Leaving Cert Art 2014

oswinoswald · 19-04-2014 10:35pm #1

I just made this to discuss the art exam. Mine is on the 8th and 9th of May. I'm doing the poster for my craft option, the theme is Vintage Emporium but I'm really lacking ideas right now. What are other people doing? I really need an A1 for this exam!

Jones82 · 21-04-2014 6:03pm

My only option is to do the modelling, but the themes are just horrible. Really struggling for ideas... What are you doing for the still life?

SuperRobotWars · 21-04-2014 6:32pm

Don't worry, coming up with the idea is the hardest part. I'm also doing the vintage emporium and its pretty tricky. If you're lacking ideas check out deviant art, its brilliant for finding art images. Or even just type into google "vintage posters".You can literally draw anything as the definition of "Vintage" is-the time that something of quality was built and "Emporium"- a large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.The examiners are pretty lenient when it comes to what you draw on the poster after all they are looking for the ART. The most important thing is to incorporate the lettering into the image don't just slap a few images and lettering onto the page the examiners want to see some thought behind the poster....

oswinoswald · 21-04-2014 6:41pm

SuperRobotWars wrote: »

Don't worry, coming up with the idea is the hardest part. I'm also doing the vintage emporium and its pretty tricky. If you're lacking ideas check out deviant art, its brilliant for finding art images. Or even just type into google "vintage posters".You can literally draw anything as the definition of "Vintage" is-the time that something of quality was built and "Emporium"- a large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.The examiners are pretty lenient when it comes to what you draw on the poster after all they are looking for the ART. The most important thing is to incorporate the lettering into the image don't just slap a few images and lettering onto the page the examiners want to see some thought behind the poster....

I have a couple of ideas, shant go in to much deyail on here, but one is more 1920s/French themed and the other is more 60s. I managed an A1 for my poster in the mocks but now I'm totally stressed out because it's real!! What kind of lettering do you recommend? I used a really simple one for the mocks because it was effective.

oswinoswald · 21-04-2014 6:45pm

Jones82 wrote: »

My only option is to do the modelling, but the themes are just horrible. Really struggling for ideas... What are you doing for the still life?

I think I will do passage C and colour it using Derwent watercolour pencils because they are easy and look like paint. How about you?

SuperRobotWars · 21-04-2014 6:51pm

Honestly stress is good, I know that's weird to say but I would be worried if you said you weren't stressed at all

. 1920s or 60s theme is what I would say a lot of people are doing as its the first thing you should think of when you hear "vintage". I suggest checking out different styles of calligraphy just do a quick google search but as you said you did plain lettering and got an A1 so "if it ain't broke don't fix it" as they say. What I mean is if it fits the poster then by all means use it but don't make it complicated and intricate just for the sake of it! You only have 5 hours in the exam and the examiner know this so focus on the main images in your poster.

Peregrine · 21-04-2014 7:21pm

The only Design that I think I can do is a CD cover for "Dreamer's Garden" in Adv Design.

But I have no idea where to start!

oswinoswald · 21-04-2014 8:00pm

SuperRobotWars wrote: »

Honestly stress is good, I know that's weird to say but I would be worried if you said you weren't stressed at all . 1920s or 60s theme is what I would say a lot of people are doing as its the first thing you should think of when you hear "vintage". I suggest checking out different styles of calligraphy just do a quick google search but as you said you did plain lettering and got an A1 so "if it ain't broke don't fix it" as they say. What I mean is if it fits the poster then by all means use it but don't make it complicated and intricate just for the sake of it! You only have 5 hours in the exam and the examiner know this so focus on the main images in your poster.

Tbh I usually just go on Microsoft word and print out lettering from that, I like Bauhaus 93 and I have done a few of these 'gatsby-like' fonts before I know people usually think of the 20s and 60s but I'm thinking of going down a more bric-a-brac route rather than fashion.

Oh yes, you know the sheet one brings into the exam with them(can't remember what it's called) for example, if I'm including an item in my finished poster, can I glue a photograph of it to the sheet I bring in with me? Or do I have to modify it?

oncex · 22-04-2014 12:22pm

Are most people doing poster? Not enjoying this prep sheet!!

oswinoswald · 22-04-2014 2:22pm

oncex wrote: »

Are most people doing poster? Not enjoying this prep sheet!!

