A* A-Level art sketchbook tour.

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The charcoal artist I didn't read the name of was Agnes Grochulska!!
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[@andreapavlova9265]

Girl, that was an amazing art journey. This gives me inspiration for my final project in yr13 with some similar themes. This deserves more than an A* 😭💖

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you so so much!!!

[@r4h4al]

You can't get more than an A*!

[@sexyrat8693]

Your sketchbooks are insaneeee, love them sm and I love to see your photography work aswell

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you so much!! I’ll definitely film a flip through of it soon, I’m trying to figure out how to though as the sketchbooks are A3 and I’m not sure I’ll fit in frame lol

[@paulwoodford1984]

i wish they would just let students do what projects they wanted. A lot of this would bore me to tears

[@almanasheck]

This is so amazing! I hope to see a lot more of your art. Please, post more; it is breathtaking

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you!! I’m in the process of making a video now 🥰

[@habibulbashar6313]

Wow ! this video is generating new new ideas for me ! Great Artwork !!!!

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

Thank you for this. It was quite informative. I really dislike what GCSE and 'A' level art have become, and your sketchbook is good evidence for my views here. You're too young to know this, but decades ago art was a chance for the less literate / numerate kids to shine - those that had some talent or inclination (or both) towards art(y) subjects. What I regard as your hugely over-annotated sketchbook is almost certainly going to be something that would put off "less academic" kids, who otherwise may have found a 'voice' i.e. a means of expression, in drawing and painting etc. I'm labouring the point. Perhaps the pendulum will swing back, in time.

[@dodo2944]

i completely agree! i’m currently taking a level art and it’s honestly insane the amount of writing they expect you to do. I love writing so i don’t mind it as much, but i hate the fact that a subject that’s meant to be about expression through physicality, not writing, is so based around writing. it’s exhausting the amount of both artwork and annotation a level art expects you to do now.

[@sukuwaa6580]

the whole time u flipped through my mind was blown.

[@fionasimagination]

Very inspiring!❤ Makes me miss school even more😆

[@crashmlt3286]

Beautiful. Every page!

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you so much!!

[@aurorejane]

Wow wow wow

[@_.montgoma._9312]

Wow!! What an incredible book! I'm blown away by all of the hard work and thought put into it! I'm only in year 10 doing GCSE art ( thinking of doing A level fine art as that's what my future college has), how would you say balancing with your other subjects been like??

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you so much!! I would say I struggled less than the others in my class with balancing the workload with my other subjects but only because I did two coursework subjects (art and photography). Because I only had one exam based subject (RS), I found I could give the majority of my time to art and photography and then focus all my energy on RS if I had an exam. For me this worked pretty well and it also helps that your coursework gets handed in before year 13 exams start. This kind of allows you to spend all your time doing art up until the due date and then put your attention solely on your exam based subjects. Everyone else in my class had two exam based subjects alongside art (and all three of them also got an A*) and I would say they managed it fine, it was all about the balance and prioritising the best times to work on each subject. I would say though that we were all able to do more work than most because of lockdown - basically we had nothing better to do!! I would definitely say do the A Level though because it's so worth it, and even if you then don't go into an art based career, you will always have a high artistic skill and something to show off in the future!!

[@_.montgoma._9312]

@@izzybrooky So much helpful detail thank you!!! I will most likely do fine art as graphics is fairly more advertise geared.

[@c4tastr0phic76]

@@_.montgoma._9312 Hi! i took art a level and am currently in y12! i take 2 exam based subjects as well as art and honestly it is wonderful. you go so in depth and its not taking up my whole life. i would really reccomend. as long as you know how long you need for things, and you plan your time accordingly, you will be perfectly fine! obviously i have no idea about y13 as ive not started yet, but id say so far its amazing :) make sure you pick things you know you will love to use as a subject, (e.g if you get the choice to paint something, dont choose something you know will get monotonous for you. pick something you think will interest you or you think you will learn from it!) i hope it helps to have another voice on this :)

[@evan50748]

I also looked at de Vinci and Juliette Clovis for A-level art I love the studies you did.

