A4: Tonal Canvas

A4: Tonal Canvas• For this assignment you are required to create a painting on a

stretched canvas using acrylic paint.

• You will need to ensure that you have practised and developed thesubject matter for your final outcome thoroughly in yoursketchbook.

• The main outcome of this assignment will provide you with marksand evidence for assessment objective 4.

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Guidance:

• Plan carefully for this assignment as it is likely to be thefirst time that you have used acrylic paints on a stretchedcanvas.

• Choose your subject matter with thought. Choose acelebrity that you are interested in as this will help keepyou motivated throughout the work.

• The subject matter needs to be original, you should sourceyour own celebrity and collect a range of photographs sothat you have plenty of choice. This will also serve well asdevelopment evidence.

• This painting assignment follows on from your previousassignment (A3 Oil Pastel Portrait), being that you are toidentify tonal zones/areas within your subject and makethese feature in the style of painting that you create.

• Attend Art Clinic each week for extra time on your work toensure that you can finish by the given deadline.

A4: Tonal CanvasTips:

• Try to be original. You will get more marks if your work isunlike anything else others have done or intend to do!Choose your own celebrity, and importantly choose aunique shot/photo of them so that your outcome is differentto other students.

• Before you submit your finished work for assessment makesure that it is complete! A complete artwork needs to havea full interesting background and all of the surface area ofwork should be covered in colour/ imagery/ line anddetail(s).

• Make sure you do your research before you begin this task.Check out other pupils work in the online gallery.

• Begin this work in your sketchbook and develop a few ideason a small scale first of all. Experiment with layout,proportion, medium and colour. Above all show your ideasthoroughly, using annotations that explain what/ how youintend to develop your ideas into your final work of art.

• Make sure you have read the assessment objectives so thatyou know what you will be marked on.

A4: Tonal CanvasTask 1: Initial ideas

• The theme for this assignment is 'Celebrities' so conduct researchand find examples/ photo's of celebrities that you feel you may likeuse in your work.

• A series of sketchbook developments should take place at the startof this assignment to help you learn how to 'paint' using acrylicpaints.

• During your initial development explore alternative ways to usecolour and tone.

A4: Tonal CanvasTask 2: Development.

• Choose one of your possible celebrity's to use as the subject matterfor your work.

• In your sketchbook produce a couple of drawings (one per page)based on your chosen work/idea. For each identify and draw 'TonalZones' and mark-up to show at least 4 different levels of tone(Light > Dark).

• Aim to illustrate each idea using different/ alternative'compositions' and 'layouts'. Play about with a range of alternativecolour options.

• After your initial ideas have been developed, it is time to selectyour strongest idea/work and create 'prep' items that you can workfrom for your main/final outcome.

• Produce a full-page 'prep' outcome of your chosen idea showing/using alternative colour and layout options.

A4: Tonal CanvasTask 3: The Final Outcome

When all of the above tasks are completed in your sketchbook (the moreyou do, the more marks you can gain!), you should be ready to beginwork on your final/main outcome for this assignment.

Tips:• Collect an A3 (size) canvas and write your full name and class

name on the back.

• Sketch out your intended work/idea working directly from yoursketchbook 'prep' work.

• Draw 'light' lines to indicate where the 'tonal zones' are going to bein your work.

• Be organised and ensure that you have your sketchbook and all/any source imagery to hand for every lesson.

• Work directly from your sketchbook development pages.

• Begin your work (painting) with a light/loose sketchy line.

• Map-out your work/outline with a light pencil line.

• Reflect on your work periodically (often), so that you can spot/identify any errors or mistakes early on.

• Develop your outline with a slightly stronger line.

• Remove any old sketchy line before you begin applying paint. Aneat, sharp outline will provide a clear boundary for applyingpaint(s).

• Work in layers, from the background towards the foreground. Buildup these layers of colour by working in 'zones', allowing one zoneto dry while you work on another, then return to previous zonesand build the layers more.

• Consider attending Art Clinic for extra time on your work, andshould you fall behind, ensure that you catch-up any missedlessons/time.

A4: Tonal CanvasDo you have a smart phone?If so you can use the camera on your phone to access online resources to help youwith this assignment.All you need is a QR code reader app, point your phone web browser to one ofreaders below:

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Once you have a reader/ app on your smart phone. Simply take a quick snap of thecode(s) below, and you will be redirected to the required resource, directly on yourphone.

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