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Assessment Objective 3: Recording ideas and observations Assessment Objective 3 is about recording your ideas, observations and insights, which can be in visual, written and other forms. You should work from a range of experiences and stimulus materials, as each of these could lead you to different ways of developing your ideas. You should reflect upon your work, and consider what you have achieved at each stage and what you will do next.

Recording ideas When you begin to explore a theme or subject in your work you need to record your first impressions. This can be done by: ● making drawings, sketches, jottings, photographs or experiments with different media ● collecting images from sources such as galleries, the internet or books, and then using these to develop your own ideas

You should organise these initial recordings into a 'mind map' of images and words, or you could sequence them into the pages in your sketchbook.

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Assessment Objective 3: Checklist When recording ideas have you: ● made use of drawings, sketches, jottings, photographs and experiments with different media? ● collected images from a variety of sources? ● used primary and secondary sources to inform your ideas? ● organised your initial recordings into a journal or presented them on sheets of mounted studies?

Recording to develop your ideas

As you develop your ideas you need to record your insights in additional sketches or studies.

Artists and designers often produce a number of studies and ideas in order to develop their work.

You should keep an open mind before you establish direction to your project and try out different ideas on mood boards. You need to experiment with media, techniques and scale to explore different stimulus materials.

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Assessment Objective 3: Ways of recording to develop ideas When recording to develop your ideas you could produce: ● sketches and studies from primary and secondary sources that analyseformal elements ● studies of artists' or designers' work, showing an appreciation of their working methods ● rubbings, prints or photographs that record texture, contrasting surfaces, pattern, tone or form ● maquettes or models in paper, card, clay or found objects and materials that explore form, structure or scale ● experimental studies in different media exploring what effects you can create ● collections of images as a mood board ● organised sequences of images and studies to show how your ideas have progressed Don't just describe what you have done. Try to analyse or evaluate what you have done at each stage, demonstrating your critical understanding.

Using photography and video

Photography or video can be used to record the progress of one piece of work, or your whole project. You could then reflect upon the process that you have gone through by: ● producing additional experiments or studies ● annotating alongside printouts of your images

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Assessment Objective 3: ● adding a spoken commentary to a video piece Find out more in the Using photographysection.

Checklist When recording to develop your ideas have you: ● kept all sorts of possibilities in front of you? ● tried out different layouts or combinations of images and ideas? ● experimented with different media and techniques? ● worked on a different scale? ● re-visited and explored stimulus materials through different techniques and processes?

Have you reflected upon the process that you have gone through by: ● producing additional experiments or studies? ● using annotations alongside sketches, designs and images? ● adding a spoken or written commentary? ● organising your studies into a sequence that shows the development of your ideas?

Recording observations Observations can be made using images, models and words. Examples of observations are: ● detailed analytical studies ● photographs, quick sketches, small 3D models or maquettes based on primary or secondary sources. ● mixed media studies recording textures, colour, design or patterns from what you are observing ● record visual elements such as contrast, tone, shadow, colour, pattern, form and proportion or shape. ● studying the work of other artists, designers and craftspeople You need to refine your practical skills in a medium in order to convey your ideas, observations and intentions successfully. This is an important part of AO2.

Drawing to record observations

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Drawings could be quick sketches, or a more sustained approach to show you are refining your ideas and skills. You should select a medium or process based on the subject matter, and work from a range of stimulus material.

It is important to look closely at your subject. Make a mental note of general proportions, overall shape, size, fall of light, colour and shadows, or other visual characteristics such as surface texture, before starting a study.

Find out more in the Drawing section.

Using photography to record observations

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It's easy to take a digital photograph of something and print the picture, but you must show that you have developed your skills of selection and control. You should consider the subject matter and composition of your image, and the effects of different lighting and exposure. You should also think about how you will print and present your photographs.

You should also experiment with viewpoints, framing, and focus in order to create a more atmospheric, expressive or stylised image.

Find out more in the Using photographysection.

Checklist When recording observations have you: ● recorded objects, artefacts, people and places? ● used the work of artists, designers and craftspeople? ● selected and experimented with different media? ● made detailed analytical studies? ● made quick sketches, taken photographs or produced models or samples?

When drawing to record observations have you: ● selected appropriate media and techniques? ● looked carefully at your subject? ● recorded formal or visual qualities such as line, tone or texture?

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Assessment Objective 3: ● developed and refined your skills? ● worked from a range of sources and stimulus material?

When using photography to record observations have you: ● selected and framed your subject carefully? ● chosen interesting viewpoints? ● explored elements of visual language such as colour, tone and form? ● controlled composition? ● controlled focus and depth of field? ● controlled lighting and/or exposure?

Recording insights and intentions You need to demonstrate that you understand how artists and designers work, and relate this to the ideas that you record. This may be done using images, different media, sketches, diagrams and studies.

You should demonstrate connections between your own recordings and the work of other artists and designers by carefully organising these observations in your sketchbook. You could do this by: ● placing images of artists' and designers' work side-by-side with your own work ● using annotations to explain connections between images and ideas ● present responses to what you have seen or experienced ● make use of a photo-journal in which you document the process of making a piece

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You can also record your insights and intentions through: ● layout or composition plans ● working drawings ● thumbnails ● experiments with media, processes and techniques ● sketches, photographs or printouts recording the development process ● video, audio recordings or writing You must explore the visual qualities andformal elements of your contextual sources. For example, you could: ● use image processing software to experiment the textures, colours or surface qualities of an image ● record your insights into visual, aesthetic and design characteristics, such as layout, composition and balance ● record the connections between your ideas and intentions and a major style or movement

Checklist When recording insights and intentions have you: ● organised your observations carefully? ● used a range of approaches and processes?

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demonstrated your understanding of visual and formal elements? demonstrated connections with contextual sources and the way other artists and designers work? shown that you have reviewed and developed your work?

Reflecting on your work and progress Evidence of your understanding and intentions can be shown by the ways you use media, materials and processes, as well as in the ways that you develop your ideas, skills and techniques.

You should demonstrate that you have reflected on how you developed your ideas, based on your selection of media, sources and contextual material. You need to show you have understood the formal elements in your own work and that of others. You should also consider how you could develop your ideas further on the set brief or theme.

Critical Skills To reflect on your work you need to develop your critical skills and understanding.

Demonstrate these in your work by including: ● studying other artists and designers and exploring aspects of their work such as colour, layout, construction, form, working methods or techniques ● analytical sketches, diagrams or annotated illustrations ● development studies that record variations on a design, image or construction ● work that shows that you have refined and developed, adapted or changed your approach as your ideas have progressed

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Checklist When reflecting on your work and progress have you: ● looked back on your work and considered what and how you have recorded? ● considered how you have selected and developed your ideas and images? ● used studies, analytical sketches and development studies? ● thought about how you have used various media and processes? ● refined and developed your skills and approach as your ideas have progressed? ● used contextual material? ● demonstrated critical skills? ● thought about how you could develop your ideas further?

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