I don't think so, because in my school 2 of us are doing a poster and the rest are either doing fabric printing or pottery. And I am not enjoying the prep sheet one bit either!

SaoirseDuggan · 22-04-2014 3:43pm

Hey, a REALLY great website for fonts is "dafont.com" you just download the font onto your laptop, all the different fonts are categorised its so helpful! I got my font from here and I'm doing vintage emporium!

oncex · 22-04-2014 4:07pm

oswinoswald wrote: »

I don't think so, because in my school 2 of us are doing a poster and the rest are either doing fabric printing or pottery. And I am not enjoying the prep sheet one bit either!

I'm not either i'm doing pottery also. Strange themes. Does anyone have any idea where I can find sample prep sheets? There are some on google but they seem relatively ordinary/JC level. I know they're not technically worth anything but its nice to make a good impression.

oswinoswald · 22-04-2014 4:07pm

SaoirseDuggan wrote: »

Hey, a REALLY great website for fonts is "dafont.com" you just download the font onto your laptop, all the different fonts are categorised its so helpful! I got my font from here and I'm doing vintage emporium!

I just checked it out, it looks great!! I will have a proper look tonight. Thankss

peekachoo · 22-04-2014 6:51pm

Im the only one in my year doing a poster so I guess not? Idk :pac:

oncex · 22-04-2014 8:03pm

peekachoo wrote: »

Im the only one in my year doing a poster so I guess not? Idk :pac:

Everyone I know is... and I mean everyone. Which title are you picking peekachoo? Tattoo one is a dream!!

also the chief examiners report is here...
http://examinations.ie/archive/examiners_reports/Chief_Examiners_Report_Art_2013.pdf

andreww96 · 22-04-2014 9:05pm

no idea what to do for the poster?

peekachoo · 22-04-2014 10:29pm

oncex wrote: »

Everyone I know is... and I mean everyone. Which title are you picking peekachoo? Tattoo one is a dream!!

also the chief examiners report is here...
http://examinations.ie/archive/examiners_reports/Chief_Examiners_Report_Art_2013.pdf

Yeah I'm doing the tattoo one.
I was worried about it being such a widespread theme and craft but I think I have an edge being the only one in my school doing a poster (they're corrected in the school aren't they?)
I'm actually delighted with it, I have my prep sheet done and my teacher and an external teacher have seen my mock poster and love it so fingers crossed it at least goes better than last year

how about you?

EeEn · 23-04-2014 12:44pm

I'm doing The Vintage Emporium as a poster and have lots of ideas but finding it hard to convert into a good poster. Tried thinking of things like vintage shops being a door to the past, looking back in time (clocks, mirrors..) etc but the best image i can come up with is an old fashioned shop front.. Is this too basic for HL?!

oswinoswald · 23-04-2014 1:49pm

EeEn wrote: »

I'm doing The Vintage Emporium as a poster and have lots of ideas but finding it hard to convert into a good poster. Tried thinking of things like vintage shops being a door to the past, looking back in time (clocks, mirrors..) etc but the best image i can come up with is an old fashioned shop front.. Is this too basic for HL?!

I don't think anything is too basic as long as it is creative and technically good, and that it is effective, IMO

LC_artist · 26-04-2014 1:25am

Anyone doing puppetry??

LeeSilver · 28-04-2014 12:54am

Hi, im doing puppetry and I was wondering how much of the body can you make before the exam? Im doing "a creature of the night" btw

oswinoswald · 28-04-2014 11:17pm

Hey guys, what are you putting on your prep sheets? What is the photograph to your own artwork ratio? I know it isn't marked but I want to be sure.

oswinoswald · 28-04-2014 11:18pm

LeeSilver wrote: »

Hi, im doing puppetry and I was wondering how much of the body can you make before the exam? Im doing "a creature of the night" btw

You make the whole puppet, and the clothes. In the exam you paint the puppet or whatever, and you dress it

peekachoo · 28-04-2014 11:35pm

oswinoswald wrote: »

Hey guys, what are you putting on your prep sheets? What is the photograph to your own artwork ratio? I know it isn't marked but I want to be sure.

