Scholarship Painting

Format of the Assessment 

Candidates are to produce a portfolio and workbook extracts for assessment.
The portfolio can be EITHER a three-panel portfolio (folio board) OR a moving image portfolio, representing the requirements of the standard.
The workbook and the submitted portfolio must be prepared together, in parallel, in the same year.
Workbook material must be submitted in an A3 clearfile folder and is limited to 8 single sided A3 pages plus ONE title page.  

Outcome Description

The student will use knowledge of painting to produce an original body of work.

Scholarship Performance Descriptor

The student will demonstrate aspects of high level:

• Analysis and critical thinking.
• Integration, synthesis, and application of highly developed knowledge, skills, and understanding to complex situations.
• Logical development, precision and clarity of ideas.

 
Candidates who were awarded Scholarship commonly:

• Documented painting approaches in the workbook that informed the proposition development and allowed new contexts or avenues for investigation. 
• Used small developmental series to allow for deeper and often further options with an economy of speed, effectively communicating resolution and expansion of visual ideas. 
• Considered and reflected upon a folio layout process where unexpected outcomes were able to be acted upon and integrated into ongoing developmental phases and the more finished folio work. 
• Evidenced understanding of contemporary painting practice gained through exhibitions, studio context, or online curated digital experiences, creating rich primary learning opportunities.