The role of a sketchbook in developing your 3D practice
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create an exploratory sketchbook that reflects my artistic voice
Key learning points
- A sketchbook is a space to think, plan, collect, and test ideas.
- Sketchbooks show how your ideas grow through notes, samples, and drawings.
- Experimental sketchbooks help you take creative risks and reflect.
Keywords
Sketchbook - a tool for artists to experiment, record ideas and develop their creative process
Creative journey - a creative journey is the ongoing process of exploring, developing, and expressing ideas
Common misconception
Sketchbooks have a set format, and must be presented in the 'right' way.
Sketchbooks are a personal record of your own creative journey, but in the GCSE course they also allow you to gain marks, so sometimes we recommend working in a certain way to help you achieve.
Teacher tip
This lesson would work well combined with a walk or homework that involves bringing in items for the 'sources'. You could also use a big box of bits from around the department.
Equipment
Visual sources, art materials such as pens, inks, watercolours, mark making materials, paper, scissors etc.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What does experimentation mean?
Q2.Match the words with their definitions:
improve your work by making small adjustments
test and play with ideas, techniques and materials
show what you did through drawing, annotation and photos
Q3.Open-ended experimentation allows artists to develop their ...
Q4.Which one of these doesn't feature in an iterative design process?
Q5.Experiential learning is a way to describe ...
Q6.Experimenting and refining is good because ...
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