Personal response: finishing an artwork

Art and design

Identifying starting points

Resourcing ideas through personal reflections, narratives and objects

Effective annotation: different ways to present ideas

Analysing the work of artists and designers: materials and techniques

The work of artists and designers: elements of art

The work of artists and designers: principles of art

Connecting and combining: trials and experiments with materials

First-hand primary resourcing

Photographing for resources: what makes a good photograph

Personal response: appropriate resources and creating artwork

Creating a surface, armature, background: preparing your personal response

Personal response: layers and processes in different endorsements

Personal response: how to judge quality and refining work

Presenting a portfolio: creating pages of documentation

Curating the artwork: selecting and arranging key pieces

Evaluate the use of materials and techniques

Self assessment techniques: evaluating your own work

This is an independent, pupil-led unit where pupils develop their own creative process. Having learned the key components of shaping an artistic voice, they will now make choices about themes, techniques, and processes, articulating and evaluating their artistic journey.

First sustained project: working from a theme

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Use of equipment that may require supervision for safety, e.g. scissors in KS1, needles, paint, knives, cooking.

The reason or purpose behind your creative choices

Which of these best describes the word intention in art?

Their ideas developed as they experimented with materials

Artists often develop new ideas in their work while creating it. Why might this happen?

True or False: A personal response in art always needs to be obvious and clear to everyone who sees it.

True or False: Technical skills in art can include shading, mark-making, and using different tools effectively.

How an artist reacts to an idea, theme, or work

Match words to answer choices related to art

Which of these is an example of a theme an artist might explore?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Personal response: finishing an artwork

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.