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you!!

[@r4h4al]

So amazing! Grochulksa was the name at 19:40. All good! But I liked Lamborough the most. His work is so striking.

[@Belindamarialongsden]

Beautiful sketchbook

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you!!

[@aurorejane]

It’s amazing!!!

[@izzybrooky]

Thank youu!!

[@agustinaabolio8414]

This is Aaaamazing! Thank you really much for sharing. Im an art teacher from Neuquen, Argentina. Im sure my students will be really inspired by you! ❤

[@itsfunnehfan4059]

Omg that’s really good. I know I’m definitely failing …

[@gstar9109]

AMAZING! Wish I could do something like this but my art teacher has a bit of a structure she would like us to follow at the beginning of our sketchbooks D:

[@izzybrooky]

Ah that’s so annoying! Maybe you could do some extra bits that look similar?

[@gstar9109]

@@izzybrooky possibly but i have been able to come up with my own stuff thanks to watching videos like this! ty ! ❤️‍🩹

[@vector5g143]

such an amazing work keep going please

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you so much! I’m in the process of making a new video now!!

[@rinnniiiii]

These are so beautiful!!! 😭 I'm hopefully starting a level art next year but my school recommends we do four subjects for our first year and three for our second. The workload for art seems huge and seeing as one of my subjects didn't work out I was wondering how you found the work load and whether you would recommend just doing the three. I want to do Spanish and History alongside art and my forth subject would be religious studies instead of geography which I wanted to do instead of it. I've been on the fence about it so it would be great to get the POV of an a level artist!

[@izzybrooky]

I’m very sorry for the late reply! I also started doing 4 subjects but dropped down the 3. Art does have an incredible high workload because a large portion of the grade comes from your coursework. That being said you will finish it earlier than your other subjects and once it’s all handed in you can really focus on your other two and their exams. Honestly I just loved the course so much that I want everyone to do it and I do feel like I found the load manageable but I was lucky that I only had one written subject so I could spend all my frees and studies doing art/photography. I honestly think if you love everything about art - painting it, drawing it, writing about it - then you’ll be absolutely fine because it’s enjoyable work! I also think you realise quite quickly how much work you have to do so if it seems like it’ll be too much then you could drop it. For reference I sat down on my first day and was asked to have the first page done by the next week and from then on I worked at a page a week which was manageable for me but won’t be for some. I hope you figure it out!! 🥰

[@rinnniiiii]

@@izzybrooky Thanks for the advice! I do really love art and seeing as we do AS levels at my school I will probably drop one of my written subjects after that. I found having art finished sooner at GCSE very useful during exams so that's always a bonus. I guess we'll see how I get on in September ✨ Thanks for the advice

[@Lucyskywd]

Hi, amazing work it’s incredible! Makes me wanna do one for casual research even if I don’t study ! I blown away 🤩 How did you do the backgrounds ? Before or after the drawing/writing ? I’m so impress it’s looking so cohesive and natural 😍

[@izzybrooky]

I definitely recommend doing it even if you’re not studying, it’s what I’m doing at the moment and I love it! Im posting a video soon of my process when I’m not doing it for school (but also how it could be interpreted for those who are still in school). For the backgrounds, if it’s a block colour that goes over the entire two pages I would always do that before any art or writing but if it’s just a bit of quink around some drawings or something like that I’d do it after the art and before the writing. The writing is always my final stage unless I end up with extra space and decide to add more art. 🤍

[@Lucyskywd]

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[@carmelamarchese507]

Wow this is amazing! I’m in my senior year of high school. We are doing our portfolio for college and it is not nearly as much work as this but my classmates still find it is. Props to you for sticking till the end.

[@izzybrooky]

Thank you!

