Craft Practical Exam Papers 2014

Poster Titles

3. Poster

Design and make a poster or a display card for one of the following topics:

Higher Level Craft

(a) The Vintage Emporium
(b) Half Marathon 2014
(c) Urban Ink Tattoo Parlour.

 

Ordinary Level Craft

(a) Antiques Auction(b) Picasso Exhibition(c) Walking Festival

The full title of your chosen topic must appear on your finished work. Personalised handconstructedand rendered lettering is preferred and should reflect the topic. You may use analphabet stencil which you have cut but the layout and spacing of the lettering must be doneduring the examination. Stencils, where used, must be submitted.

Materials: ruler, t-square, papers for collage, card, textured materials, brushes, adhesive, inks,paints, any other quick drying medium, etc.

The shape and type of advertising card you use can be of your own choice, but it must notexceed A2 in its greatest dimension. If you wish to work on a sheet other than that supplied, thesuperintendent must sign this sheet before the examination commences stating that it isblank.

Tips to get started and get started now!!

Start Researching and collecting ideas and images as soon as possible. Research the title that you are most interested in and look up posters for that title on google image, search through magazine, newspapers, books... The internet has every image thinkable as well as unlimited text/alphabet stlyes so try to find images and text styles that suit your chosen poster theme. Vary your search, look for many directions and interpretations for your poster. Be Creative!! And begin sketching from your images. Use many different types of media and materials (pencil, coloured pencil, pastels, paint, collage..) and begin to play with different layouts for your poster.I looked up some ideas online so here are some ideas to get you started;

The Vintage Emporium (H.L)

(Vintage Store with a collection of vintage items)

Antique Auction (O.L)

 

Half Marathon 2014 (H.L) /// Walking Festival (O.L)

 

Urban Ink Tattoo Parlour (H.L)

 

Picasso Exhibition (O.L)

Here is a list of words associated with each poster title. Read through these and start googling images related to these words (look up sketches/photographs/ posters/ paintings..). Try to imagine the images working as a main image/focal point for your poster, or a combination of images!!

 

The vintage emporium or Antique Auction

Vintage/ Antique

Old school/ antique/ cool/ classic/ hipster/ indie/ chic/

 

All things vintage;

Furniture, fashion, objects, camera, suitcases, clothing,scene, style, record player, old radio, books, hairstyles, tea-cups, tea-party, 1920's, the great gatsby, bikes,clocks, jewellery, chairs, tvs…

 

Half Marathon 2014 or Walking Festival

Walking, running, heart rate, shoes, finishing line, stopwatch, sport clothes, movement, crowd, landscape, cityscape, fit, tired..

 

Urban Ink Tattoo Parlour

Ink, scar, earring, Forearm, wrist, ancle, skin, chest,mark, pattern, ornament, shirt, sleeve, biceps, needle, skull, design, paint,symbol, dragon, snake, piercing, decoration, spiral, butterfly, leg, sailor,tribal, rap, body, mask, wings, angels..

 

Picasso Exhibition

Cubisim, artist, modern, broken up, reassembled, abstract, childlike, many faces, all angles, colourful, viewpoints, lines, shapes, hard angles, collage, paint, war, Picasso paintings/prints…

 

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Art Practical Craftwork Paper - Tips and deadlines

The practical art exam papers will be available to students tomorrow the 8th of April. You will be contacted tomorrow about collecting your exam papers.

Still Life- 2.5 hours

You will be getting the paper for your still life practical exam and in this there will be five descriptive passages. You should read each passage and underline any objects that you come across. You will then select the passage with the objects that you are most interested in. You should have at least 3 objects in your still life, and you should practice drawing these as much as possible prior to the exam. Practice drawing the objects in different arrangements and using different media (pencil, charcoal, pastels, paint..). Decide on the media that you will be using for your exam.

Craft- Posters - 5 hours

There are many different sections in the craft paper, find the poster section (5hours). There will be three titles/themes for your poster. Select the one that interests you most and straight away start researching plenty of ideas and imagery. On the internet look up similar posters (you may wish to include one of these in your preparation sheet), these should inspire you and get you thinking. Remember you want to create a poster that is eye catching, interesting and creative. So don't stick to your first idea, explore many ideas and possibilities!! 

Preparation Sheet

You don't get any marks for this sheet however it is still very important to put a good sheet forward that contains loads of visual information and ideas. Remember this is the only thing that you can work from in the exam. If your prep sheet is weak and has little information on it then it will be very hard for you to create a poster from this in the exam. See the "Leaving Cert Examples page" on the blog for ideas/ and the way a prep sheet should look.(Must be A2 in size and can be any colour)

It should include; 

Found Images from the internet/magazines/ books... These should be cut out neatly and it can be effective to put a boarder on these for beter presentation.

Sketches and drawings in different media (pencil, paint, charcoal, pastel..) 

Everything should be labeled and explained (your ideas, use of media, techniques for the poster, poster concept, use of colour, layout, art and design elements....)

This needs to be almost finished for Monday's Class the 22nd of April. We will be working from your preparations sheets to generate ideas for your poster and preliminary sheet in this class.

Preliminary sheet and Poster

You will need to Practice your Poster and Preliminary sheet over the Easter holidays. Practice as many different layouts and use a lot of different techniques and materials. Experiment!! Bring all of this experimental work to Mondays Class on the 22nd of April.

Best of luck with it guys!!

Art Leaving Cert Practical Exam Dates and Times

The Dates and Times of the Art Practical Exams 2014 are as follows;

May 1st 2014

Craft work Exam (Poster) Total 5hours
Morning; 9.30-12.00 and Afternoon;1.00-3.30

May 2nd 2014

Morning; Still Life Exam; 9.30-12.00
Afternoon; Life Sketching; 1.00-2.00