GCSE Art Work - Page 3

SinNyx · 01-08-2014, 08:34 AM

Well, I had my mock exam result today...my coursework got me an A*

I would love if anyone could give me some tips with drawing. My final exam will be in March (10 hours) and I will be given the paper in two weeks....
Any advice?

mrsroth · 01-08-2014, 08:54 AM

I hope you get the grade you want, which should be pretty high looking at those!! /i took art at GCSE level but only managed a C, though in comparrison to those who got As and A*s because the teacher helped them (without sounding awful, they were organising drug drops in class, the people no one liked) I am more than happy with my C knowing that i did it myself. My talent depends on what mood I am in, If I am not in the mood to do something then I am my own worse enemy and it goes massively wrong, but on the other side of things, I can do some really good things too but they are rare pieces lol.

I wish you the best of luck with all of your GCSEs and everyone else on here in the same boat
x x

**DrKMcK** · 01-08-2014, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SinNyx

Well, I had my mock exam result today...my coursework got me an A*

I would love if anyone could give me some tips with drawing. My final exam will be in March (10 hours) and I will be given the paper in two weeks....
Any advice?

Congratulations on the A grade. I love your work. I adore sci-fi/fantasy, so your wonderful drawing was right up my alley. It looks like it stepped right out of one of Piers Anthony's Xanth books. I have every one of the Xanth series and I've just been reading the series over again since the beginning of November. I'm up to #15 of the set of 38. I have a portfolio of drawings, but nothing nearly as good as yours.

SinNyx · 01-08-2014, 10:04 AM

My main problem with Art is that when I don't want to do it, I don't. I have some lucky times where I feel inspired to, but at other times it is hard for me to get down to do something and feel good in what I have done.

DrKMck, thank you! I also adore fantasy, it's the only thing I really focus on in my Art GCSE, even when I had to make clay pieces to be put in my coursework, I made a dragon and a unicorn (which I wish I added much more detail to!).
Unfortunately I don't think I have seen those books! I used to read a lot of books but I never see the time for it with finishing school now. I am bad for not reading the last book in a series though because I always work myself up to what an ending would be like, and then the reader always leaves me in shock with what they come up with and how they make their twists to the endings!

Lady · 01-08-2014, 10:53 AM

SinNyx, your drawings are wonderful. I actually really like the style of them, they have a tattoo-like quality to them that I think looks fantastic. I found that GCSE art was all about conforming, unfortunately. So, as others have said, try to concentrate on getting some really dramatic shading differences in there. If you decide to go on to A Level or further then you can really hone in on the style that suits you best, and worry a little less about getting it "right".

SinNyx · 01-08-2014, 11:01 AM

I will definitely invest in some better quality pencils soon, the ones I have keep snapping when I try and sharpen them up so it's hard to get a decent looking shade on them.
I love tattoo designs, I look at them a lot for my art and I was going to choose them as a coursework theme before, but I changed my mind to the fantasy side of things.

This was my clay dragon piece before painting it last year, I was aiming for a baby dragon in a nest but it kind of went a bit different to that. This was my first time using clay so it was nice to get used to it with this, I later did a larger unicorn which was harder just to get it all looking accurate and the legs didn't come out to scale at best as it was laying down, and someone decided it was funny to break half of it's horn off.

**DrKMcK** · 01-08-2014, 12:18 PM

SinNyx, that is something I would buy! I adore dragons and baby ones...Ack! I love this.

SinNyx · 01-08-2014, 12:50 PM

Thank you ^^
I enjoyed making the dragon, it's just a shame that I am not very good at painting!

ChocolateCream81 · 01-08-2014, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SinNyx

Thank you ^^
I enjoyed making the dragon, it's just a shame that I am not very good at painting!

Same here-give me a pencil and i'll draw you a half decent picture but give me a paintbrush............may as well give it to my two year old cousin!!!

SinNyx · 01-09-2014, 09:55 AM

I wish I could paint, but I really can't!

Here is the clay unicorn when it was still in making before the kiln. As you can see...the legs...I had an issue with them x.x