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The left page provides evidence of Chana’s thinking and provides a foundation on which to base the research. Chana has brainstormed ideas that she is interested in exploring for Area of Study one.

The right-hand page shows that Chana has been able to research and analyse the ideas explored by artists in her artworks.

Chana provides documented written and visual evidence of her research of a range of artworks by an artist and the ideas they convey. By brainstorming ideas that she is interested in exploring, Chana was able to select artists and artworks that related to the selected ideas, rather than be drawn to artworks that only appeal to them because of the artform, materials, techniques or style.

Chana has used a mind-map to focus on the ideas she will explore. The mind-map  provides a foundation to base the research.

Chana has researched and analysed the ideas explored by artists in her artworks. She documented written and visual evidence of her research of the selected artworks and ideas. She provides references to sources of information in the research and the empirical data of the selected artwork as supporting evidence.

She has effectively researched the artist, their practice and artwork and evaluated it applying the Interpretive Lenses. The information and the artwork itself are the sources used for research and analysis.

Chana has responded to the research and introduced the idea she intends to explore.. She provides documented written and visual evidence of her response to the selected artwork and the ideas expressed in the painting.

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Chana explored and documented the use of selected materials, techniques, processes and art forms throughout the Creative Practice to develop effective visual language.

Chana explored and experimented with personal visual responses influenced by specific ideas in response to her research. She has shown how she developed effective visual language by considering the subject matter that might communicate her intention. The decisions took into consideration the art elements and principles and her effect on the composition of the objects, distortion of form in reflections and symbolism and how these aspects visually communicated the idea.

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Chana identified that she was developing her visual language using a colour code. Chana explored and experimented with personal visual responses influenced by specific ideas in response to her research which she explained in the annotations.

Chana has started to use her selected material, oil paint, and experimented with techniques and processes using the art form painting. She explored and documented her use of materials, techniques, and processes to develop effective visual language. Chana explores and experiments with personal visual responses influenced by specific ideas and issues. This double spread demonstrates skillful experimentation with selected materials, techniques and processes.

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Chana continued to develop effective visual language looking for other options to resolve her idea.

Chana continued to use her selected material, experimenting with techniques and personal visual responses influenced by specific ideas and issues. This page demonstrates her skilful experimentation with the selected material and techniques.

Chana has selected a different art form, photography, to experiment with techniques and processes. She continued to explore and experiment with personal visual responses to specific ideas and issues. This page demonstrates trialling with new materials and techniques. Chana continued to explore and experiment with personal visual responses to find new ways to respond to her research.

Chana selected and applied the appropriate Interpretive Lenses. She explored, documented, reflect on and evaluate the use of the Creative Practice to develop a possible solution to achieve her intention, using appropriate written, and visual material. She developed and critically evaluated her visual language to communicate ideas she was interested in.

The documented visual and written evidence on this double spread demonstrated aspects of the Creative Practice including experimentation & development, research & exploration and reflection & evaluation; used by Chana to develop and refine her idea.

Appropriate written and visual material has been provided that reflects on her response to the research. Chana has documented the decisions she made in response to further appropriate research.

Chana continued to explore, document, reflect on and evaluate the use of the Creative Practice to develop and refine an artwork, using appropriate written, and visual material. The documentation demonstrates Chana’s decision to resolve the imagery in order to convey her intended idea. She researched possible solutions using photography to provide reference material to work from and provided critical annotation that demonstrated a considered use of visual language.

Chana continued to document, reflect on and evaluate the use of the Creative Practice to develop and refine an artwork, using appropriate written, and visual material that includes critical annotations, and demonstrated the decision to resolve the imagery, techniques and composition to convey her intended idea.

Chana continues to refine the use of her preferred art form, painting, by trialing techniques to resolve her visual language. She explored and experimented with personal visual responses and visual language to find the most effective composition to convey her intention. In planning the composition Chana completed small sketches in graphite.

Chana continued to document, reflect on and evaluate the use of the Creative Practice to develop and refine her artwork, using appropriate written, and visual material. The documentation included critical annotations and demonstrated Chana’s use of the Creative Practice to resolve her imagery, materials, techniques, composition and visual language.

Chana continued to use photography to resolve the image for her final artwork while she further refined her painting technique and experimented on a new surface to determine the most effective way to resolve her visual language. She explored and experimented with oil on wood panel to determine the effect of this surface on her painting and how it differed from canvas.

Chana used the Creative Practice to explore, experiment with and resolve personal visual responses influenced by specific ideas and issues in an artist’s practice. She refined her use of materials, techniques and processes to develop a highly effective visual language and produce an outstanding finished artwork to communicate her intended idea.

Chana applied appropriate methods to present a critique of the use of the Creative Practice and the finished artwork. She used appropriate written material to document, reflect upon and evaluate the development and refinement of an artwork.

This page shows how Chana documented and reflected on audience feedback to further develop her Body of Work in Area of Study 2.

