Year 11 - Art and design
Personal response: plan a response
Second sustained project: working from a theme changing perspectives
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces collaborative working methods, even when assessed individually. Pupils will work together to respond to a theme, creating first-hand sources, then respond individually. They'll learn to contribute to larger projects while maintaining their own identity.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a compositional plan for a response that realises your artistic intentions.
Key Notes
- Materials should be selected to align with an artist's intention.
- Different mediums can enhance an artwork's message.
- Experimenting with media can lead to new discoveries.
- Consider balance, focal points and flow to guide the viewer's eye when arranging elements in a composition.
Vocabulary To Learn
- composition: how the elements of your artwork are arranged or put together
- balance: the distribution of visual weight in an artwork, making it appear stable and well-considered
- focal point: the main part of an artwork that draws the viewer's attention first
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Composition is more relevant to 2D work.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Materials should be selected to align with an artist's intention. Different mediums can enhance an artwork's message.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'composition'
how the elements of your artwork are arranged or put together.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Composition is more relevant to 2D work. Correction: Composition is relevant to all areas of art practice as it's about deciding on the best arrangement for your work. It will be dictated by your intentions for the piece. In 3D, we consider the composition from all angles or in the round.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing the work of artists and designers who work collaboratively Study Guide
- Analysing the work of artists and designers: key elements Study Guide
- Building a collaborative still life Study Guide
- Creating a cohesive narrative: explaining the process Study Guide
- Develop ideas: trials and experiments Study Guide
- Developing ideas collaboratively through manipulating source material Study Guide
- Effective annotation: supporting each other to record the process Study Guide
- Evaluate artwork Study Guide
- Evaluate use of materials and techniques Study Guide
- Exploring and experimenting with materials and techniques Study Guide
- Initial ideas: collaboration and generating ideas Study Guide
- Personal response: first-hand resources Study Guide
- Personal response: reflect and refine the response Study Guide
- Preparing to make a response under timed conditions Study Guide
- Presenting artwork Study Guide
- Review developed ideas: trials and experiments Study Guide
- Taking the individual path, responding to collaborative work Study Guide
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