TASC Visual Art Level 3 case studies
TASC Visual Art Level 3 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The TASC Visual Art Level 3 credential is a secondary-school-completion pathway for learners who want their visual art learning recognised alongside, or instead of, a conventional diploma route. It suits candidates who have built practical studio skills - drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, digital work - and who can also talk and write about art with evidence. The TASC Visual Art Level 3 case studies are 5 cases and about 2,343 words.
1The Overcrowded Gallery Wall
A Level 3 student must hang five works for an end-of-year show on a gallery wall measuring 4.2 m wide and 2.6 m high. The works are: a 90 cm × 120 cm charcoal drawing, a 60 cm × 60 cm oil painting, two A2 prints (42 cm × 59.4 cm each), and a small 20 cm × 25 cm mixed-media piece.
513 words, about 3 min2Glaze Results That Do Not Match the Test Tile
A ceramics student applies a commercial brush-on glaze to six identical stoneware test tiles and fires them to cone 6 in the school kiln. The tiles come out as expected: a satin teal with fine speckling.
467 words, about 2 min3Attributing a Portrait Without a Signature
A museum education team is preparing a label for an unsigned 17th-century oil portrait of a woman in dark clothing with a plain white collar, holding a letter. The painting is catalogued as 'Circle of a Dutch master, c.
462 words, about 2 min4Reading a Poster That Fails Its Brief
A student designs an A3 poster for a school concert. Requirements: the event name must be legible from 3 m, the date and venue must be clear, and the design should feel energetic.
459 words, about 2 min5Choosing a Medium Under a Deadline
A student has 90 minutes in a supervised exam to produce one sustained observational study of a crumpled fabric still life lit by a single hard lamp. Available media: soft graphite, compressed charcoal, fine-liner pen, and watercolour.
442 words, about 2 min