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First sustained project: working from a theme

Practise the unit “First sustained project: working from a theme” (Year 10 Art and design) by Oak National Academy, with a topic for each of its 18 lessons.

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18 topics

  1. Identifying starting points
  2. Resourcing ideas through personal reflections, narratives and objects
  3. Effective annotation: different ways to present ideas
  4. Analysing the work of artists and designers: materials and techniques
  5. The work of artists and designers: elements of art
  6. The work of artists and designers: principles of art
  7. Connecting and combining: trials and experiments with materials
  8. First-hand primary resourcing
  9. Photographing for resources: what makes a good photograph
  10. Personal response: appropriate resources and creating artwork
  11. Creating a surface, armature, background: preparing your personal response
  12. Personal response: layers and processes in different endorsements
  13. Personal response: how to judge quality and refining work
  14. Personal response: finishing an artwork
  15. Presenting a portfolio: creating pages of documentation
  16. Curating the artwork: selecting and arranging key pieces
  17. Evaluate the use of materials and techniques
  18. Self assessment techniques: evaluating your own work

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