Assessment and exam practice.

Try this with Visual Arts

1. Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
2. Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
3. Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.

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Practice paper focus areas

• Exam 1 — elements of art in a ceramic installation; principles in a relief print; compare and contrast: home and memory
• Exam 2 — colour and line in an abstract painting; balance and emphasis in a photograph; compare and contrast: place
• Exam 3 — texture and form in a fibre sculpture; repetition and contrast in a digital print; compare and contrast: consumer society
• Exam 4 — value and space in a monochrome drawing; unity and variety in an installation; compare and contrast: self and identity
• Exam 5 — shape and colour in a poster design; movement and proportion in a sculpture; compare and contrast: power and persuasion
• Exam 6 — line and texture in a printmaking work; hierarchy and scale in a painting; compare and contrast: ceremony and ritual
• Exam 7 — form and space in a land artwork; contrast and balance in a photograph; compare and contrast: human interaction and the environment
• Exam 8 — colour and value in a portrait; emphasis and movement in a time-based work; compare and contrast: stereotypes
• Exam 9 — texture and shape in a mixed-media collage; repetition and unity in a quilt; compare and contrast: narratives
• Exam 10 — line and space in an architectural drawing; proportion and scale in a public sculpture; compare and contrast: the Bauhaus legacy
• Exam 11 — colour and form in glass sculpture; pattern and contrast in a textile; compare and contrast: spiritual identity
• Exam 12 — value and texture in a charcoal drawing; balance and hierarchy in a group portrait; compare and contrast: war and memory
• Exam 13 — shape and space in a cut-paper work; emphasis and contrast in a street poster; compare and contrast: freedom of speech
• Exam 14 — line and movement in a calligraphic work; unity and variety in an Asian-influenced ceramic set; compare and contrast: duality
• Exam 15 — colour and light in a digital artwork; scale and proportion in a hybrid sculpture; compare and contrast: the art and science nexus
• Exam 16 — form and texture in a figurative ceramic; repetition and rhythm in a photographic grid; compare and contrast: gender
• Exam 17 — colour and shape in a hard-edge abstraction; balance and movement in a mobile; compare and contrast: abstraction
• Exam 18 — value and space in a photograph; emphasis and proportion in a mural; compare and contrast: community
• Exam 19 — line and form in a wire sculpture; contrast and unity in a painted still life; compare and contrast: globalisation
• Exam 20 — texture and colour in an encaustic painting; pattern and hierarchy in a digital collage; compare and contrast: mental health and wellbeing