Year 10 - Art and design
First-hand primary resourcing
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 generate and develop ideas inspired by observations and environmental surroundings.
Key Notes
- First-hand resources allow artists to draw from their own experiences, lending authenticity to their work.
- By exploring subjects directly, artists can offer unique viewpoints that are informed by their individual insights.
- First-hand experiences immerse artists in specific environments, which can spark inspiration and influence their work.
- Engaging directly with subjects encourages playfulness and experimentation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- resourcing: gathering or creating material to support and develop your own ideas
- inspiration: something that sparks ideas, creativity, or motivation in your work
- recording: capturing sights, sounds, or experiences to use as a reference in your creative work
- environment: the surroundings or place you are in
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- First-hand observations have to be drawings
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
First-hand resources allow artists to draw from their own experiences, lending authenticity to their work. By exploring subjects directly, artists can offer unique viewpoints that are informed by their individual insights.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'resourcing'
gathering or creating material to support and develop your own ideas.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: First-hand observations have to be drawings. Correction: First-hand observations can also include photography, sound recordings, writing, collected objects, or video — any direct response to real-life experiences.
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
- Creating a surface, armature, background: preparing your personal response 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
- 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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