Sketchbooks

Dan China

www.danchina,net

PS This presentation, more materials and links on website.

Sketchbooks

Dan China

www.danchina,net

‘engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design’ ‘should be able to think critically and

develop a more rigorous

understanding of art and design’‘produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences’

‘become proficient in drawing’

evaluate and analyse creative works using the language of art,

craft and design develop and share their ideas, experiences and imaginationdevelop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space

control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation

create sketch books to record their observations and use them

to review and revisit ideas

improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture about great artists, architects and

designers in history

A sketchbook is?

A sketchbook is a place for creative play

Sketchbooks as artefact, or artist’s book.

Sketchbooks are wherewe can keep notes and

references learning about art

Sketchbook as art exercise book

Amazing book by a primary school student

Sketchbook as scrapbook

Sketchbook for reflection

The next set of slides show how a hand made sketchbook was used during Arts Week. The work all revolved around this picture followingthe National Gallery picture in focus idea.

Sketchbooks for visual research

Gathering and presenting reference images.

Working hard to investigate ideas in some depth.

Working books, developing ideas, visual research

Sketchbook is a scrapbook for, notes, resources, images, ideas, colour schemes

Sketchbook used to plan in detail

Sketchbooks can be journals, simply recording ideas

and memories

Sketchbook as journal

Sketchbooks can be:

• Journal, • Visual diary• Research book• Drawings book• Ideas book• Artists book• Scrapbook• Ideas book

Sketchbooks can provide:

• A place to record information• Something to plan with• A quiet place to invent and create• A place to practice skills• A place to reflect on work and what has been

learned

Sketchbooks can include:

• Drawings from observation, memory and imagination

• Notes, tests and experiments with things like colour, composition, texture, mark making.

• Photographs, text, images, diagrams.• Found stuff like fabric, rubbings, paper• Written notes throughout.• Judgements, evaluations and assessments

PS The new curriculum allows us to enjoy working with

sketchbooks.