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Chana used selected materials, techniques, processes and art forms throughout the Creative Practice. She manipulated and applied materials, techniques and processes in selected art forms to develop personal responses. She explored and developed visual language to communicate personal ideas.

On this page Chana has included personal visual explorations in form of compositional sketches. This demonstrates selection and application of the elements and principles of art to develop visual language. Chana documented her idea making effective use of drawing to create an annotated storyboard, to establish a narrative.

This page demonstrates the Chana’s application of the Creative Practice to refine visual language in personal responses that communicate ideas. She has documented her experimentation of the art form, video. This demonstrated personal visual explorations in the selected art form, the selection, application and manipulation of this art form and the related techniques and processes; informed by her research of film. Chana considered panning, tracking, close-up, medium and long shots to develop her visual language.

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Chana demonstrated her use of the Creative Practice to develop personal visual responses, editing her raw footage.

Chana included personal visual explorations in selected art forms demonstrating the selection, application and manipulation of materials, techniques and processes throughout the Creative Practice. She demonstrated a high level of skill in the application of drawing, painting and photography as well as a commitment to finding the best solution to the problem.

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Chana included personal visual explorations using photography and painting demonstrating the selection, application and manipulation of materials, techniques and processes throughout the Creative Practice. She demonstrated a refinement of her skill in the application of painting and photography, providing two strong potential visual solutions for presentation in her critique.

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Chana has selected and applied the appropriate Interpretive Lenses to the research of a selected artist as influence for her Body of Work.

The documentation and annotation provide evidence of Chana critically reflecting on and evaluating the visual language of the selected artist by applying the Interpretive Lenses. She has applied art terminology in the reflective annotations.

Chana has considered a range of personal ideas and interests as inspiration for one of her artworks. The documentation of her self-reflection makes effective use of written and visual material to demonstrate her thinking.

Chana conducted extensive research into cinematography as an artform. This will provide them with the knowledge to experiment more effectively with cinematography in the development of  her personal responses. The documentation and annotation provide evidence of Chana critically reflecting on and evaluating techniques and processes that she would need to consider during the Creative Practice.

Chana continued to research approaches, techniques and processes appropriate to cinematography. Her documentation and annotation provide evidence of critical reflection and evaluation of techniques and processes that she would need to consider during the Creative Practice as well as additional equipment she might require.

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Chana has reflected on and documented personal ideas. Her self-reflection plans make effective use of written material to demonstrate her thinking. She has applied appropriate Interpretive Lenses and explained personal symbolism.

Using annotated stills from her film, Chana critically reflected on the use of the Creative Practice to develop personal responses. She provided written and visual material to document her use of the Creative Practice to develop personal visual responses. She included annotations, applying correct terminology relevant to the selected artform to critically reflect and evaluate the Creative Practice used to develop these responses.

Chana critically reflected on the use of the Creative Practice to develop personal responses, using annotated stills from her film. The documentation included written and visual material to demonstrate the  use of the Creative Practice to develop personal visual responses

Chana used visual and written material to critically reflect on the use of the Creative Practice to develop personal responses. She applied the relevant Interpretive Lenses to reflect on and evaluate her personal visual language, considering structural aspects of her work and aspects of personal experiences relevant to her idea.

Chana continued to document her Body of Work using written and visual material that effectively demonstrates her ongoing experimentation with materials and techniques and visual language. She included annotations and various ‘thinking strategies’ to critically reflect and evaluate her application of the Creative Practice. Chana continued to apply relevant Interpretive Lenses to reflect on and evaluate her visual language.

Chana continues to document her Body of Work using written and visual material that effectively demonstrates her ongoing experimentation with materials and techniques and visual language using different art forms. She included annotations and ‘thinking strategies’ to critically reflect and evaluate her application of the Creative Practice.

Chana applied art terminology to critically reflect on and evaluate her use of aspects of the Creative Practice to develop personal responses and to reflect on influences, approaches and the decisions she made. She summarised and evaluated her use of the Creative Practice.

Chana used a PowerPoint to present her critique to document her use of the Creative Practice. She presented evidence of critically reflective annotations that included an effective use of art terminology throughout the Creative Practice.

Chana explained and justified her use of the Creative Practice to develop and refine personal ideas and visual responses from Unit 3 in a critique. She included slides from her PowerPoint as evidence of the critiques and to communicate her approach to the critique. Chana documented the feedback she received from the critique and provided a summary of the comments made by her audience. She and reflected on the feedback to consider how she would move forward to refine and resolve her Body of Work.

Chana evaluated and documented the refinement of her personal responses throughout the Creative Practice using appropriate written and visual material, to communicate ideas in personal responses. She selected and applied the appropriate Interpretive Lenses to document her visual language and use of the Creative Practice.

Chana provided documentation that presented an ongoing exploration of symbols that she could use to refine her personal concepts. Reflective annotations demonstrate her refinement and effective resolution of visual language to communicate ideas in response to the feedback from her critique and Outcome 1. She has explicitly applied appropriate Interpretive Lenses and art terminology to refine and resolve her intention.

