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A1 in Art?!

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  • 01-10-2010 7:55pm
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    MrsDoyle.
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭


    Hello! Just wondering.....is it possible to get an A1 in art, without been a living-day Van Gough!? It seems impossible! Any advice on what to study or work on? Writing techniques for discussing art..? Etc.etc..

    Thanks homies :)
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    dambarude
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭dambarude


    Well roughly one in a hundred got an A1 (1.4%) at higher level in 2010. So compared to other subjects A1s are extremely difficult to obtain. I didn't do Art so I know nothing about it, but everybody always said that A1s in it are virtually unheard of.


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    PCPhoto
    Registered Users Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    art also involves art history ....so talent alone wont get you a good grade.


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    Lawliet
    Registered Users Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭Lawliet


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    art also involves art history ....so talent alone wont get you a good grade.
    It's the history that's often people's downfall, I've seen some amazing artists, people with talent oozing out their pores, who got low Bs because they didn't work on the history enough.

    So basically just don't leave the history by the way side, it's a horrible part of the course but if you know your stuff, have some good sketches, and put your own spin on things (i.e. talk about your opinions on the work, and your feelings towards it as opposed to just parroting off huge sections from the book -they love all that) you can pick up some easy marks there.


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    bonnieprince
    Registered Users Posts: 567 ✭✭✭bonnieprince


    the sister got one 3yrs ago in the lc. damn brainbox :p


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    EuropeanSon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭EuropeanSon


    My cousin got an A1 in Art, but she's awesome. Wouldn't say she's Van Gogh though. She wasn't a 600 point student either, she got somewhere in the mid 400s.


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    whelpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭whelpy


    Ha, haven't seen this forum in a while i remember asking that question myself on this and got a b1.
    Sure i would have loved an a but it was still a handy pocket of points to get into college.


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    Overature
    Registered Users Posts: 908 ✭✭✭Overature


    Well lets just say there is an art to it, ok


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    unknown13
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    PCPhoto wrote: »
    art also involves art history ....so talent alone wont get you a good grade.

    This. You maybe excellant at Art but if you concentrate on the drawing part you will come off bad grade wise. You have to find the balance. Is it impossible? No.


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