Artist Scout Interest Badge

Badge requirements

Artist

1. Submit at least 3 works done by yourself in your chosen medium or media.
2. Have a working knowledge of the equipment and media that you used in creating your work.
3. Demonstrate by practical example:
   1. Perspective.
   2. Colour Sense.
   3. Proportion.
   4. Balance.
   5. Shadow and highlight.
   6. Tonal changes to enhance perspective.
4. Using pencil and paper, produce on the spot a recognisable and artistic sketch of two of the following:
   1. Caricature of the examiner.
   2. Still-life from within the room.
   3. The view from the window.
   4. A common object (bookcase, ashtray etc).
   5. Traditional African Art.
   6. Produce a piece of art using digital media.
5. Do A. B. or C.
   • A. Discuss a well-known artist using at least 3 of the following topics:
   1. Life and background.
   2. Style and works.
   3. Media used.
   4. Message.
   5. Colour and tone.
   6. Favourite subjects.
      OR
   • B. Recognise and describe at least 4 styles of work of artist in the following historical groupings:
   1. Ancient Greece.
   2. Up to the 17th Century.
   3. 17th to 19th Century.
   4. 20th Century.
      OR
   • C. Discuss with the examiner at least four art related topics such as classicism, impressionism, cubism, and modernism.

Requirements in PDF

• Artist (PDF)

See also

• Scout Interest Badges
• Craftsman Interest Badge
• Designer Interest Badge