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Lesson 11 of 18
  • Year 11

Personal response: first-hand resources

I can select appropriate first-hand resources for my personal response.

Lesson 11 of 18
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  • Year 11

Personal response: first-hand resources

I can select appropriate first-hand resources for my personal response.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A meaningful source that connects to your ideas or experiences adds emotional or conceptual significance to your work
  2. Resources can become more meaningful when grouped or juxtaposed,
  3. Critically reflecting on resources, can ensure they communicate your message, your artistic voice, and your idea.
  4. Relationships between resources can create new ideas, evoke emotion, or highlight contrasts that deepen the message

Keywords

  • First-hand resource - a primary source that can be used to develop a response such as a photo or sketch

  • Juxtapose - to place different things side by side to see how they compare or contrast

  • Concept - the main idea or theme behind your artwork

  • Contrast - when you have differences in elements ( i.e. light/dark) to make parts of your art stand out

Common misconception

I need new resources for my response.

You need suitable resources, ideally first-hand. They don't need to be new they can be sourced from bits of your project so far.


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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the terms to their description.

Correct Answer:first-hand resource,a primary source that can be used to develop a response

a primary source that can be used to develop a response

Correct Answer:juxtapose,to place different things side by side to see how they compare

to place different things side by side to see how they compare

Correct Answer:concept,the main idea or theme behind your artwork

the main idea or theme behind your artwork

Correct Answer:contrast,when you have differences in elements to make parts stand out

when you have differences in elements to make parts stand out

Q2.
What is an example of a first-hand resource?

Correct answer: a photograph you took of a personal object from home
a magazine article about an artist’s work
a printed image from the internet

Q3.
Why is it better to use first-hand resources rather than secondary sources when developing your personal response?

Correct answer: They make your work more original and personal.
They are easier to copy from.
They take less time to find.

Q4.
When selecting resources, what question could you ask yourself to check if they are meaningful?

Is this the most expensive material I can find?
Correct answer: Does this reflect my own experiences or interests?
Will this look exactly like someone else’s work?

Q5.
Why might two people interpret the same group of resources in different ways?

Correct answer: because meaning in art isn’t fixed and depends on personal experiences
because there is always only one correct meaning
because everyone has the same background and perspective

Q6.
Select ways you can manipulate or adapt first-hand resources to create new meanings.

Correct answer: grouping resources together
copying another artist’s work exactly
Correct answer: concealing parts of an image or object
choosing resources only because they are popular
Correct answer: juxtaposing different resources

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