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Lesson 3 of 18
  • Year 11

Developing ideas collaboratively through manipulating source material

I can combine paper techniques and manipulate source materials.

Lesson 3 of 18
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  • Year 11

Developing ideas collaboratively through manipulating source material

I can combine paper techniques and manipulate source materials.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Collaboration brings together individuals with different backgrounds, experiences, and artistic viewpoints.
  2. Diversity can lead to richer and more nuanced ideas that a single artist might not conceive alone.
  3. Collaborating allows artists to pool their resources, whether that’s access to materials, tools, or knowledge.

Keywords

  • Respond - to react or engage with something

  • Develop - to take an initial idea and expand, refine, or improve it over time

  • Combine - bring together two or more techniques, materials, or ideas

  • Reimagine - take an existing idea, artwork, or object and reinterpret it in a new, original way

Common misconception

Reimagining work means simply copying the original in a slightly different way.

Reimagining is about transforming the original work, changing materials, scale, techniques, or context to create something new that still connects back to the starting point.


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Equipment

Paper types, paint, oil pastels, sewing machines, needles, thread, paint brushes, pins, tape

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
When responding to an existing artwork, what is the best approach?

Copying it exactly
Ignoring it completely
Correct answer: Taking ideas, such as techniques or themes, and creating something original

Q2.
Which of these paper techniques could you combine to create richer textures and forms?

Layering
Weaving
Stitching
Correct answer: All of the above

Q3.
True or false? Once you have learned one technique, combining it with others is unnecessary.

Correct Answer: false, wrong, incorrect

Q4.
What does it mean to develop an artwork?

To start completely from scratch each time
Correct answer: To grow or expand an idea by making changes or improvements
To only copy another artist’s style

Q5.
If you cut up a photo of a paper still life, rearrange it, and paint over it, what technique are you using?

Observational drawing
Correct answer: Manipulating source material
Linear perspective

Q6.
Select 3 ways artists might manipulate source material.

Correct answer: Cropping or zooming in
Copying exactly without changes
Correct answer: Stitching, folding, or layering
Correct answer: Changing colours or contrast
Avoiding experimentation

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