Identifying starting points

Art and design

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

Personal response: finishing an artwork

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

What is the purpose of a mind map in art?

refer to initial ideas, observations and studies

Choose a theme that you have seen many times before

select a theme which you are able to explore first-hand

Which of the following are key elements to generating a theme.

labelling things, e.g. pencil shaded 'dragon fruit'

Which of the following is not an example of using annotation effectively?

sketching, experimenting and developing ideas

Which of the following are examples of cultural context?

considering what the artist was trying to communicate

examining the brush strokes and colour palette used

choosing which art materials to use in your own work

Which of the following statements is not an example of critical thinking in art?

What does process mean in the context of art?

Which of the following is not a primary source?

Starter Quiz