Ds has adhd, asd (demand avoidance). He is doing AQA art gcse.
So the art exam ‘brief’ is self portraits and identity. Teacher has said they need to take photographs of themselves to use in the 5 hour art exam. Ds is incredibly anxious about this, he is really self conscious. I spoke to teacher over the phone, she said most students are very reluctant to take and use photos of themselves but that it would be fine to obscure face behind hands/mask or similar. Ds has tried but cannot take a photo that he is happy with and is massively stressed out about it. The exam is looming and he has no photos.
I’m thinking that the exam board surely cannot be specifically requiring that all students take photos of themselves? And is there not more to the brief than ‘self portraits identity’ that they’ve been given? If I can find out what the brief actually is then I could spend some time with ds figuring out a way he can meet that brief without it causing him massive anxiety. (Ironic as drawing has always been a way for him to calm himself up until now!)