[@carmelamarchese507]

@@izzybrookyby any chance do you remember where you got the accordion sketchbook that was used for art history?

[@christopherdewar5652]

Hi there love all of it ,just wondering if would you recommend typing and printing notes instead of righting them because my handwriting is pretty bad. as I have just started my first year of a level

[@izzybrooky]

Personally, I prefer how hand writing looks more than if you stick the text in and I don't think having bad handwriting would ruin the page as your main focus will be on the art. Also if your constantly writing you might start to see it improve as you do it more (if you're trying to neaten it). However, you won't be gaining any marks from handwriting and if you feel more comfortable/find it easier to type and stick the pieces in, it really wouldn't make a difference. So I would say it's totally up to you and very based on personal opinion :)

[@sachinghimire8117]

I have a question to ask you. I submitted my A level arts and design coursework in A3 size does smaller size than A2 will hamper my result or get failed?

[@indialetizia1166]

Hiiii i wanted to ask you, how many pages do you think should a sketchbook be? I'm kind of stressing out because I think I don't have enough 😅

[@izzybrooky]

I honestly don’t know I’m afraid. I think it depends on what your course specifications are. I can say that reading through the course specs and then making sure you’ve done all it says (a lot) really helps. For me I just kept working until I had no more time and tried to do as much as possible. The best advice I can give is to just keep working at it and trying to produce as much quality content as possible!!

[@littlemiseryguts]

This is so interesting! It's been more than 10 years since I did A level art, but I think I would have got a better grade if my sketchbooks had looked like yours! 😂 Where you've stuck in objects and samples, was that a pain when working on the other side of the page?

[@izzybrooky]

It depends what the samples were. A lot of the time I would wait and stick them in when I’d finished the book so I didn’t have any annoying lumps. But honestly, the majority of the time I didn’t really notice them and having a ring bound sketchbook helped.

[@bethany4881]

Which exam board did you do?

[@soizioizios]

what is the reference of this incredible first book and the third, pls ?? where I can buy it ?

[@izzybrooky]

I’m not 100% sure what you mean by reference but if you mean projects I did botany, portraiture and beauty and it’s contrasts

[@fraudfreud]

can you publish the photography work?

[@Saira_ali]

its more of therapy video than a sketchbook tour

[@izzybrooky]

This makes me so happy 🥰

[@magpie3974]

what exam board did you do? you wrote such an insane amount

[@izzybrooky]

I think it was WJEC. And honestly a lot of the times I’d write more so I didn’t have to do a load more art lol

[@ppnop8591]

How did u do like the background

[@izzybrooky]

It varied. Mostly I would use an old credit card and swipe a thin layer of white acrylic paint over the pages (leaving gaps) and when that had dried I’d use a cloth and rub a thin layer of a coloured acrylic over the top.

[@ppnop8591]

@@izzybrooky Nice btw ur sketch book is lit 🔥

[@ppnop8591]

@@izzybrooky hollup will water and paint work like yk dip the paint using a brush in the water and spilling all the water in the paper little by little

[@JoeyPerezthethird]

What does A level mean? Like your grade?🤔

[@izzybrooky]

A levels are advanced qualifications that most people study over two years and then get examined on at 18

[@awesomesauce-v7q]

What exam board

[@Chris_CO]

Yoyoyo miss, help me with my art gcse, I’m doing so bad rn

[@ArtTheoriez]

Hello, I am making a series of KZbin video's about how to get into art school, I really like your idea's and process pages! would you mind if I screenshot them and use them as a reference? I will credit you of course!

[@Jakescakes123]

Is it 100% necessary to add such a substantial amount of analysis to get high marks , especially or EACH page ..... The analysis is one of my weak points .

[@AgentDash00]

I think it depends on each exam board. I am doing AQA Art A-Level and my teacher said that we only need minimal writing, as long as it is to the point and helps explain the art etc. Hope this helps 👍