Recording and observingRecording 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 the work of other artists and designers and your own recordings. 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
• presenting responses to what you have seen or experienced
• making use of a photo-journal in which you document the process of making a piece

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 and formal elements of your contextual sources. For example, you could:

• use image processing software to experiment with 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?
• 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?