INTERVIEWS & ADMISSIONSSubject Knowledge Audit – Art & Design
Please self-grade and identify the source/s of your knowledge for each of the topics listed below.
Source of Knowledge / Skills (write one or two codes):
NNone (or below GCSE)
GGCSE (or O Level)
AAdvanced Level (including AVCE, HNC)
DDegree Level (including HND)
PPost-graduate
WWork-related training
Current Level of Knowledge / Skill (write one grade only):
4Little or No Secure Knowledge.
3Basic Personal Knowledge up to GCSE level, however you are not fully aware of possible misconceptions and how to address them and you may inadvertently reinforce misconceptions.
2Secure knowledge / skill up to GCSE that would enable you to teach this to pupils. You would be aware of the common misconceptions in this skill area and you would be able to address these in a lesson.
1Secure knowledge / skill up to A Level standard.
Name: / Date:Area / Skill / Knowledge / Source
N/G/A/D/P/W / Level
0/1/2
Drawing / Life drawing
Still life
Analytical
Drawing for different purposes – to design, to record, to communicate ideas/information
Drawing media and techniques – ink, chalk, charcoal, graphite, oil pastel,
Other
Painting / Oil
Watercolour
Gouache
Acrylic
Other?
Printmaking / Screen printing
Etching
Lino printing
Mixed media / Paper making
Embossing etc.
Dyeing-using natural/man made products
Resist techniques
Photomontage/collage
Other?
Photography / Digital
Manual
Pin Hole
Studio lighting
Other?
Compatible Supports-To what extent do you know how to: / Stretch and prepare a canvas
Stretch paper
Select other surfaces so that they are compatible with the media that is to be used
Other?
Graphics and Illustration / Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw etc
Other?
Fashion Design/ Printed Textiles / Embroidery- Hand/machine
Quilting
Batik
Tie Dye
Silk Painting
Weaving
Felt making
Knitting
3D Sculpture/design / Soft Sculpture-Textiles/Plastics/Foam
Carving-Wood/Stone/Soap/Chalk
Construction methods using-paper/Card/mod roc
Soldering-Wire/Metal
Use of traditional/non-traditional materials i.e. found materials
Other?
Ceramics / Hand built methods- Coiling, Modelling, slab. Wrap around etc.
Casting/use of moulds
Throwing
Firing-Electric, sawdust, gas
Colouration techniques- Dip glazes, under glazes, enamels, resist techniques, oxides etc.
Raku techniques
Paper Clay methods
Other?
Art History/Critical and contextual studies / Cave paintings / early images and artefacts
Architecture
Renaissance
Baroque & Rococo
Romanticism / Realism
Pre-Raphaelites
Impressionism / Post Impressionism
Fauvism
Cubism
Futurism
Dada
Surrealism
Expressionism
Pop Art
Op Art
Contemporary Art
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