Year 10 - Art and design
Creating a surface, armature, background: preparing your personal response
First sustained project: working from a theme
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to select an appropriate surface which aligns with your concept.
Key Notes
- Clarify the theme or concept you want to explore. This could be personal experiences, social issues or emotions.
- Gather inspiration from various sources, such as existing artworks, literature, nature, or personal experiences.
- Decide on the material for your surface, including canvas, wood, paper, or textiles, to align with your concept
Vocabulary To Learn
- concept: the underlying idea, message, or theme
- intention: the purpose behind your creative choices
- surface: the base or foundation you work on
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Only paper and canvas are proper or professional surfaces for making art
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Clarify the theme or concept you want to explore. This could be personal experiences, social issues or emotions. Gather inspiration from various sources, such as existing artworks, literature, nature, or personal experiences.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'concept'
the underlying idea, message, or theme.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Only paper and canvas are proper or professional surfaces for making art. Correction: Artists have long worked on a wide range of surfaces, including wood, metal, glass, fabric, cardboard, plastic, ceramics, and more. The surface is a creative choice, not a limitation.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing the work of artists and designers: materials and techniques Study Guide
- Connecting and combining: trials and experiments with materials Study Guide
- Curating the artwork: selecting and arranging key pieces Study Guide
- Effective annotation: different ways to present ideas Study Guide
- Evaluate the use of materials and techniques Study Guide
- First-hand primary resourcing Study Guide
- Identifying starting points Study Guide
- Personal response: appropriate resources and creating artwork Study Guide
- Personal response: finishing an artwork Study Guide
- Personal response: how to judge quality and refining work Study Guide
- Personal response: layers and processes in different endorsements Study Guide
- Photographing for resources: what makes a good photograph Study Guide
- Presenting a portfolio: creating pages of documentation Study Guide
- Resourcing ideas through personal reflections, narratives and objects Study Guide
- Self assessment techniques: evaluating your own work Study Guide
- The work of artists and designers: elements of art Study Guide
- The work of artists and designers: principles of art Study Guide
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