I did art at GCSE. The grade isn't just based on the final piece(s), but also all the preparation and research work behind the piece.

Your overall grade also include a selection of your coursework from years 10 and 11, not just your exam work. Though of course each piece is also given it's own grade.

Just for some context.

What is GCSE?

Acrylics are for babies. Real men use oils.

End of high school exams (age 16) in the UK. Stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education or something like that.

@Ruiner 87 - I doubt many schools have oil paints for GCSE. I certainly didn't get to use them. They have a much steeper learning curve than acrylics, and I would have guessed they are more expensive as well. Plus, you can wash brushes in water with acrylic, whereas you need turps for oils - another reason for schools not to use them. Additionally, the long drying times for oils really would make them impractical

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I like the second one, the third one is awesome and I really...really dislike the first one. Mainly because I hate the peace symbol. Which is ironic. But if I look at the first one as in an artistic light it, like the second and third one is very well done.

Good job, Mike.

I'm cringing when I read these posts by people who are actually artists or understand art. To me it looks like they were done by a professional ffs. I can't even draw a stick well.

Im no artist but i'd say they would be atleast an A. Great paintings imo

I like the frog and the Ratchet & Clank painting. Good job!

Stupid that you got a C though

ha so true, how can you grade someones perception of art?
I remember my high school art teacher was so sweet and gullible, I would guilt trip her into giving A's by being hard on myself and my art saying "it's crap" or something...she would say "oh no it's beautiful, I love it! here's an A"
ha I know I was a bad boy

Back OT, you got some skills with the brush, I like them even though i'm not a fan of the subject matter. The frog is my fav as the first is too hippy for my tastes and i'm not a R&C fan...good stuff though

Because behind every good artwork there are good technical skills. You can grade technique. You can grade the process leading up to the creation of the artwork. Art is not hard to mark at all.

Yes but art is in the eyes of the beholder, you can't grade someone who uses unorthodox techniques to create their art that's unique to them. This reminds me of the artist who setup an area at his exhibit where he carefully placed empty beer bottles and other "trash" as a display then left for the night. A janitor came in and cleaned up the "mess" because he didn't see it as art, he saw it as a mess that someone made partying the night before

I have a friend who worked in a museum for a time; his job was to tape off the silhouettes of the exhibits, so the movers would know how to place them. One day he decided to place little cards next to each silhouette with his name on them. He said that people stopped walking through the tape, and started walking around it, and some even admiring it.

My friend was (is) an astounding professional portrait artist. His boss was none too happy about the stunt and told him she'd never let him get a showing there; he said, 'I already have". He could be a bit of a smart-aleck back then.

There is no one right way to do anything in art. Its the end result that matters, and it is entirely subjective. The only way for an art class to actually grade is on doing the assignments and effort.




The "peace" one is cliche.