Chana continued to refine her visual language, materials, techniques and processes in a selected art form to resolve her Body of Work. She has used appropriate written and visual material, to communicate ideas in personal responses. Chana selected and applied the appropriate Interpretive Lenses to document her visual language and use of the Creative Practice.

On the left page Chana continues to explore her visual language using reflective annotations and imagery to demonstrate her refinement and effective resolution and to communicate ideas in response to the feedback from her critique. She has explicitly applied appropriate Interpretive Lenses and art terminology to refine and resolve her intention.

On the right page Chana has used reflective annotations, using art terminology, communicate the evaluation and documentation of her use of the Creative Practice to refine materials, techniques and processes in selected art forms to resolve her Body of Work.

Chana continued to refine her visual language, to resolve her Body of Work. She has used appropriate written and visual material, to communicate ideas in personal responses by applying appropriate Interpretive Lenses to document her visual language.

On the left page Chana continues to explore personal and cultural symbolism using reflective annotations and imagery to demonstrate her refinement and effective resolution of visual language to communicate ideas. She has explicitly applied appropriate Interpretive Lenses and art terminology to refine and resolve her intention.

On the right page Chana explores options for her composition after having made the decision regarding the subject matter and symbolic objects she wished to include. The reflective annotations show evidence of art terminology, and to communicate the evaluation and documentation of Chana’s use of aspects of the Creative Practice to resolve her Body of Work.

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Chana evaluated and documented the refinement and resolution of her personal responses and her use of materials and techniques to resolve the approach she wish to take for her finished artwork. She provided clear and informative documentation that presents her ongoing experimentation and the refinement of materials and techniques. The critical, reflective and evaluative annotations provide insight to the decisions Chana made to refine her skill. Her use of appropriate Interpretive Lenses to clearly communicated her intention and the refinement of her visual language.

Chana evaluated and documented the refinement and resolution of her personal responses and her use of materials and techniques to resolve her finished artwork. She provided visual and written documentation of her process of resolving the finished artwork. The critical, reflective and evaluative annotations provide insight to the decisions that Chana made.

Chana has refined and resolved the use of materials, techniques and processes in her selected art forms using the Creative Practice to resolve her idea and to achieve her intention. She has refined and resolved her visual language and refined her use of materials and techniques in the selected art form, painting.

A Body of Work is presented that resolves Chana’s personal concepts, ideas and explorations using the Creative Practice. She has demonstrated the continued refinement of her select material, oil paint, as well as her techniques and processes. Refinement and resolution of visual language to effectively communicate personal ideas relevant to Chana’s intention is evident. She has used the skill and knowledge developed in Unit 3 to produce and reference images that she can use to start her finished artwork and resolve her intentions.

Chana has refined and resolved the use of her selected materials, techniques and processes using the Creative Practice to present a finished artwork that forms part of the Body of Work. The painting resolves her personal concepts, ideas and explorations using the Creative Practice. The refinement and resolution of her visual language and skill effectively communicated her intentions and resolved her Body of Work.

Chana presented her Body of Work in a specific context to communicate ideas and meaning to an audience. She evaluated how the presentation and context of the Body of Work effectively communicates ideas and meaning to a viewer or audience.

Chana considered the format in which she would present her Body of Work to the audience. She presented her documentation in the visual diary that was in chronical order, communicated the approach she took and how she applied the Creative Practice. The documentation accompanied her finished artworks.

In Unit 4 Chana presented one finished artwork that resolved her intentions. The context of this work and how the audience engaged with it was an important consideration for her. Rather than presenting the painting in a traditional context, hanging on a gallery wall, Chana wanted the audience to “interact deeply” with her work. She considered how the presentation of the Body of Work could effectively communicate ideas and meaning to a viewer or audience. She paid attention to symbolism and how she could provide clues to “decode the messages” she wished to convey. She evaluated the presentation of her Body of Work and how she could make it more effective in the way it communicated ideas and meaning to the audience. This was done through the reflective annotations, and it referenced the objects that were added to the presentation after the painting was completed and how these were placed.

The consideration of the artform, which Chana transformed from painting to installation, considered how the audience would engage with the work.  She considered how the objects in the installation communicated meaning and increased the interaction of the audience with the artwork. This was evident in her decision to include the documentation, and to use objects of personal significance such as the shoe represented in the painting.

The Body of Work is presented in a context that considers the communication of ideas and meaning to different viewers and audiences. Chana evaluated how the presentation and context of the Body of Work effectively communicated ideas and meaning to a viewer or audience.

Chana critically evaluated the presentation of her work to communicate ideas to a viewer or audience. She explicitly considered the context of the finished artwork including the layout, the placement of the painting on an easel, the arrangement of the objects in the space, the scale of these objects and how this would connect with the audience and the lighting that she used to illuminate the installation. She acknowledged both the ideal presentation and the presentation of the work for assessment.

On the right page Chana explains the personal and cultural symbolism included in the artwork including the placement and relationships of the various objects.