Anything that can inspire you thats related to the theme!

Second question, my teacher says 5 of your own to 5 photos.
the teacher in the other school says 90% is your own work.
I have no idea :P
my prep sheet has 6 paintings I did, 2 photos and 3 different samples of text I did out (poster)
If that helps :pac:

oncex · 29-04-2014 7:28pm

peekachoo wrote: »

Anything that can inspire you thats related to the theme!

Second question, my teacher says 5 of your own to 5 photos.
the teacher in the other school says 90% is your own work.
I have no idea :P
my prep sheet has 6 paintings I did, 2 photos and 3 different samples of text I did out (poster)
If that helps :pac:

question.. are these images printed from the internet or magazines or what?

peekachoo · 29-04-2014 7:31pm

oncex wrote: »

question.. are these images printed from the internet or magazines or what?

As far as I know they can be from anywhere?

oncex · 29-04-2014 10:52pm

peekachoo wrote: »

As far as I know they can be from anywhere?

Ya im undecided as to if internet ones look lazy? I dunno

peekachoo · 29-04-2014 11:05pm

oncex wrote: »

Ya im undecided as to if internet ones look lazy? I dunno

Nah mine are from the internet!

oncex · 30-04-2014 9:46pm

Had my craft exam today. Did the "chaos" option.. and tbh thats the way it ended up. Not sure if I was happy with it or not. i suppose we'll see for sure once i paint it.

oswinoswald · 30-04-2014 9:54pm

when you bring your lettering into the exam with you, does it have to be the entire alphabet or can it just be 'The Vintage Emporium' typed out? or is there no rule relating to this?

Peregrine · 03-05-2014 10:41pm

Wait, I thought the prep sheet was supposed to be completely your work :eek: My teacher said I can only put down my sketches..

Is anyone here doing Still Life? If yes, are you drawing anything other than food? Almost every object I found in the passages is food..

peekachoo · 03-05-2014 11:34pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Wait, I thought the prep sheet was supposed to be completely your work :eek: My teacher said I can only put down my sketches..

Is anyone here doing Still Life? If yes, are you drawing anything other than food? Almost every object I found in the passages is food..

Im doing the breakfast one!
I do b&w with charcoal but someone said the other day that you lose marks if its not in colour, is that true???

oswinoswald · 04-05-2014 9:14am

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Wait, I thought the prep sheet was supposed to be completely your work :eek: My teacher said I can only put down my sketches..

Is anyone here doing Still Life? If yes, are you drawing anything other than food? Almost every object I found in the passages is food..

Doing passage D. Yes, I am mainly using food...

DOES ANYONE know about photocopying during the craft exam? Are you allowed to use a photocopier to make lettering/pictures from your prep sheet bigger?? my teacher said its fine but sounds dodgy to me.

oncex · 04-05-2014 3:24pm

peekachoo wrote: »

Im doing the breakfast one!
I do b&w with charcoal but someone said the other day that you lose marks if its not in colour, is that true???

No i think theyre just trying to commend those who work with something other than the norm i.e pencil. Yours is perfect with charcoal; it is something different. My teacher said that paint/watercolour/any other media than pencil just usually gets more marks, as we are all more acquainted with pencil than others. He only allows the very talented to work with pencil.

Peregrine · 04-05-2014 4:38pm

How many objects are yous drawing? Is 3 enough?

peekachoo wrote: »

Im doing the breakfast one!
I do b&w with charcoal but someone said the other day that you lose marks if its not in colour, is that true???

Is that B?

I don't think that's true.

I'm thinking of doing it in pencil some streaks of coloured pencil.

oswinoswald wrote: »

Doing passage D. Yes, I am mainly using food...

Same.

The only problem is..I keep eating the food :pac:

peekachoo · 04-05-2014 5:11pm

Oh ok thanks guys, phew!

