Recording ideas
You should get in the habit of recording each stage of your work and reflecting on it as you go. Look back at what you have achieved and think how this can help your next steps.
When you begin to explore a A topic selected for artistic representation. Themes are open to different interpretations and relate to what the piece is about rather than the specific things it shows. or subject in your work you need to record your first impressions. This can be done by:
- make drawings, sketches, jottings, photographs or experiments with different The material used to create a piece of art or design, eg pencil, watercolour or ceramic. Media is the plural.
- collecting images from sources such as galleries, the internet or books, and then using these to develop your own 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.
Keep an open mind before you establish direction to your project and try out different ideas on A collection of images, such as market research, inspirational images and colour palettes, that shows a concept and gives a designer鈥檚 work direction.. You need to experiment with media, The method used to create something, eg cross-hatching is a technique used to create tone in a drawing. and Size or dimensions. to explore different An event, object, person or artefact that inspires and acts as a starting point for art or design work. materials.