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Assessment Objective 1: Developing ideas AO1 is about developing ideas from a starting point to a final piece. This is done through mind-mapping, sketches and studies related to the work of other artists, designers and craftspeople. You need to analyse and understand these contextual sources, and develop your ideas in a personal way.

Selecting a starting point You will be given a starting point, theme or design brief. For the Externally Set Assignment or Set Task, you will be given a choice of starting points. You might have the opportunity to write your own brief.

Before you decide on a starting point, consider: ● Will your choice keep your interest?

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Will you be able to make best use of your abilities and strengths?

Will your theme help you to develop your skills and understanding?

Are suitable source materials such as objects, artefacts, images and books available?

You could start your development work by: ● making observational studies

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looking at the work of other artists or designers in galleries, exhibitions, books or on the internet ● experimenting with materials, processes or techniques. Find out more about materials, processes and techniques in AO2.

Remember - for coursework you will be developing new skills, but for the Externally Set Task you should use processes, media and techniques which you're confident will work.

Consider two or three starting points and use a mind-map, spider gram ormood board to explore them before making a final choice. Don't spend too long on this as you will need to focus your time and energy on only one theme for a project.

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Checklist When selecting a starting point, have you: ● used a mind-map, spider gram or mood board to consider a range of possibilities?

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chosen a starting point that will keep your interest? chosen a starting point which makes best use of your strengths and abilities? chosen a starting point that allows you to develop your skills and understanding? found suitable source materials?

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Assessment Objective 1: Resourcing your ideas Source material can be either primary and secondary.

Primary sources

A primary source is one that you study directly from first-hand experience. Primary sources can be natural objects, artefacts, places, people or events. Working directly from a primary source allows you to: ● change your viewpoint

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experience objects, images, people or places in different lighting conditions

look at things closely or from further away Take a look at AO3 for more detail on recording ideas and observations.

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Assessment Objective 1: Secondary sources

A secondary source is material produced by others. Secondary sources can be reproductions of images and artefacts, photographs, film, video or web-based material.

Work by other artists and designers should relate to your project in terms of subject matter, ideas, style, use of materials andprocesses or techniques. However, you can choose to use imagery from one context in a new or innovative way. For example: ● An painting could inspire a repeat pattern for a fabric design.

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A photograph could be used to develop ideas for a painting.

A poem or piece of text or film could inspire ideas for illustrations, drawings, wall decoration or graphic design.

Credit your sources Source materials should be credited with where you found them (the title of a book, or a website address) and the name of the artist, designer or craftsperson. You should include personal notes about the work. Read about annotating your work to find out more.

Checklist When resourcing your ideas, have you: ● collected both primary and secondary source material?

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selected material that is relevant to your theme? credited the producer of any secondary source material? included personal notes or studies that demonstrate your understanding and appreciation of your contextual sources?

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Assessment Objective 1: Developing your ideas You can begin to develop your ideas once you have collected your source materials. You might have some general concepts about what you want to do, but your ideas will change and develop as you investigate your source material. You'll need to do more research and find new source materials as your work develops.

Working from primary sources, you could: ● incorporate materials into study sheets, collages or sculptures ● produce sketches of your subject matter in a range of media ● take rubbings or impressions from interesting surface textures ● make a 3D study from an object using clay ● take photographs, using different viewpoints and lighting conditions

Working from secondary sources, you could: ● interpret an image in different media. For example, a collage of a photograph. ● alter the scale or proportions of an image using ICT ● manipulate colours, tones and surfaces by using different media Find out more about different media and techniques.

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Assessment Objective 1: Keep it focussed As you develop your ideas, aim to keep your research focussed. A range of studies showing different approaches and possibilities is great, but make sure that they all add to the 'journey' leading to the final outcome.

Don't throw away studies, even if they go wrong. They could be useful to demonstrate that you have: ● considered a range of alternatives ● experimented with different techniques or media. ● evidence of your thinking

Read about how to refine your ideas through experimentation with different media in AO2.

Checklist When developing your ideas have you: ● used both primary and secondary sources? ● worked from a variety of different sources? ● worked in a range of media appropriate to your intentions? ● selected and presented your work so that the 'journey' is clear?

Contextual and other sources Contextual sources may be works by artists, designers, craftspeople or architects, as well as

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Assessment Objective 1: cultural objects and artefacts. You can work from both primary and secondary contextual sources.

Studying how other artists and designers work is important to help your knowledge and understanding. Make notes on their ideas, techniques, style and development.

Practical work from contextual sources

Your understanding of the work of other artists may be developed and demonstrated through practical work such as: ● sketches analysing composition, structure, layout or other formal elements ● studies showing use of colour, techniques or materials ● samples of processes such as weaving, printing, collage or construction Aim to develop your own work rather than copying your source. This makes your work more personal and can be a valuable way of discovering new possibilities and developing your ideas.

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Assessment Objective 1: Other sources

In addition to the more familiar products of artists and designers you could use: ● architectural details and features ● objects and artefacts that have cultural, religious or symbolic significance from different times or places ● objects with domestic, industrial or craft-based purposes that may be functional, ornamental or decorative ● modern media, such as film, television, music and advertising

Keep it relevant Sources don't need to be limited to your particular area of study. You could use packaging as inspiration for work in textiles or 3D design, or music or poetry as inspiration for drawing and painting. Sources that you select should be relevant and appropriate by linking to your subject matter or theme.

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Presenting your research It's important to think about how you will present your research and build it into your own project. You could: ● paste a printout of an image alongside your own study of a similar subject ● start with a small section of an image and extend it in the style of an artist ● work with the same media to produce studies that show you understand the artist's process, such as use of brush strokes, layering of colours or media, orphotomontage.

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Checklist When using contextual and other sources have you: ● produced practical work from your research? ● included notes or annotations to record your thoughts and ideas? ● made your work personal, not just copied material? ● selected and presented your work carefully?

Demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding Analytical and cultural understanding should be integrated into all your projects. You can use written notes, but it should be made visual by including sketches, diagrams, samples of media and techniques, and images from different sources in your sketchbook.

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Assessment Objective 1: Analytical understanding You can show analysis and understanding of ideas, starting points, and source materials by considering different possibilities This shows that you have analysed and understood starting points and the work of others.

You can show analysis and understanding through making connections between different images, and making connections between your ideas and the work of other artists and designers.

You should provide insights into composition, design or layout, the use of colour, tone and other formal elements. You can demonstrate analysis of materials, techniques and working methods by producing studies 'in the style of' your chosen artists or designers, or by making notes about the way in which the work has been produced.

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Cultural understanding Cultural understanding can be demonstrated by the ways that you show your awareness of the context of a work of art, craft or design. You could present research on: ● when and where it was produced

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how it reflects its cultural background how it shows different ways of seeing the world in visual terms the work's purpose and meaning its symbolic, religious, spiritual or practical function or significance its personal, social, historical or vocational significance

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Checklist When demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding have you: ● analysed and understood starting points?

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analysed and understood source materials?

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how it reflects its cultural background?

made connections between images?

made connections between ideas?

Also, have you researched and presented your ideas on the context of a work of art, craft or design, such as: ● when and where it was produced? how it shows different ways of seeing the world in visual terms? the work's purpose and meaning? its symbolic, religious, spiritual or practical function or significance? its personal, social, historical or vocational significance?

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