Personal response: first-hand resources
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can select appropriate first-hand resources for my personal response.
Key learning points
- A meaningful source that connects to your ideas or experiences adds emotional or conceptual significance to your work
- Resources can become more meaningful when grouped or juxtaposed,
- Critically reflecting on resources, can ensure they communicate your message, your artistic voice, and your idea.
- 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.
Teacher tip
This lesson is great for reminding students to really consider how they resource a response and question what they need to move forward.
Equipment
Resources will be dictated by the individual projects and themes.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the terms to their description.
a primary source that can be used to develop a response
to place different things side by side to see how they compare
the main idea or theme behind your artwork
when you have differences in elements to make parts stand out
Q2.What is an example of a first-hand resource?
Q3.Why is it better to use first-hand resources rather than secondary sources when developing your personal response?
Q4.When selecting resources, what question could you ask yourself to check if they are meaningful?
Q5.Why might two people interpret the same group of resources in different ways?
Q6.Select ways you can manipulate or adapt first-hand resources to create new meanings.
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