I might try doing one object in colour, a 5th year did it the other day and it looked pretty cool.

I think it's B nim!
Aaam I have 8 objects actually which seems like LOADS, but like some of them are tiny (a spoon, an egg) so it's not something I'd be worried about tbh regarding time and that!

DarlingLouLou · 04-05-2014 9:42pm

Hey does anyone know how much of the body I can have assembled for the puppetry choice before I go in? I have the hands, attached to the sticks along with he shoulder area. Im just wondering is it okay to attach the head or does that have to be done in the exam?

peekachoo · 05-05-2014 1:02pm

I genuinely had a nightmare about the practical last night! Couldn't find one of my still life items and I was 20 mins late starting!! :pac:

Peregrine · 05-05-2014 1:08pm

You know in Passage E where it says "chilled apples"?

Can I just draw apples?

peekachoo wrote: »

I genuinely had a nightmare about the practical last night! Couldn't find one of my still life items and I was 20 mins late starting!! :pac:

I'm sure it won't make too much of a difference if you draw seven objects

This is a serious problem now..I'm out of things to draw.

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

The only problem is..I keep eating the food :pac:

oswinoswald · 05-05-2014 2:48pm

PLEASE... SOMEBODY!!! Is photocopying allowed during the exam???? We have one in the art room and the teacher says that we can use it but she's not great, so I don't want to arrive at the exam and be told that I can't photocopy Images from my prep sheet. Thanks

peekachoo · 05-05-2014 2:48pm

oswinoswald wrote: »

PLEASE... SOMEBODY!!! Is photocopying allowed during the exam???? We have one in the art room and the teacher says that we can use it but she's not great, so I don't want to arrive at the exam and be told that I can't photocopy Images from my prep sheet. Thanks

Why don't you do it before the exam?
What craft?

oswinoswald · 05-05-2014 2:50pm

peekachoo wrote: »

Why don't you do it before the exam?
What craft?

Poster... Are you allowed to do it before the exam? Say if I want to enlarge something that is on my prep sheet

peekachoo · 05-05-2014 2:58pm

oswinoswald wrote: »

Poster... Are you allowed to do it before the exam? Say if I want to enlarge something that is on my prep sheet

Liiike you have a drawing from the prep sheet or font or?
If its font I think you can have the stencil premade but copying and enlarging an image to put directly onto a poster sounds dodgy to me tbh?

oswinoswald · 05-05-2014 3:08pm

peekachoo wrote: »

Liiike you have a drawing from the prep sheet or font or?
If its font I think you can have the stencil premade but copying and enlarging an image to put directly onto a poster sounds dodgy to me tbh?

So I can bring my font stencil into the exam with me. There are drawings on my prep sheet that I want to use elements of in my poster.... but I had to minimise them in order to fit them on my prep sheet. That's why I need the photocopier... I emailed the department, but its a bank holiday so...

peekachoo · 05-05-2014 3:28pm

I could be wrong but you'll probably just have to draw them.

oswinoswald · 05-05-2014 3:30pm

peekachoo wrote: »

I could be wrong but you'll probably just have to draw them.

Thanks anyway!! This is v. Annoying.

LeeSilver · 05-05-2014 10:16pm

i was wondering how many designs should be on the preliminary/design sheet for a puppet? also should the final design your making be bigger then the rest or does it not matter?

oncex · 07-05-2014 7:25pm

OH MAAAN... i had life drawing today. That 2nd pose though!! WHO THOUGHT OF THAT... the poor model had to stop numerous times for breaks as her arms couldnt take it... crazy pose.:mad:

peekachoo · 07-05-2014 7:29pm

I've only practiced both poses once. Fűck

oncex · 07-05-2014 8:33pm

peekachoo wrote: »

I've only practiced both poses once. Fűck

The 15 min is fine. That 30 min though

its just the elbows are so hard to perfect. What medium is everyone using? I used charcoal and graphite

peekachoo · 07-05-2014 9:08pm

Same here!
I actually like the 30 min pose.

I do it from a 3/4 view and everything falls at a really nice angle luckily

Leaving Cert Art 2014

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