own learning, reading around the subject and doing extra work at home making sure you fully understand concepts.
• Developing skills – you should practice working with a variety of different media on a regular basis to increase your quality of your outcomes.
• Wider Reading – independently research current articles within established publications regarding hot topics in art. Evaluate what you find and analyse connections this may have in your own work.
• Take a Subscription to Art or Photography publications.
• Becoming a Sixth Form Mentor – come along to lower school lessons and share your understanding. A programme can be tailored to your available study periods.

Books:

• The Polaroid Book – Taschen Series
• Drawing From Life, The Journal as Art by Jennifer New
• By Hand, The use of Craft in Contemporary Art by Joseph Magliaro, Shu Hung
• Hand Made Graphics, Tools and Techniques beyond the Mouse by Anna Way
• The Photo Book – Phaidon Series
• The Art Book – Phaidon Series
• Dogtown – The Legend of the Z-Boys by Glen E. Freidman
• Leroy Grannis by Jim Heirman
• Tim Walker – Fashion Photography

Films:                         

• David Hockney Grand Canyon
• Step into Liquid – Surfing
• Billabong Odyssey – Surfing
• Guy Denning – You Tube Videos
• Aardman Animation – Wallace & Gromit
• The Genius of Photography