What parts of your work should you record?
Your initial idea and your final piece
Notes of what you did and when you did it
Each stage of your work
When should you produce records about your work?
Throughout your process
Once a week
At the end of your project
How can you best record your first impressions of a theme or subject?
Write an essay about it
Produce a detailed drawing that you will use for your final composition
Make sketches and short notes and take photographs
What is the purpose of recording your development?
Writing a list to show how much work you have done
Describing what you did
Reflecting on what you did and evaluating it
Which would be the best method of recording observations about an artist or designer’s work?
Writing about their body of work
Comparing an image of their work with your own work
Collecting a range of images of their work
What media should you use to record your project?
Drawing with pen or pencil
Use the same media as your final piece
Use a range of media
How should you organise the records of your process?
You shouldn’t reorganise them as it is important to show them as they happened
You should organise them into a sequence that shows your development
What is the purpose of recording observations?
Showing your insights into key visual elements
Showing what your sources are
Showing what artists or designers have influenced you
What would be the best way of using photography to record your progress?
Take photos of each sketch or piece so that they can all be presented in the same way.
Take photos from different viewpoints and in different conditions to record ideas about composition and atmosphere.
Take photographs of your source material
What key questions should you ask yourself about each drawing, model or photo you have made as a record of your work?
Does it actually capture the specific observation you want to show?
Does it work as a finished piece of work?
Does it show a specific skill effectively?